Piping Up

Q. I am trying to access a journal article in the ‘electronic journals’ section.
For some reason I cannot get the article, it says it is embargoed on 2 of the
3 sources, so I tried ALPSP, but it didn’t work. Can you help me access
it?The article is:

From Fetishism to ‘Shocked Disbelief ‘: Economics, Dialectics and Value
Theory. Detail Only Available By: McNally, David. Historical Materialism.
2012, Vol. 20 Issue 3, p9-23. 15p

A. Thanks for your question. I have just successfully followed the ALPSP link through to the article. I wonder if the website was down temporarily when you tried accessing it yesterday? Attached is a copy of the article just in case you have any problems.

Patty
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Patty Gallilee
Acting AUL Collections & Scholarly Communication

Q. Hi, I have a question about using the U.S. based service Dropbox.com for uploading articles to be shared with other SFU researchers. I have some concerns about this practice. Is this consistent with the terms of use for the electronic journals and SFU?

Thanks,

A. Hello,

Sandra Wong
Electronic Resources Librarian

Q. Hello. I am an SFU student trying to download this paper: Qualities of thoughtful social studies classes: an empirical profile – from the Journal of Curriculum Studies, Volume 22, Issue 3, 1990. http://www.tandfonline.com.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/doi/abs/10.1080/0022027900220304

Do I not have access to this?
Thanks

A. Hello,

Sandra Wong, Electronic Resources Librarian.

Q. Hi, I would like to know, as a recent graduate and, now, alumni, for how long will I still have access to online journals and journal databases through my SFU account? Thanks.

A. Hello,

Sandra Wong,
Electronic Resources Librarian

Q. I’m having trouble accessing certain Taylor and Francis journals, either the T&F page comes up saying page not found or if I can get into the journal I am asked for a log in to download articles (this is when accessed VIA SFU). Hope you can resolve this.

A. Apologies for the difficulty. The Taylor and Francis journals all moved to a brand new platform and website: from www.informaworld.com to www.tandfonline.com and we have redirects in place.

Thanks very much.
Sandra Wong, Electronic Resources Librarian.

Follow-up:
Q. Hi Sandra

I was searching Journal of Homosexuality and I think Journal of lesbian and Gay Psychotherapy.

A. The links should all be working now:

Thanks. Sandra.
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Sandra Wong, Electronic Resources Librarian

Q. Hello,

I am trying to access an online article from Advanced Energy Materials
(Wiley) but it seems that SFU does not allow access to it. Is there any way
for me to get some papers/articles from this journal or can the Library
purchase the access ?

A. Unfortunately, the SFU Library does not have a subscription to this journal.

Thank you for the feedback.
Sandra Wong, Electronic Resources Librarian.

Q. Hi, How can I access ISI Web of Knowledge? I’m a grad student at SFU. Thanks.

A. Hello,

Thanks.
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Sandra Wong, Electronic Resources Librarian

Q. Dear library staff,

I’m a Ph.D. candidate in Biological Sciences. Recently, I submitted a manuscript to the journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution, which is a relatively new journal published by the British Ecological Society. Their editorial staff wrote the email pasted below, which offers free access to the first two years of the journal for institutions whose faculty/students have submitted manuscripts there. I believe this is going to be a high impact journal (like other BES journals) and since it is free, I am writing to request that SFU take up this free trial offer. This link is here: to request free access to MEE: http://bit.ly/eXHURF. Could you please let me know if you decide to make this request?

Thanks for your time.

A. Thanks for sending this request to the SFU library. We currently have free access to all issues of Methods of Ecology and Evolution, linked from our e-journals list and the library catalogue. As with other free or trial journals, we’ll track the level of use by SFU readers over the next couple of years. Once the publisher is ready to begin charging for subscriptions, we’ll review the use at SFU and the proposed subscription price to determine the value of subscribing. I’m also passing your request along to Leslie Rimmer, liaison librarian for Biological Sciences, so she can monitor our use of this title.

Best regards,
Gwen Bird
Library Collections Management

Q. I am trying to access journals online, through the SFU library catalogue, however when I open an article it takes me to the page with the link and where the link is supposed to be it says ‘parallel server not found’ in red. (this is supposed to be the link that guides you to the actual journal)

A. Can you please tell me the name of the journal and provide the URL from the catalogue so I can investigate this error?

Thanks very much.
Sandra Wong
Electronic Resources Librarian.

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Further comments…

Hi Sandra,

I went to the live chat and reported the error and they said it was a problem with the server. As far as I can tell it has been fixed.

Thank you for the reply,

Q. I think the journal, Upping the Anti would be an excellent addition to our library’s collection. It is one of the few publications that seeks young First Nations scholars to submit, and is generally the only academic journal that covers current Native land issues. Upping the Anti also covers many other issues and would be invaluable to students of political science or students interested in social movements. I think you can subscribe at www.uppingtheanti.org. Please subscribe! Thanks.

A. Thanks for sending this suggestion to the Library. I was not aware of this publication. It offers very inexpensive subscriptions for libraries, is Canadian, and as an outlet for First Nations scholars, we’d be pleased to add it to our collection. I will initiate a subscription today.

Best regards,
Gwen Bird
Associate University Librarian, Collections