Large Number Of Titles Research Articles

Open access scientific journals: an analysis of the Directory of Open Access Journals

Introduction. The research aims to analyse the publishers, countries of publication, citation indexes, article processing charges, and their inter-relations, in the journals that make up the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), a global directory that offers scientific information in immediate and exclusive open access. Method. Bibliographic, quantitative, and inferential study of 9,005 journals in the DOAJ, focusing on publishers, countries of publication, article processing charges, and citation indexes. Analysis. Calculation of absolute and relative frequencies, measurement of central tendency, chi-squared test, and Mann-Whitney U test using the R statistical software (version 3.2.4) with a 95% confidence interval. Results. Brazil is the country with the largest number of titles (10.9%), followed by the United Kingdom, which has a greater number of titles with article processing charges fees averaging US$ 1,474 for those that are DOAJ No Seal and US$ 862 for those that are certified DOAJ Seal. Europe has the greatest number of open access titles (47.6%). The Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Elsevier, De Gruyter Open, BioMed Central, and Springer are the publishers with the greatest number of journals and a higher presence in citation indexes (Journal Citation Reports and SCImago Journal Rank). DOAJ Seal journals are correlated and more likely to have article processing charges fees. Conclusions. In the consolidation of open access journals, commercial publishers and countries with a tradition of scientific publishing continue to gather the majority of journals. Thus, the oligopoly of commercial scientific publishers is maintained.

Evolution of the big deals use in the public universities of the Castile and Leon region, Spain

The evolution of the use of electronic scientific journals in the 2007-2018 period by the academic communities of the public universities of Castilla and Leon, members the Bucle consortium, is studied. Downloads of articles distributed by four broad-spectrum providers are analyzed: Emerald, ScienceDirect, SpringerLink, and Wiley. Unexpectedly, in spite of the new ways of accessing content, this analysis shows that the number of downloads in public universities in Castile and Leon has increased. However, it has been found that despite the growth, a few journals concentrate most of the downloads and that a large number of titles are not used. It has been verified that the universities with a higher number of staff and greater diversity of knowledge areas use a wider range of titles and thus obtain a higher benefit from their contracts. All of the above leads us to question the system of contracting big deals, i.e., bundles of hundreds of multidisciplinary journals and other resources. In a moment of change promoted by Plan S, we consider it more necessary than ever to understand the situation of the provision of serial scientific publications and to find the best strategy to have access to them.

An ebook program by any other name: A comparison of Ebrary PDA and YBP DDA Ebook purchasing at the University of Mississippi Libraries

ABSTRACTIn 2013, the University of Mississippi Libraries switched methods of purchasing demand-driven acquisitions (DDAs) for ebooks. The libraries moved from a method mediated by ebook vendor Ebrary to one mediated by book jobber YBP. Afterward, there was a sharp decrease in the number of ebook titles purchased after 2013 as compared with the previous method used in 2010–2013. This article examines purchased titles to determine why this difference exists and comes to the conclusion that Ebrary's system had less ability to be mediated, resulting in a larger number of titles, while YBP offered many title mediation options that were eagerly used by librarians, reducing the number of texts available for DDA purchase.

Deselection of print monographs in the humanities and social sciences in the digital age

