February 23, 1995: Vol26n28: A World of Electronic Journals

A World of Electronic Journals
With the explosion of E-journals appearing on the Internet, how can
you get a feel for what is available? One avenue is to search an
E-journal archives such as the one made available through CICNet.
CICNet was founded in 1988 by the Committee on Institutional
Cooperation (CIC) which has a long history of supporting cooperative
academic programs among the MidwestUs major research institutions.
	The goal of CICNetUs electronic journals project is to
maintain full historical archives of electronic journals and
newsletters. Their Roriginal 600 journal server,S the CICNet
Electronic Serials Archive contains public domain E-journals and
newsletters without regard to editorial standards. The Journal of
Technology Education and Electronic Antiquity is collected along with
Blooball and Toxic Custard. The E-serials archives also has a menu
option titled RAbout Electronic Publishing and E-Journals,S which
contains a number of essays on this latest publishing phenomenon.
	CICNetUs most recent venture, the CIC Electronic Journals
Collection is an attempt to develop a collection of scholarly
journals. Electronic journals such as Architronic, Bryn Mawr Medieval
Review, The Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, The
Electronic Journal of Analytical Philosophy, and The Journal of
Artificial Intelligence Research have been selected for the collection
by librarians affiliated with CIC. At present the journals are
arranged alphabetically but an additional subject arrangement is
planned. Project participants promise Rvisible progressS in developing
the collection in the next several months.
	To access CICNet via UB WINGS type wings at your user prompt
and make the following menu selections: Libraries & Library
Resources/Electronic Journals/Archives of Other E-journals at CICNet.
You can also gopher directly by typing gopher gopher.cic.net at your
system prompt. For questions regarding UB WINGS and gophering contact
CITUs Help Desk at 645-3542, <consult@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu>.
 -- Gemma DeVinney and Loss Pequeo Glazier, Lockwood Library