Synoptic and Virtual E-Journals

[Gerry Mckiernan]

                           _Synoptic and Virtual E-Journals_

     I am greatly interested in identifying additional 'Synoptic' and  'Virtual' e-Journals for inclusion in EJI(sm),  my registry of innovative e-Journal features,
functionalities, and content available at:
  
          [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/EJI.htm ]

         One may define a 'Virtual' e-journal as an organized collection of articles from *other* e-journals relevant to a narrow or broad subject field. An excellent example of a virtual journal is the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology,   "a weekly multijournal compilation of the latest research on nanoscale systems" published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and the American Physical Society (APS) in cooperation with several other scholarly societies [ http://www.vjnano.org/nano/ ] This virtual   e-journal contains only articles from *other* journal; no content is original in to the this 'virtual' journal.

     'Synoptic'  e- journals may be defined as e- journals that provide synopses or summaries of articles from other e-journals that relate to a broad field (e.g., medicine) or specific discipline with a field (e.g., cardiology). Several excellent examples of synoptic e-journals in medicine are those issued by the Massachusetts Medical Society in its _Journal Watch Online_ series (http://www.jwatch.org/) 

     Other examples of 'Virtual' and 'Synoptic' e-Journals are listed in the 
EJI(sm) registry [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/EJI.htm  ]

    As Always, Any and All contributions, suggestions, comments, queries, commentary, Cosmic Insights, Campaign Finance Reform amendments, etc. are Most Welcome.

    Regards,

/Gerry McKiernan
Reformed Librarian
Iowa State University 
Ames IA 50011

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