Reporting problems with A-Z list

Thanks to Lea for sharing this information - it's the kind of thing I often need and often forget, so am putting it here.  Interns are welcome to use this procedure also.   If it has been posted previously, it is a good refresher.

 

Here's a decision tree.  If you know of a central place where you'd like this posted, please let me know.

If the A to Z journal list has an online journal/newspaper/magazine title with the wrong dates mentioned in the summary or the link goes to the wrong page, start with Beth Bernhardt.  OCLC doesn't allow us to edit the date summaries that they list for our online journals, which is obviously a huge problem, but Beth could at least report it.

If the A to Z journal list is missing a print journal/magazine/newspaper title that we own, please let Katherine Nunnally know and she'll work on it.

If you find an ebook problem in the catalog - a full text link is going to the wrong ebook title, or the catalog record says that we own an ebook but there's no full text link or vice versa, contact Marcie Burton.

Obviously there's no immediate prospect of a full time position devoted to electronic resources librarian (a new Beth B.) and our current Beth B is stretched pretty thin, but if you are ever unsure of whom to contact about electronic subscriptions and collections, start with Beth.  

Thanks,
Lea

Print journals are in the new catalog! Journal title changes? Not so much.

The A to Z Journals list in the red search box is still the official place to search for ONLINE journals by title.

But the new WorldCat Local catalog now shows the volumes, years and call numbers for our print/microfilm/physical journals/magazines/newspapers/serials.

For example:  The Journal of the American Dietetic Association - click INTO the title then scroll down the worldcat record. Below the links into online access, under find a copy, you'll see volumes, years, and call numbers for the print version.

BUT if you're a hard-core library researcher, you might wonder why UNCG, which boasts an awesome nutrition dept with many vibrant programs, has no current issues of the flagship publication Journal of the American Dietetic Association.

This journal has CHANGED NAMES.  The new catalog and journals linking system don't know about journal title changes.

So if you're not finding a journal or newspaper or magazine that you've searched by title in the new systems, please consider the possibility that it has changed names. Those pesky serials do that a lot. A whole lot.  Wow, the changes that do happen with serials titles.

A happy ending: we do have current access to the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (used to be the Journal of the American Dietetic Association)

As ever, news and announcements about the new WorldCat Catalog can be found in Terry's blog: http://uncgworldcatlocal.blogspot.com

I'm skipping a demo so that I can put some of this info to the WorldCat Libguides:

• WorldCat Local/New Search (for patrons)
• WorldCat Local for Library Staff  (private guide)

Web of Science now points to the A to Z ejournals list

In case you haven't come across recent posts in Terry's blog http://uncgworldcatlocal.blogspot.com

Results in the Web of Science database now have a UNCG symbol that takes users into the A to Z ejournals list, not into journal finder.

This means more libguides updates for some of us :)

Please report any problems with journal linking to Beth Bernhardt.

Thanks,
Lea

Journals and links

Official spot for updates on WorldCat Local and systems that are integrated into it = Terry's blog http://uncgworldcatlocalblogspot.com



This post describes different systems for figuring out which journals, magazines, etc. we own.  At least some of this should be addressed during Terry's update at the all personnel meeting tomorrow (Thurs. 8/16/12). Info subject to change, keep an eye on Terry's blog.

Journal Finder = the list of print, microfilm, and e-journals that we're moving away from.

• We'll have access until 2013 (Terry, 8/14/12). 
• JF link is on the home page for the time being and also under "help with research" (bottom of the research box).  The LWAC committee (Richard, Kimberly, Amy) which in charge of library web page links will "reevaluate (having JF on the home page) as the print journals in WC unfolds." Yes that could be mid-semester!
•  E-journal links and dates - WT Cox is updating links and dates of coverage for titles in collections (Sage, Springer, aggregators like Academic Search Complete). But we have lots of e-journal subscriptions that are not in collections like these!  Beth B. will consider high priority updates but her primary responsibilities are shifting over the the OCLC systems for e-journals and e-books.
• Print, microform journal holdings - Katherine N. is updating these in JF.

Lea's opinion - JF can continue to be used with reasonable confidence. For myself, I plan to start with the A to Z list of ejournals UNLESS the patron specifically asks if we have a print subscription. In that case, I'll start in Journal Finder.

The old (Sirsi/Dynix) catalog also has up to date information on print and online journal holdings (titles, dates, volumes and issues owned). This could be a single search spot for journal info for a librarian, but I wouldn't suggest trying to teach it to patrons.

A to Z Journal List = a list of E-journals, meant to replace Journal Finder  but still being populated

• Doesn't yet include print journal holdings. No estimate for when that will happen, could be mid-semester, could be later.
• Linked on library home page in red search box.
• Some journals still show the wrong years of coverage - if you notice one, librarians/permanent library personnel should contact Beth B. Ref interns should probably report to the nearest librarian.

Lea's opinion - Looks different from Journal Finder but that doesn't make it a bad system. Think of it as an E-journals/newspapers/magazines list.  If someone wants to find out if we have a print or microfilm subscription, use JF or the old catalog for now.

Database links. The Open URL Resolver is part of the Journal Finder replacement. It takes you from "check for full text" links in library databases into WorldCat and the Knowledgebase (takes you to full text for the online stuff that we've told OCLC that we own).

Some databases ALREADY point into WorldCat instead of Journal Finder when you click on check for full text (Beth B, 8/15/2012):

• All EBSCO databases
• All Proquest Databases
• All Infotrac Databases

"The only other (database) that needs to be fixed is Web of Science" (BB, 8/15/12). Beth B. is working with the Web of Science vendor to get check for full text links pointing towards WorldCat.  No estimate.