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Automated E-Journal Table of Contents Alert Service in Health Sciences


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1 Assistant Professor Department of Studies and Research in Library and Information ScienceTumkur University, Tumakuru, Karnataka, India
2 Assistant Librarian,Library and Information Centre K.S School of Engineering and Management, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
 

.Journal Table of Contents (ToC) alert service is one of the current awareness services offered by libraries. Conventionally, the alert service is delivered in the form of contents pages of journals compiled into a bulletin. With the proliferation of electronic journals, users have the provision of subscribing to e-mail based ToC alerts of individual journals. However, subscribing to ToC alerts of individual journals can be time-consuming and arduous task for users. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a novel method of delivering journal table of contents (ToC) alert service.

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Current Awareness Service, Selective Dissemination of Information, JournalToCs, Google Groups, JournalToC Alert, Web of Science.
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Rupesh Kumar
Assistant Professor Department of Studies and Research in Library and Information ScienceTumkur University, Tumakuru, Karnataka, India
Zabeeulla B.
Assistant Librarian,Library and Information Centre K.S School of Engineering and Management, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Abstract


.Journal Table of Contents (ToC) alert service is one of the current awareness services offered by libraries. Conventionally, the alert service is delivered in the form of contents pages of journals compiled into a bulletin. With the proliferation of electronic journals, users have the provision of subscribing to e-mail based ToC alerts of individual journals. However, subscribing to ToC alerts of individual journals can be time-consuming and arduous task for users. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a novel method of delivering journal table of contents (ToC) alert service.

Keywords


Current Awareness Service, Selective Dissemination of Information, JournalToCs, Google Groups, JournalToC Alert, Web of Science.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.32344/jld%2Fv9%2Fi1%2F2023%2F1-12