Purpose For most college and university libraries, deselection of monographs should be an essential component of collection development. Few of these libraries have unlimited space for book stack expansion. This research study aims to cover the reasons why this should be undertaken and how it can be accomplished in the humanities and social sciences. At the main campus of Adelphi University Libraries, a conservative approach was used to identify and carefully review monograph titles that were published more than 50 years ago, and, in most cases, this resulted in their deselection without significantly affecting the collection. For some of these titles, the author determined that they might be worth replacing with available e-books and the author did so. Design/methodology/approach A brief overview is provided to delineate why deselection is important, and how it can be accomplished. A literature review was prepared. It included a review of deselection at small-, medium- and large-sized college and university libraries. The pros and cons of print versus e-books for collection development were reviewed, including four case studies. The feasibility of replacing print reference titles with e-books was also covered. A review of the monograph weeding project at the Adelphi University Library in the humanities and social sciences is provided. Conclusions and a projection of next steps are also included. Findings An overwhelming majority of the monograph titles reviewed were deselected without adversely affecting the overall quality of the collection. A small number of available e-book editions were selected to replace some of these deselected titles. Research limitations/implications All of the titles deselected were published more than 50 years ago. All of these titles were in the social sciences and humanities. The deselection review was limited to philosophy, religion, history, political science, sociology, education and psychology. There were limitations on the amount of time available to review titles in most of these fields, and as a result, only a small percentage of the titles in our collection could be reviewed. Practical implications The library has very serious space constraints, which has made it difficult to provide the needed study space for members of the Adelphi University community. Some sections of the book collection are jam packed, with no room for expansion. Deselecting older less used titles and eliminating some sections of book shelves help address both of these problems. Replacing some of these print titles with e-books contributes as well. This deselection project has reduced the holdings of monograph print titles significantly. In the future, the author hopes to rely less on print titles and more on e-books for collection development. Social implications In most fields, college and university students would be better served for their research by more recently published titles. Older, less used titles, as well as those not used at all, should be deselected to make room for more useful and up-to-date titles. As more and more titles become readily available as e-books, the collections of print titles can be reduced. Being able to use e-books even when the library is closed is a great advantage. It should also be noted that these titles can be used by more than one user simultaneously. Originality/value In conducting the literature search, the author discovered that there were a large number of titles on deselecting print titles. There was also considerable research on e-book collection development. However, there were few that linked these two important topics. In this research article and case study, the author hopes to have made a significant contribution to linking them together.

The effects of school‐based decision‐making on educational outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income contexts: a systematic review

The effects of school‐based decision‐making on educational outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income contexts: a systematic review

Enfoques metodológicos para identificar y caracterizar la investigación mexicana en química en bases de datos bibliográficas

Methodological approaches to identify and describe Mexican chemistry research in bibliographic databasesYoscelina Hernández-García, Mina Kleiche-Dray and Jane M.-RussellThe varying visions of a particular research field in diverse information sources are a recognized phenomenon in bibliometric and scientometric studies. The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding of the impact of using distinct information sources for the identification and description of a scientific field in a specific context, in this instance the field of chemistry in Mexico. We use both international and national sources specializing in or related to chemistry, as well as suitable multidisciplinary services, including Web of Science (WoS), Chemical Abstracts Service (cas), periódica and cab Abstracts (cab) for 2000-2004. Using an original methodology involving the construction of appropriate search strategies for each database and processes for the normalization, the authors compare and analyze the scientific production extracted from the distinct bibliographic databases, showing that the definition of the scientific field under study depends on the information source consulted. Our findings reveal the impact of a given database structure on search results. In the periódica index, scientific articles are concentrated in 37 journals (44%), while in international journals it is distributed across a large number of titles, 1559 (WoS), 188 (cab) and 1640 (cas).

El pasado en la novela española actual: el tema de la Guerra Civil

En los últimos años se ha publicado, en España, un gran número de novelas sobre nuestro pasado más reciente, concretamente, sobre la Guerra Civil española. En estas novelas se acude al pasado según los siguientes enunciados:1) La novela ha interiorizado los postulados ideológicos de la posmodernidad que, desde 1989, anuncia el fin de la Historia, el ocaso de la lucha de clases y la muerte de las ideologías. Si vivimos en un tiempo no-conflictivo, habrá que acudir a nuestro pasado conflictivo para que la novela sea posible.2) Como decían Pierre Macherey y Etienne Balibar: «El mandamiento primero de la ideología literaria es: Hablaré de todas las formas de lucha de clases salvo de aquella que te determina inmediatamente». Los conflictos del pasado, narrados en las novelas, desplazan los conflictos presentes.3) El pasado aparece deshistorizado. En ningún caso se produce la noción de memoria que Walter Benjamin desarrolló en sus Tesis sobre la Historia. El pasado, tal como queda descrito en estas novelas, empaña su contemporaneidad y conlleva una pérdida de la experiencia histórica en sentido activo.

