http://hslibrarynews.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/blackwell-synergy-moves-to-wiley-interscience/ News from the Health Sciences Library Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:25:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://hslibrarynews.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/blackwell-synergy-moves-to-wiley-interscience/#comment-49 Serhan Alkan Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:17:37 +0000 http://hslibrarynews.wordpress.com/?p=106#comment-49 I have been trying to access most recent articles related to hematology in both British Journal of Haemetology and Leukemia. There is an embargo on the articles recently published in both of these Journals limiting my access. These journals provide very important information relevant to our daily patient care and this embargo will effect negatively my practice. This is an inferior service compared to the time when I had access to journals on the shelves. Since conversion to electronic journals our utilization and access to to literature have been improving but with these recent changes I believe we are getting worse service than 10 years ago. I understand the financial challenges for the library but there should be the right priority for the selection of the proper journals. A selection made based on usage by medical student or residents may not be the right one since limitation on these very important articles will ultimately effect the care I am providing to our patients. I feel like that the library service I am getting here is worse that the 3rd World country! I have been trying to access most recent articles related to hematology in both British Journal of Haemetology and Leukemia. There is an embargo on the articles recently published in both of these Journals limiting my access. These journals provide very important information relevant to our daily patient care and this embargo will effect negatively my practice. This is an inferior service compared to the time when I had access to journals on the shelves. Since conversion to electronic journals our utilization and access to to literature have been improving but with these recent changes I believe we are getting worse service than 10 years ago.
I understand the financial challenges for the library but there should be the right priority for the selection of the proper journals. A selection made based on usage by medical student or residents may not be the right one since limitation on these very important articles will ultimately effect the care I am providing to our patients. I feel like that the library service I am getting here is worse that the 3rd World country!

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