Marianne wrote:
>Dear LM_Netters,My
>primary concern is that periodicals, i.e., Newsweek, journals like Phi Delta
>Kappan, are not posted in a timely manner. The Newsweek links for March 22
>are not yet available (Friday, a.m.), when March 29 is already in the
>library in paper copy. Phi Delta for March was received in paper copy on
>March 3, but is not available on Proquest yet (March 26)
I, too ran into this two weeks ago. I called and was told (this is a very
close paraphrase): Due to individual contract provisions with some
publishers,ProQuest cannot publish content on some periodicals until the
subsequent issue is on the newsstands, to avoid diluting possible
sales. Once the following issue is available, copy is released to the
database.
To me, this sound like the crackle of Confederate money. I wonder if
anyone else has gotten a different answer from UMI?
Mark Williams
Librarian
Colton High School
Colton, CA 92324
mark_williams@eee.org
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