To put this in plainer language, what Mark is describing is known as
an 'embargo'. It means that the full text has to be delayed for a
certain period of time before it can be accessable from the database.
You can verify the embargo in the journal directories. Proquest shows
their embargos as a default column in their journal lists. We
(Wilson) show the embargo, but the searcher has to specify that they
want the information to show. Embargos can run from days to months to
as much as year, sometimes more. Journal lists are available to
anyone and are not restricted to the subscribers. There is usually a
link from the vendor's main website.
Dan Robinson
HW Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com
On 28 Mar 2004 at 18:11, Mark Williams wrote:
> 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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