[WEB4LIB] Proquest holdings problems

[Stacy Pober]

We only list the print and microform journals in the online catalog, not
the online-only ones.  But we do have a list of all the journals up on
our database and catalog page.  That version is protected because it
includes proxy-server passthrough links to the databases themselves.  If
you want to see what we put up, take a look at the unrestricted version:
http://web1.manhattan.edu/library/journals/jopen.html

Best,
Stacy

Blanton, Kimly Sabine wrote:
> 
> This sounds similar to some of the discussions at our library.  I'm
> interested in knowing if your library has considered adding these journals
> to your public catalog or possibly creating a dynamic database of all of
> your electronic journals?
> 
> Regards,
> Kimly "Kim" S. Blanton
> Computer Systems Administrator - Systems Department - Academic Library
> Services
> East Carolina University -Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4353
> voice 252.328.2223 ~ fax 252.328.6222
> email : blantonk at mail.ecu.edu
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stacy Pober [SMTP:spober at manhattan.edu]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 4:04 PM
> > To:   Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject:      [WEB4LIB] Proquest holdings problems
> >
> > I wanted to try to have our list of journals integrated into the
> > holdings feature for ProQuest, UMI/Bell & Howell's periodical indexing
> > database. The ProQuest files do include some full text, but a large
> > number of titles are index/abstract only.  Since we get a large number
> > of journals through other online vendors, I thought it would be nice to
> > have holdings notes that point users to the source for the full text
> > when we have it available.  We have a large periodical list, over 12,000
> > titles, most of them available through internet vendors.
> >
> > It turns out that ProQuest requires the holdings to be in the following
> > format:
> > Title|ISSN|Start Date|End|Date|Microform|Paper|CD-ROM|Note
> >
> > First problem:  they only list microform, paper and CD-ROM as format
> > options. And you MUST select one of those formats with a "y" otherwise
> > the entry will not be accepted.         Most of the journals we have
> > access to
> > come from online databases.  I asked UMI's technical support about that
> > ("Have you guys heard about the "Internet"?  I've heard it's going to be
> > a really big thing someday...") and was told that this might be an
> > option in the future versions, but right now, you must specify one of
> > the more traditional formats and you can't use HTML links as part of the
> > holdings field.
> >
> > The next problem is that, for a large number of journals we have them
> > from several sources.  We may have a print subscription plus have the
> > same title supplied by more than one online database, and the dates of
> > coverage will be different for the print subscription and in the
> > individual online databases.  So ideally, instead of giving a start and
> > end date, I'd rather just have the title, ISSN, and a note that tells
> > users to check our online periodical list.  However, the start and end
> > dates are NOT optional data fields.
> >
> > Has anyone found a workaround for these limitations?
> >
> > Stacy Pober
> > Information Alchemist
> > Manhattan College Libraries
> > spober at manhattan.edu
> > http://www.manhattan.edu/library