A comparative evaluation of journal literature access options at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present a comparison of three models for journal literature access.Design/methodology/approachThis empirical paper is based on working practice in an academic library.FindingsPost‐implementation analysis shows that both pay‐per‐view and big deals offered valuable and highly used additional content, and that both are cost‐effective alternatives to the traditional subscription model. But overall, the big deal proves to be the best model for most journal titles due to its combination of superior cost savings and ease of end‐user access.Originality/valueBy analyzing the results of switching a large number of titles across three access modes in a short period of time, this paper offers insight into the effect of the three access models on end users and library budgets.

The Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek

Summary The University Library of Regensburg, Germany, has developed a special service for the use of electronic journals, called the Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (EZB). This Electronic Journals Library has been online since 1997 and is now used by 138 libraries. The participating libraries are cooperating in order to offer their users a constantly updated service of high quality. The EZB offers user-friendly access to a large number of titles. Free titles and licensed e-journals are presented within a single user interface. Each title entry offers information regarding the accessibility of full-text articles. This service is steadily growing due to the increasing number of electronic journals. Usage statistics demonstrate the service's popularity.

Collection Development and a Long-Term Periodical Use Study: Methodology and Implications

This article describes how data on periodical use statistics, collected since 1998, were gathered and stored at Hunter Library, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina. It considers the significance of the data and its use for collection development purposes. Since Hunter Library does not circulate periodicals, the data collection is based on reshelving statistics using INNOPAC (the shared integrated library catalog). The data gathered, such as subscription price, bibliographic information, and usage count, were moved into a Microsoft Access database and then used to create a wide range of reports. Over the period of the study (1998–2000) there was an overall decrease in the use of periodicals that accelerated in the course of the study, many titles were used intermittently, and a large number of titles had remarkably low usage. Serials Review 2002; 28:38–44.

Collection Development and a Long-Term Periodical Use Study: Methodology and Implications

This article describes how data on periodical use statistics, collected since 1998, were gathered and stored at Hunter Library, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina. It considers the significance of the data and its use for collection development purposes. Since Hunter Library does not circulate periodicals, the data collection is based on reshelving statistics using INNOPAC (the shared integrated library catalog). The data gathered, such as subscription price, bibliographic information, and usage count, were moved into a Microsoft Access database and then used to create a wide range of reports. Over the period of the study (1998–2000) there was an overall decrease in the use of periodicals that accelerated in the course of the study, many titles were used intermittently, and a large number of titles had remarkably low usage. Serials Review 2002; 28:38–44.

Electronic Resources

Librarians choosing to offer periodicals via electronic resources encounter many factors which influence satisfaction with the project. The purpose of this paper is to bring to the reader's attention the frequently overlooked areas of accuracy of information, extent of coverage of a journal, and updating of the coverage. These primary concerns are given much less attention in the literature than are fees, licensing agreements, and equipment. The writer addresses the question: Exactly, what is online? A determination of which electronic resource meets collection development goals and objectives must include an evaluative analysis of online information. The starting point for such an analysis is to describe the level of quality required by local standards of excellence and that which will meet users' needs. The methodology in this study began with the development of a checklist itemizing typical journal contents and publication information. The list was marked as notes were made in a page-by-page comparison of current issues and recent volumes with a random sampling of titles online. Information Access Company's Business ASAP and Academic ASAP, EBSCO's Academic 1000 and UMI's ProQuest Direct® were studied. Numerous areas to examine in a local analysis are discussed. Librarians should be aware that full text coverage may mean selective items are covered in full text. The review of titles covered should include a look at the quality and appropriateness of the titles for the local library. Searching for the largest number of titles provided on an electronic resource may lead one away from collection development policies which are just as important for new formats as they are for paper formats.

