eJournal Verification: Going the Distance to Provide Seamless Access
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eJournal Verification: Is It Worth the Effort?Abstract
During an e-journal verification project at the Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland, Baltimore, staff checked every e-journal title asking the following questions: Is it in the A-Z list? • Can you open the earliest and latest full text? • Do the dates in the A- Z list match the publisher’s dates? • Is it in the catalog? • Is there a working Find-It link? • Do the dates in the Find-It link match those in the A-Z list? Digital Resources Librarian and Serials Cataloger corrected problems found. The numbers showed that it was worth the effort.Description
This poster, authored by C. Steven Douglas, was presented at the Medical Library Association (MLA) Annual Meeting May 2011. A version of it, co-authored by Douglas and Barbara Pappas, was presented at the Mid-Atlantic Chapter/Medical Library Association (MAC/MLA) Annual Meeting in October 2011.Keyword
Electronic journals--Access controlUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore. Health Sciences and Human Services Library
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