Personalized E-Journals

[Gerry Mckiernan]

                          _ Personalized E-Journals _

   I am greatly interested in identifying electronic journals that allow a user to create a personalized version of the journal or journals as defined by user from  pre-established categories, keywords, or automated interest profiling based upon user behavior.

   An example is the 'Virtual Review Journal' that can be created within 
BioMedNet [http://www.bmn.com/ ] [ http://reviews.bmn.com/ ]. Within BioMedNet, users can create a profile by selecting from broad categories 
[http://reviews.bmn.com/virtual/create ],  and/or tailor the personalized journal  using keywords, and name their personalized journal. 

  In selecting a named 'virtual journal' from 'My List of Virtual Journals' , the user is presented with a listing of citations selected from "5000+ review articles from over 100 journals" that match the established profile with the most recent listed first. A sample is found below:

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1, The impact of preprint servers and electronic publishing on
     biomedical research [Guest Editorial]
     Gunther Eysenbach
     Current Opinion in Immunology, 2000, 12:5:499-503
     Abstract, Full text: text, PDF 67 k

2.   The antibody web [Trends]
       Stefan Dübel
       Immunology Today, 2000, 21:8:355-357
       Abstract, Full text: text, PDF 56 k

3.    Multimedia atlas of internal parasites of horses 
       [CD-ROM Review]
       Gareth W Hutchinson
       International Journal for Parasitology, 2000, 30:5:675-676
        Abstract, Full text: text, PDF 79 k

[My Virtual Journal focused on 'multimedia' ]

   All users have access to the Abstract for a citation; access to the full-text of the work is available only to subscribers. [BTW: A Free 90-day trial to BioMedNet  Reviews is currently available [http://reviews.bmn.com/latest/reviews ]

[NOTE: BioMedNet is owned by Elsevier Science and is part of the Reed Elsevier group of companies. BioMedNet is the website for biological medical researchers. To date there are more than 600,000 members of BioMedNet -- with more than 20,000 people joining per month! Membership to BioMedNet is free, and members can search all of BioMedNet without charge. However, viewing full-text articles from publishers often requires payment or a subscription.]

   

   As Always, Any and All contributions, suggestions, comments, queries, cosmic insights, etc. are Most Welcome!

   I am particularly interested in the availability of personalization/customization options with e-journal aggregatorsir [e.g., OCLC ECO, Swets/Blackwell  SwetsnetNavigator, etc.] which may or may not offer such personalization options across the e-journals of a number of publishers.

   Citations to key and core articles, papers, reports, etc. on customization/personalization of e-journals are of particular interest.

   I am particularly interested in any and all examples of e-journals or aggregators that can auatomatically create and refine a personalized e-journal based upon user interaction with the e-collection.

   As Always, Any and All contributions, queries, critiques, questions, criticisms, cosmic insights, chads - hanging or otherwise, etc. are Most Welcome.

/Gerry McKiernan
Personalized Librarian 
Iowa State University 
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck at iastate.edu 

                              DISCLAIMER

   The discussion of the BioMedNet service is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an endorsement.