Re: Digitised backfile directory?

[Andrea Imre <aimre@lib.siu.edu>]

There are many publishers who offer backfiles but I do not know if a
comprehensive directory exists. There is one directory that comes to my
mind: Highwire journals backfiles @
http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl

These are all free :)

Andrea Imre
Electronic Resources Librarian
Southern Illinois University Carbondale


At 03:40 PM 8/18/2005 -0400, you wrote:
> Can any member of the list tell me whether there is a directory (or any
> other information source) that gives information about what digital
> backfiles of journals are now available - including information about
> whether any of these are available at no cost.
>
> Also (and I suspect this is less likely to exist) has anyone pulled
> together information on how many linear metres each printed journal
> takes up on the shelf?
>
> Hazel
>
> Dr Hazel Woodward
> University Librarian & Director of Cranfield University Press
> Cranfield University
> Email: h.woodward@cranfield.ac.uk