[Original post followed by responses]
From: Sally Bickley <s8bickley_at_yahoo.com>
I have 2 unrelated questions, but I think someone on
this list can help with them.
1st question - Is there a discovery tool for media for
medium sized academic libraries? I feel that one will
have to pursue the Choice journals and some of the
other periodicals, but we were wondering if someone
has defined a core group of media items for academic
libraries.
2nd question - I read somewhere (perhaps on this
list?) that there is a journal ranking for
disciplines. For example, the top 20 or top 50
journals in Chemistry, or Journalism, or Philosophy. I
would be interested in finding out more about this
ranking and how it is created and where to find it.
Many thanks to the collective wisdom of this list.
Sally Bickley
Reference Coordinator
Mary and Jeff Bell Library
A&M Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78412
361-825-5961
==#1==
From:
"Linwood DeLong" <linwood.delong_at_uwinnipeg.ca>
The answer to your 2nd question can be found at the following website.
You have to subscribe to this service, through ISI, to be able to view
these rankings, however:
http://www.isinet.com/products/evaltools/jcr/
I believe that this is the most comprehensive ranking of scholarly
journals. A less expensive way, that captures some of the standard
journals that undergraduate institutions would normally subscribe to, is
to look at the scholarly journals that are selected by established
indexes such as the H.W. Wilson indexes (Humanities Index, General
Science Index, etc.) or ProQuest or Ebsco. At our institution, which
is also an undergraduate one, we have found these lists useful
indicators of the journals that we should consider subscribing to. The
journals are not ranked scientifically, the way ISI does its rankings,
but I believe that they are selected because they are widely used in
academic institutions.
Linwood DeLong
University of Winnipeg
Linwood DeLong
Reference Coordinator
University of Winnipeg Library
515 Portage Ave.
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
R3B 2E9
Ph. (204) 786-9124
FAX (204) 786-1824
==#2==
From:
Selene Hinojosa <gh14_at_swt.edu>
Sally,
This is for question #2. JCRs, Journal Citation Reports from ISI
"rank" journals by discipline according to how often they are cited in
the literature. This means, that in a discipline, there are certain
journals that are so important, because they further the research in
the discipline, more often read, and then cited in other articles.
It is one of the best indicators, certainly for faculty.
For Library assessments, Ulrich's Serials Analysis (Bowker) also has a
"core" list (based on Katz, the JCRs, refereed, online, etc. and you
can limit by any of those categories) in their (Ulrich's) categories,
and allows you to compare your holdings to their "core" list/s.
Both, of course, cost money.
Regards,
Selene
Gloria Selene Hinojosa
Collection Development Librarian
Alkek Library
Texas State University, San Marcos
==#3==
From:
"Teresa Myscich" <teresa.myscich_at_cide.edu>
Hello Sally: To find the top journals one place to look is the Annual
Journal Citation Report, put out by ISI, makers of Science Citation
Index and Social Science Citation Index.
http://www.isinet.com/products/evaltools/jcr/
Saludos, Teresa
Received on Sat Apr 03 2004 - 03:11:35 EST