Abstract
Many clinical libraries offer a journal alerting service that gives clinicians the opportunity to review the most current tables of contents for journals of interest. JournalTOCs, a portal provided by Heriot-Watt University, aggregates e-TOCs so that they are available from one online resource.
Highlights
Mechanisms for providing a journal alerting service have evolved over the years, moving from simple paper-based approaches to electronic tables of contents (e-TOCs) services
JournalTOCs circumvents this issue by aggregating e-TOCs so that they are available from one online resource
It is beyond the scope of this short review to compare all features, strengths, and weaknesses of these apps, but it does address reasons why a library might consider a service like JournalTOCs Premium instead of or in addition to these apps
Summary
Many clinical libraries offer a journal alerting service that gives clinicians the opportunity to review the most current tables of contents for journals of interest. This review, focuses on JournalTOCs Premium, which allows clinical libraries to provide a comprehensive email journal alerting service for clients, with features such as 300 journal alerts per user, customized library messages in alert emails, and integration with an institution’s journal subscriptions for full-text access. Given this use case, the experience with JournalTOCs Premium will be described from the perspective of both the end user and the institution
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