Bibliographic information retrieval in the field of artificial nutrition

The enormous amount of data available for clinical and research purposes has made information searching a complex task. We have designed a study to determine which bibliographic databases provide appropriate information for the field of artificial nutrition. Of the 149 databases consulted in the preliminary search, 15 were found to contain an appreciable number of titles related to our field. As a general result, we found that MEDLINE had the largest number of titles but other databasesoriented toward more specific topics contained references that were unique to them. The results show that an exhaustive search for any topic concerning artificial nutrition must be done on MEDLINE, EMBASE and Current Contents (75% productivity). These can be complemented with others according to their specialization in the subject to be treated. To obtain productivity over 75%, from five to seven databases must be consulted, according to the item under study.

Prévost d'Exilés (review)

506 EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FICTION 9:4 Erik Leborgne. Prévost d'Exilés. Paris et Roma: Éditions Memini, 1996. Bibliographie des Écrivains français, n° 4. 237pp. ISBN 88-86609-05-1. This volume is part of an ambitious new bibliographical series which, once established, is likely to become an essential working tool. The aim is to provide, for the featured author, a comprehensive list of editions, translations, and critical studies, classified according to general principles laid down for the whole series, with a brief comment on each critical work cited and a key to indicate which of these works are the most important. This latter takes the engaging form of a marginal symbol representing a pair of spectacles, with the "ouvrages signalés" in this fashion listed in a separate index. Erik Leborgne, in carrying out this exercise for Prévost, has had the fully acknowledged advantage of being able to work from Peter Tremewan's excellent Grant and Cutler bibliography, which, together with two updatings in the Cahiers Prévost d'Exilés, covers the period up to 1991. Leborgne's task has been essentially to add the most recent publications, reclassify Tremewan's lists according to rather simpler principles, cover areas such as manuscripts, translations, and early criticism that do not feature in Tremewan's work, and impose his own critical perspective, both in his comments on individual titles and in his overview of the state of Prévost studies. Quantitatively, his success is measured by the fact that he cites 1,081 titles where Tremewan, updatings included, cites only 779. The coverage of the full range of critical responses, from Prévost's contemporaries to the present day, marks an important advance; Leborgne makes no claims to completeness in the early period, but he does make it possible to survey at a glance the long evolution of a critical tradition. In the presentation, the new volume has many attractive features, especially the indexing; where Tremewan gives only a list of names of critics, Leborgne adds an index of key words, with separate listings of theses and book reviews as well as the "ouvrages signal és." A promised cd-rom version, to be updated every five years, should allow this venture to overcome the perennial problem of rapid obsolescence. The large quantity of careful transcription that this kind of work entails has been done accurately for the most part, although some flaws can be picked out: titles of works in languages other than French are given, where helpful, in translation; those from the English are mainly accurate, although "lecteur inconscient" for Naomi Segal's "unintended reader" will not really do. The critical part of this study is discreetly effective within its strict parameters . When comment on a large number of titles has to be compressed into a standard two to five lines, there is often little room to do more than summarize , but the list of "ouvrages signalés" does allow the author an opportunity to demonstrate preferences. It contains some sixty titles and the selection is fair, although inevitably there is scope for differences of opinion on what might have been included. The present reviewer, for instance, was surprised at the absence of Marie Rose de Labriolle-Rutherford's ground-breaking study of Le Pour et Contre , and would have wished to make a space for more of the work of Philip Stewart and Alan J. Singerman. Although Prévost studies are rightly recognized as no longer being simply a celebration of Manon Lescaut, the list of excellent critical studies of that novel could have been extended to include work by REVIEWS 507 Pierre Creignou, Jacques Proust, François Germain, and, above all, Segal. The list suggests a tendency to be harsh on Anglophone scholarship. Though brief summarizing comments allow little scope to distinguish between the mediocre and the bad, Leborgne makes the effort, and there are tart critical comments on works of which he disapproves, often on the grounds of providing insufficient specific reference to the text. Many such comments are appropriately directed, but at times they can appear excessively dismissive of works with substantial merits, such as Raymond Picard's contribution to the DeloffrePicard...

