1. E-journals: Subscription Models and Access Modes
J. Shoba
National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (

2. E-Journals: Subscription Models and Access Modes
What are E-Journals?
Advantages of E-Journals
Subscription Models
Access Modes
E-Journal publishers
Alternative approaches
Related sources

3. What are E-Journals?
Electronic journals may be defined broadly as any journal, magazine, e'zine, webzine, newsletter or type of electronic serial publication which is available over the Internet. Publication of E-journals has become the main area of thrust for most of the publishers in the area of Science and Technology.

4. Advantages of E-Journals
Saves time
Ease of access
Faster medium of communication
Saves storage space

5. Subscription Models Academic Library Academic Consortia Corporate
Public Library

6. Access Modes Authentication via User ID/password and IP Address
Authentication via IP address

7. ACM
The ACM Digital Library has been developed by ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) .
Three kinds of packages are available
Digital Library Core Package
Digital Library master special interest group package
Digital Library conference Package

8. ACM… Terms for all digital library packages: URL: www.acm.org/dl
1.Three simultaneous users are permitted for any of these packages; it will cost $175 per added user.
2. The subscribed library may provide ACM with as many IP addresses as desired, any class IP address!
URL:

9. American Institute of Physics
The AIP Online Journal Service is available to individuals and institutions that subscribe to one or more of the AIP print journals.
For individuals,username and password are provided during subscription.
For Institutions, a maximum of 10 IP addresses/ranges is allowed. This has to be provided at the time of subscription.
URL:

10. ASM
ASM journal Online is the online journal service offered by the American Society of Microbiology.
An Authorized Site is an institutional (e.g., university) library located within a single building.
Authentication is done by IP address.
There is currently no limit on the number of readers.
A personal research alert service ‘Cite Track’ is being offered.
URL: intl-journals.asm.org/

11. Ebsco
EBSCO Online is based on the traditional services that EBSCO Subscription Services provides.
EBSCO online hosts more than 2,100 electronic journals. Administrators can choose from a variety of authentication methods to make access easy for users depending on their needs.
URL:

12. Elsevier Science
Science Direct is the product of Elsevier science, the premier electronic journal publisher on the Internet which publishes nearly 1000 English language scientific journals.
Contents Direct is an alerting service for Elsevier Science journals.
URL:

13. IDEAL
Ideal is the online library of electronic journals from Academic Press, selected journals from W.B.Saunders Ltd. and Churchill Livingstone Ltd.
APPEAL permits copying and transmission of articles from IDEAL within the consortium, but prohibits all copying and transmission of the electronic files outside the consortium.
The pricing model is:
institutional print price = 100%,
electronic only access = 110%,
print and electronic access = 135%.
URL:

14. IEEL
The IEEE/IEE Electronic Library is brought out by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE).
Discount is available if the print version is being subscribed by the organization. Special Academic Pricing is available. Authentication is done by checking the Username and Password.
URL:

15. Ingenta Journals
Ingenta Journals is a free service that can be accessed by users world-wide.
Free access to the full text of the articles held in Ingenta Journals is dependant on individual or institutional subscription rights and the arrangements made by the publishers.
It is also possible to enter the service as a guest user. This allows to view bibliographic details and abstracts of the articles, and to access some full text articles on a pay-per-view basis.
URL:

16. Institute of Physics
Three kinds of services are offered by the Institute of Physics:
1.Standard Service
2. Enhanced Service
3.Remote Service
It is not possible to subscribe to electronic form only. The electronic transmission of copies of articles for inter-library loan purposes is not allowed.
URL:

17. Kluwer Online Kluwer Online is the product of Kluwer publishers
If an institution requires both versions, a surcharge of 20% will be applicable. There are three kinds of subscriptions :
1.Standard Subscriptions:Subscription to as many journals in either electronic only form or combined with a paper subscription.
2.Single Site License: If there are a large number of holdings from Kluwer, the institution may negotiate a site license.
3.Multi-Site/Consortia Site License: A consortia may negotiate a license for all its member institutions.
URL:

18. Link
LINK is an information service created for the Internet by the science publisher Springer.
Authentication is done by checking user names and passwords and, in the case of institutional users, IP addresses.
LINK is not restricted to the Springer publishing group other publishers take advantage of this service by publishing their journals within LINK. alerting service is available.
URL: link.springer.de, link.springer-ny.com

19. Royal Society of Chemistry
The RSC journals are available from the RSC Web Site. The individual journal home pages contain a link to the 'Online Journal and Contents Lists'.
Access is controlled by username and password and, from January 1999, by IP address.
During subscription,the Subscriber's address plus all Subscriber's locations within that same city or within a five (5) mile [eight (8) km] radius of the Subscriber's address could be given. Outlying field stations could also be included in the Subscriber's Site provided (i) they are wholly owned or run by the Subscriber and (ii) the number of Authorised Users at the field station is less than 10% of the number of Authorised Users at the Subscriber's Site.
URL:

20. Synergy
Synergy, the online electronic journals library is the product of Blackwell Science publishers and Munksgaard , a Scandinavian publisher. Individuals can access through a username and password . Institutions can access Synergy through IP (Internet Protocol) address.
Individual articles can also be purchased on a pay-per-view basis.
Blackwell Science Online Only Price = 90% of Print Price
Blackwell Science Online + Paper Combined Price = 110% of Print Price
Munksgaard titles are available online as part of the paper subscription.
URL :

21. Wiley Interscience
Wiley InterScience is the online journals service from John Wiley & Sons.
1. Institutional Users
2. Individual Users
Wiley might refuse to grant license to an institution claiming a range of I.P. address, as it represents more than one campus according to them.
URL:

22. Alternative Approaches
ICAAP(International Consortium for Alternative Academic Publication)
SPAARC(The Scholarly publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)

23. Related Sites
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