LIBRARY-NEWS
Issue no. 57
January 25, 2000

New Journal Circulation Policy at Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago

Effective February 1, 2000, unbound journals at the Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago will be restricted to in-library use. This will increase the availability of journal issues so that readers will more readily be able to locate these on the shelf. Bound journals will continue to circulate for a three-day period.

Any exemption from this policy must be requested from the Circulation Supervisor in the Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago and will be granted only in exceptional circumstances. Should there be a period when the library is unable to provide photocopy services, this policy would be temporarily suspended until photocopy services have been restored.

Electronic Journals at UIC

UIC now has over 1,400 electronic journals available to UIC faculty, students, and staff. Most of these journals are the electronic editions for paper editions for which the Library currently maintains a subscription. A list of these titles is currently being maintained on the Library Homepage where hotlinks to the various access points can be found for each title. This list is in process and continues to be edited and revised. If errors are found, please report them to H. Robert Malinowsky, Editor, at hrm@uic.edu.

Of particular note, if you are directed to ECO in OCLC FirstSearch, be aware that there are two ways into this database. On the first screen of OCLC FirstSearch you will see two hotlinked lines. The first says Connect to OCLC FirstSearch and the second says Preview the New Version of FirstSearch. The New Version is available for everyone to use and for accessing all of the electronic journals that UIC receives through ECO, and should be the way to link into the database. Just click on the line that says "Preview the New Version of FirstSearch" and then locate the ECO database. Clicking on "Browse Journals" will bring you a list of all the electronic journals offered by ECO with those available to UIC highlighted. The list that you find when you click on "Connect to OCLC FirstSearch" is no longer kept up to date with new titles to which UIC has access.

The UIC Library has a goal to exceed 2,000 electronic journals in this year, 2000. We will soon meet that goal when we will have access to all of the Elsevier journals in a database called ScienceDirect. Watch for an announcement of the availability of this new database.

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H. Robert Malinowsky
Professor and Manager of
Collections Development and Reference
University of Illinois at Chicago Library