An Evaluation of a Blanket Order Plan for French Publications

A blanket order is currently used by the University of Michigan library as a major collection development tool in the area of French literature. During the past few years, concerns have arisen about the quality of service received from the blanket order vendor. These problem areas were identified: (1) the large number of titles of popular, nonliterary fiction received on the blanket order; and (2) the lack of adequate coverage in the area of history and criticism of French literature. An evaluation of the blanket order was conducted, based on an adaptation of the list checking method used for retrospective collection assessment. The results of this evaluation showed that there were serious problems with the blanket order in the two areas examined. As a result of this evaluation, the library is planning to make substantial revisions in the operation of the blanket order.

The Development and Management of a University Microforms Collection

Microforms emerged as a major means of acquiring library resources during the '60s, and libraries acquired a large number of titles in this format. The management of these materials was frequently neglected, however. Further growth in the '70s increased the need for their control. The development and growth of the University of Oklahoma Libraries Microforms Area is described, and reasons for managerial decisions are provided. Construction of a new building led library personnel to design a new Microforms Area with a user-friendly atmosphere. Factors contributing to the successful use of microforms and the need to continue to develop and maintain microform collections are discussed.

Theses And Dissertations Completed In Home Economics: 1986

The purpose of this study was to compile a listing of the theses and dissertations completed in home economics in colleges and universities in the United States during 1986. The 747 titles received from 68 institutions are listed by subject matter area and degree; and the author, institution, and availability of the docu ment are reported. Information about graduate research in home economics is summarized through presentations of totals for each institution, by subject matter categories, and through rankings for the institutions reporting the largest numbers of theses and dissertations. Of all the titles, 30 percent were for disser tations. The largest number of titles was reported in nutrition; family relations ranked second. In comparison to the titles reported from 1982 through 1985, the percentage of dissertations has increased (from 23% to 30%) and the subject matter areas with the largest numbers of titles remained the same.

A Citation Study of American Literature:

A total of 7,149 references appearing in 253 source items (including books, book artiles, journal articles, and dissertations) in the field of American literature were analyzed. From the analysis lists of the most frequently cited periodical titles and book titles (both primary and secondary) were formulated. Since such a large number of titles is cited, the lists reveal relatively small clusters of frequently-cited materials and do not identify fringe areas. The results do point to areas for retrospective development of collections and indicate possibilities for cooperative collection and study of citation data.

Theses and Dissertations Completed in Home Economics 1985

The purpose of this study was to compile a listing of theses and dissertations completed in home economics in colleges and universities in the United States during 1985. The 885 titles received from 73 institutions are listed by subject matter and degree; and the author, institution, and availability of the document are reported. Information about graduate research in home economics is summa rized through presentations of totals for each institution, by subject matter cate gories, and through rankings for the institutions reporting the largest numbers of theses and dissertations. Of all the titles, 26 percent were for dissertations. The largest number of titles was reported in nutrition, and family relations ranked second. In comparison to the titles reported in 1983 and 1984, the percentage of dissertations was similar (25% vs. 26%) and the subject matter areas with the largest numbers of titles were the same.

Educational Computing Books: Continuing Growth and Diversity

A suggested sign of growth and diversity in a field is the growth and diversity of its publications. Judged by this standard, educational computing is very much alive and prospering (another indicator is the large number of titles that include subtitles!). Not only have the number of publications increased, but they have improved in quality, with many now focusing on recently created topics and research results. In addition, several have begun to integrate advances from several fields. The large number of books in educomputing probably also reflects the size of the potential book market constituted by educators in all disciplines. The publications described below in no way exhaust available titles. Rather, they have been chosen to represent the diversity of books that have recently appeared. For reviews of other books see the American Biology Teacher of March 1983 (pages 167-169).