Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Lippincott, Ovid, and AHA Journals Continued Problems

Yet another librarian has complained to the Medlib-l list that AHA Journals e-pages are not available online through Ovid's subscriptions.

Ovid's response:
"The publisher does not currently provide Ovid with the e-pages information,I am sorry to report. This has been reported by other customers, and Ovid is investigating being provided with this, in the future."

Again I want to let everyone know:
"Online subscriptions are available via Ovid Technologies and include access to tables of contents, abstracts, full-text searching, full-text display, document delivery, PDFs, links to Medline and GenBank, and future tables of contents. Access is limited to computers within a particular set of internet IP addresses. You may select access to the online journal through HighWire Press, Ovid, or both. For more information and to request pricing information, please contact the Regional Ovid Sales office closest to you."
(Taken from AHA Journals FAQ page)

When I was fighting this battle I found out that most of the reps on the phone that I called did not know about this. I was repeatedly transferred on the phone until I finally got somebody who knew about this. I DO NOT know the process by which you must go to do this and how much it costs. I moved to a different library before I could finish the battle.

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