British Journal of Psychiatry

Online access to British Journal of Psychiatry has been restored.
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/

EMBO

At long last, we believe that we now have stable access to EMBO.

Please use the following URLS.

The EMBO Journal - http://www.nature.com/emboj
EMBO Reports - http://www.nature.com/embor

Please be sure to let me know if you are not able to get into the 2004 issues that you need or if you have any other issues with this journal site.

Thanks,

Arta

PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

May 24, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA CONTACT:
Bridget Coughlin, Managing Editor
202-334-1370, e-mail
PNAS Introduces Open Access Publishing Option
http://www.pnas.org
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) now offers an open access
publishing option. PNAS authors may opt to pay a $1000 surcharge to make their articles available
for free via PNAS Online (www.pnas.org) and PubMed Central (www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov)
immediately upon publication. PNAS will offer this open access option as an experiment until
December 31, 2005. PNAS will then continue to move toward an author-pays open access model,
maintain the option in the same or modified form, or discontinue it. By introducing this option,
PNAS strengthens its commitment to making the scientific literature more freely available than
ever before, and hopes that its support of open access will encourage other scientific publishers to
follow suit. PNAS will evaluate author participation and the financial impact of the open access
option on PNAS revenue.
“The benefits to science of unfettered access to the literature are obvious,” says Nicholas R.
Cozzarelli, PNAS Editor-in-Chief. “Open access publishing offers the immediate release of scientific
results to everyone without the delay and cost of obtaining research articles through journal
subscriptions. The challenge of open access is how to pay for it. This is particularly important for
PNAS, which operates as a nonprofit, break-even operation and does not maintain contingency
funds or capital reserves. PNAS is starting by experimenting with an open access option for
authors. It is a compromise between open access for all articles and doing business as usual.” The
first open access article is by Yang and Purves (1), published online in PNAS Early Edition on May
19, 2004.
The open access option was approved overwhelmingly by the PNAS Editorial Board and
unanimously approved by the Publications Committee of the National Academy of Sciences, which
has oversight over PNAS. The decision was informed by a survey of 610 corresponding authors of
accepted papers conducted from August 22 to October 30, 2003. Of the 210 responses received,
almost one-half (49.5%) of the respondents were in favor of an open access option.
The open access experiment is PNAS's latest initiative to promote the broad dissemination of
science. Since January 2000, PNAS has provided free access to back issues online, and makes
PNAS content free at both the PNAS Online and PubMed Central web sites 6 months after
publication. Special features and papers from the National Academy of Sciences colloquia, as well
as multimedia online supporting information, are available for free immediately upon publication.
In addition, PNAS offers 145 developing countries free and immediate access to all journal
content.
Established in 1914 as the flagship journal of the National Academy of Sciences, PNAS publishes
high-impact research reports, commentaries, reviews, special features, colloquium papers, and
actions of the Academy. PNAS is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal that spans the
biological, physical, and social sciences. The journal is printed weekly (52 issues per year) and
publishes new content online each business day. Ranked by the Institute for Scientific Information
as one of the world's most-cited scientific serials, PNAS Online receives more than 1.5 million hits
per week. The journal is a self-sustaining operation that is not funded by the National Academy of
Sciences or the government. For more information, please visit http://www.pnas.org.

American Journal of Gastroenterology

American Journal of Gastroenterology has moved from the ScienceDirect e-journal platform to the Blackwell-Synergy e-journal platform with full text available from v.99 (2004)---.
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/rd.asp?code=ajg&goto=journal

Access to v.93 (1998)-v.98 (2003) remains available on the ScienceDirect e-journal platform.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00029270

Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications: Report of a Symposium

"The symposium brought together experts in STM publishing, both producers and users of these publications, to:
1. identify the recent technical changes in publishing, and other factors, that influence the decisions of journal publishers to produce journals electronically;
2. identify the needs of the scientific, engineering, and medical community as users of journals, whether electronic or printed;
3. discuss the responses of not-for-profit and commercial STM publishers and of other stakeholders in the STM community to the opportunities and challenges posed by the shift to electronic publishing; and
4. examine the spectrum of proposals that has been put forth to respond to the needs of users as the publishing industry shifts to electronic information production and dissemination."
http://books.nap.edu/books/0309092175/html/index.html

Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis

A new title has been added to the Blackwell Synergy e-journal platform : Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis. UCHC library users have access for an unknown length of time.
Access is from v.1:no.1 (2003)- .
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/rd.asp?code=JTH&goto=journal

Make iCONN a clickable "icon" on your desktop

For all UCHC personnel using iCONN - The Connecticut Digital Library.
www.iconn.org

All iCONN Users:
On the lower left part of the iCONN screen at www.iconn.org, there is
now a link called "iCONN On Your Desktop". Click on it and it will take
you to an intermediate screen that will lead you step-by-step through
the very easy process of making iCONN a clickable "icon" on your
desktop. Try it! (Note: this is not compatible with MAC computers
presently.)

Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery

We are currently switching e-journal platforms for this title to the new platform at ScienceDirect :http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01945998
Unfortunately this not yet operational.

Unfortunately access to the old e-journal platform no longer works either.

The library will provide Document Delivery for your needed articles, from v. 130:no.1 (2004) -- to the most recent issue.

We still have the following issues in the print journal stacks :

Location: Journal Stacks--cannot be checked out
Status: Not Charged
Library has: v.89 (1981)-v.129 (2003)
Supplements: v.116:no.6:pt.2 (1997); v.117:no.3:pt.2 (1997); v.118:no.3:pt.2 (1998);v.123:suppl. (2000);v.125:suppl. (2001);v.129:suppl. (2003)

Reproduction

Reproduction has changed its URL and e-journal platform host. The old url from Portland Press e-journal platform will redirect to the new e-journal platform at Highwire Press.
OLD URL : http://www.jrf-journals.org.uk/jor/default.htm

NEW URL : http://www.reproduction-online.org/

Please change your bookmarks.

British Journal of Psychiatry

British Journal of Psychiatry Online is temporarily unavailable. http://bjp.rcpsych.org/
The publisher has been contacted.
UCHC personnel may use Document Delivery for missing issues.

We also have the following print holdings in our print journal stacks available for users:

Location: Journal Stacks--cannot be checked out
Status: Not Charged

Library has:
v.109 (1963)-v.124 (1974),v.126 (1975)-v.145 (1984),v.146:no.1 (1985)-v.146:no.4 (1985),v.146:no.6 (1985),v.147 (1985)-v.159 (1991),v.166 (1995),v.170 (1997)-v.175 (1999),v.176:no.2 (2000)-v.176:no.6 (2000),v.177 (2000),v.178:no.1 (2001)-v.178:no.5 (2001)

Supplements:
v.170:suppl.32 (1997); v.172:suppl.33 (1998); v.173:suppl.34-36 (1998);v.174:suppl.38 (1999);v.177:suppl.39 (2000);v.178:suppl.40 (2001)

Nature Publishing Group

We have noted for several weeks that all Nature journals are very slow accessing between 2-4pm in the afternoon (EST) . Please note that the e-journal platform resides in London, UK and there is a 5 hour difference in time. System maintainance may be interferring with U.S. east coast users's access.

Consumer Health Journal

Hi:

I'd appreciate feedback from your discussion list, but I don't want
to spam everyone unless you think it's appropriate.

I'm working on a free, online health resource for consumers
(Consumer Health Journal), and I'm interested in feedback about the
website and its contents. I'm trying to fill the void left by poorly
reported study findings and seemingly contradictory reports that the
media often leave unexplained.

If you think the list would be interested/willing to look at the
site, please pass this message along to the members. The website is
http://www.consumerhealthjournal.com./

Thank you,

Alison


Alison Stewart, editor
Consumer Health Journal
www.consumerhealthjournal.com


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PubMedCentral Backfiles continue to expand

Microbiological Reviews has been added with the following backfile content :
v.42 (1978)-v.60 (1996)
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?action=archive&journal=146

Docline users problem report form

-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion list for registered DOCLINE users.
[mailto:DOCLINE-L@LIST.NIH.GOV]On Behalf Of NLM DOCLINE
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 1:41 PM
To: DOCLINE-L@LIST.NIH.GOV
Subject: Re: Incomplete Requests


George/All,

We are concerned to hear that your experiences with NLM document delivery
service are not satisfactory. It is our primary goal to process requests
quickly and deliver the documents accurately. NLM receives an average of
1600 requests each day, and over 96% of them are processed within 24 hours.
In that many requests, we know that occasionally there are errors.

The preferred and most effective method to report a problem is the NLM ILL
web form at the following URL:
http://wwwcf.nlm.nih.gov/ill/ill_web_form.cfm. This information is found on
each cover sheet sent with document requests filled by NLM. Contrary to
what was reported, that site is monitored closely by NLM ILL staff so that
replacement pages can be delivered in a timely manner.

As an alternative, a message describing the problem may be sent to
custserv@nlm.nih.gov, (Attention ILL) in the subject line, or by calling
301-496-5511. If you call that number, please ask to speak with either
Julia Player or Judy Jordan. Requests for resends are processed by email or
web. If either of these methods fail, the requests are sent by fax and then
by mail as a last resort. Billing transactions on any DOCLINE request
number occur only once. Resends are associated with the original request.

Best Regards,

Kenneth Niles
Head, Collection Access Section
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda MD 20894
nilesk@mail.nlm.nih.gov
(301) 496-5511

**** DOCLINE-L NOTICE ****

PubMedCentral Backfiles continue to expand

Applied Microbiology has been added with the following backfile content :
v.17 (1969)-v.30 (1975)
http://pubmedcentral.com/tocrender.fcgi?action=archive&journal=145

Journal of interventional cardiology

UCHC users have access to a new title on the SYNERGY e-journal platform : Journal of Interventional Cardiology, from v.16 (2003)- .
Access is by IP address for unlimited users.
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code=joic