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Electronic Journal Publishers
Large Publishers (>200 journals)
| Academic Ideal {http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journal_browse.cws_home} | Parent company | Academic Press {http://books.elsevier.com/} a division of Harcourt. |
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| Number of e-journals | ~330 | |
| Full-text format(s) | ||
| Chronological coverage | Most 1993-present | |
| Advance papers? | Some journals | |
| Whole file search? (fields searched) | Yes -- journal category, title words, author last name, affiliation, abstract keywords, date. Open to non-subscribers. | |
| Journal search (fields searched) | Yes -- Same as for all journals. | |
| Table of contents notification? | Yes | |
| Other personalized services? | No -- Some in planning. | |
| Individual electronic article purchase for non-subscribers? | No | |
| Other info | Includes Churchill Livingstone, W. B. Saunders, Ballière Tindall and Mosby. | |
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| Blackwell Synergy {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/} | Parent company | Blackwell Science {http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/} |
| Number of e-journals | ~260 | |
| Full-text format(s) | PDF; some also HTML | |
| Chronological coverage | Most 1998-present | |
| Advance papers? | No | |
| Whole file search? (fields searched) | No | |
| Journal search (fields searched) | Yes -- title, keyword, author, year, volume, issue. Open to non-subscribers. | |
| Table of contents notification? | Yes -- requires registration | |
| Other personalized services? | Yes -- Can save articles, searches. | |
| Individual electronic article purchase for non-subscribers? | Yes | |
| Other info | Includes Munksgaard. | |
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| Elsevier ScienceDirect www.sciencedirect.com | Parent company | Elsevier www.elsevier.com a division of Reed-Elsevier. |
| Number of e-journals | ~1,100 | |
| Full-text format(s) | PDF; some also HTML | |
| Chronological coverage | Most 1995-present; expanding backward. | |
| Advance papers? | No | |
| Whole file search? (fields searched) | Yes -- keywords, abstract, title, full text, authors, references, subject category, date, volume, issue, page. Open to non-subscribers with registration. | |
| Journal search (fields searched) | Yes -- same as former. | |
| Table of contents notification? | Yes -- Requires registration; save a search for a specific journal. | |
| Other personalized services? | Yes -- Saved searches, personal journal list. | |
| Individual electronic article purchase for non-subscribers? | No | |
| Other info | Includes AICHe, CRC Press, others. Links to Elsevier databases. Some have "SummaryPlus" extended abstracts. | |
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| Kluwer Online {http://www.springerlink.com/} | Parent company | Kluwer Academic Publishers {http://www.springer.com/} a division of Wolters-Kluwer. |
| Number of e-journals | ~600 (not all have full text yet) | |
| Full-text format(s) | ||
| Chronological coverage | Generally 1998-present. | |
| Advance papers? | No | |
| Whole file search? (fields searched) | Yes -- Bibliographic info, abstract. Open to non-subscribers. | |
| Journal search (fields searched) | Yes -- Same as former. | |
| Table of contents notification? | No | |
| Other personalized services? | No | |
| Individual electronic article purchase for non-subscribers? | No | |
| Other info | Includes Plenum Press, Human Sciences Press; Baltzer Science and Russian translation journals from Consultants Bureau and Interperiodica are coming. | |
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| Springer LINK {www.springerlink.com/} | Parent company | Springer Science Publishers {http://www.springeronline.com/} a division of BertelsmannSpringer. |
| Number of e-journals | ~540 (not all have full text yet) | |
| Full-text format(s) | PDF; some also have HTML or Gzipped PostScript | |
| Chronological coverage | Varies; some as early as 1995-present. | |
| Advance papers? | Some | |
| Whole file search? (fields searched) | Yes -- Easy: Bibliographic info, abstract. Expert: Author, title, abstract, journal name or full text. Open to non-subscribers. | |
| Journal search (fields searched) | Yes; see former. | |
| Table of contents notification? | No | |
| Other personalized services? | No | |
| Individual electronic article purchase for non-subscribers? | No | |
| Other info | Includes Birkhäuser. | |
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| Wiley InterScience {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/} | Parent company | John Wiley & Sons www.wiley.com |
| Number of e-journals | ~430 (not all have full text yet) | |
| Full-text format(s) | ||
| Chronological coverage | Generally 1997-present. | |
| Advance papers? | Some | |
| Whole file search? (fields searched) | Yes -- Title, keywords, abstract, authors, affiliation, funding agency, "all fields"; limit by category or date or to "hot journals". Open to non-subscribers. | |
| Journal search (fields searched) | Must use general search, search for journal name in "all fields" | |
| Table of contents notification? | No | |
| Other personalized services? | Yes -- Personal journals list, articles list, saved searches | |
| Individual electronic article purchase for non-subscribers? | No | |
| Other info | Includes Wiley-VCH. | |
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