Periodicals
New periodical subscriptions
Suggested titles for subscription are referred to the coordinated journal purchasing scheme.
Please make your recommendation here indicating why this subscription is required eg scope and coverage (does it fill a gap?), high quality or international standing, impact factor if known etc. Please prioritise between 1 and 5 (1 = highest priority 5 = lower priority).
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July 2009 - E-only access or print as well?
The American Chemical Society is changing its pricing structure, access options and print format from 2010.
From July 2009 a new ‘rotated and condensed’ format (ie. 2 pages will be reduced to fit on to 1 page) is being introduced for all journals published solely under the ACS imprint except for:
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Accounts of Chemical Research
Chemical Reviews
Chemical & Engineering news
The pricing model focuses on a subscription to ACS Web Editions with print format charged at an additional price. The deep-discount price for print format currently offered to institutional subscribers is being withdrawn from 2010.
More information here: http://pubs.acs.org/page/press-release/publication-changes.html (Judith)
Recommendations Dec 2008 - update 19.1.09
The library committee has prioritised electronic access to the following journals in the current round of subscription recommendations/ cancellations:
Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. Bentham Science. Impact factor: 4.16
International reviews in physical chemistry. Taylor & Francis. Impact factor: 6.036
Liquid crystals. Taylor & Francis. Impact factor 1.362
If you wish to comment on these or any other title listed please select 'edit' tab at top of page and type your comment below relevant title.
*Closing date for comment - January 31st 2009*
(Thanks, Judith)
Other chemistry-related titles:
Briefings in bioinformatics. OUP. Impact factor: 4.415
Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. OUP. Impact factor: 0.556
Electrochemical and Solid State Letters. Electrochemical Society, Inc. Impact factor: 2.009
Journal of geophysical research. American Geophysical Union. -additional seats- Impact factor: 2.953
SPIE Digital Library: http://spiedigitallibrary.org/
Proposed cancellations
Current opinion in pharmacology. Elsevier. (Print and electronic format - Medical Library sub)
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. Akademiai Kiado Rt. (Electronic format - University Library sub)
Other recommendations
Is it possible to restart the subscription to Heterocycles? Impact factor 1.066 (Tom Beale)
e-EROS is the online version of the Encyclopedia of Regents for Organic Synthesis (http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/eros/). This is a tremendously valuable resource for organic chemists. The online version is continuously updated with new entries, as well as additional content for older entries. I recommend priority 1 status for this resource. (David J. France)
Thanks for these recommendations - noted. (Judith)
Methods in Enzymology is generally a very useful periodical.
Sophie Jackson
Full text access is available via Science Direct from vol 311, 2000 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/00766879 and a full print run is held by Biochemistry Library. (Judith)