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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 12:01:54 -0500
From: David Goodman <dgoodman@PHOENIX.PRINCETON.EDU>
Subject: Re: Electronic journal problems (2 messages)

I would add to the list of possibilities two quite expensive services:

LinkFinderPlus, from Endeavor
sfx, from ExLibris

To follow Dan's metaphor, I personally  consider them , in the order
listed,
the Ferrari and
the RollsRoyce.

Like him, I make no recommendations. If you have the money, you will
probably find that one fits your needs better than the alternative.
However,  they are both quite elaborate systems, and if used only for the
function of keeping links up to date, they may not be the most efficient
way to go. (the car analogy seems to hold here, too)

Again, my personal view only, and based on demos, not use.

 David Goodman
Research Librarian and
Biological Sciences Bibliographer
Princeton University Library
dgoodman@princeton.edu            609-258-7785

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> Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 22:32:10 -0700
> From: Dan Lester <dan@riverofdata.com>
> Subject: Re: Electronic journal problems (Allison Mays)
>
> Thursday, March 07, 2002, 4:44:47 PM, you wrote:
>
> > Two words:  Serials Solutions.  They'll take care of it for you. Check them
> > out at www.serialssolutions.com - very affordable and money well-spent,
> > super customer service.  Contact me if you want more info, I did an article
> > on them for Against the Grain.
>
> > Dan Lester will probably jump in and mention TDNet, which is another
> > service.
>
> I'll give this information.  For commercial solutions to keeping track
> of ejournals, the three options I know of are, in alphabetical order:
> www.journalwebcite.com
> www.serialssolutions.com
> www.tdnet.com
>
> They certainly help with keeping track of serials in licensed
> databases, but for the ones you subscribe directly to, you still have
> to inform them of what you subscribe to, cancel, have title changes
> on, and so forth.  But they do simplify things.
>
> The three listed above I'd consider to be, in order, the Yugo, the
> Honda, and the Mercedes.  Each has its advantages.  The prices vary
> widely.  The deliverables also vary widely.  The frequencies of
> updating also vary widely.
>
> As always, "ya pays your money and ya makes your choice".  I'd
> certainly not choose any one of them without investigating all three.
>
> All that being said, I'll be careful to avoid any sort of wars over
> which is better and why.  I'll leave that to others.  I also avoid
> wars over integrated library systems, automobiles, and operating
> systems.
>
> cheers
>
> dan
>
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