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Patterns Of Journal Use By Scientists Through Three Evolutionary Phases., Carol Tenopir, Matt Grayson, Yan Zhang, Mercy Ebuen, Donald W. King, Peter B. Boyce
Patterns Of Journal Use By Scientists Through Three Evolutionary Phases., Carol Tenopir, Matt Grayson, Yan Zhang, Mercy Ebuen, Donald W. King, Peter B. Boyce
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Access to electronic journals and articles has involved three system phases: an early phase following introduction of electronic journals; an evolving phase in which a majority of scientific journals are available in electronic format, new features are added to some journals, and some individual articles are made available through preprint archives, author web sites, etc; and an advanced phase in which searching capabilities, advanced features, and individual articles are integrated in a complete system along with full text of core journals available back to their origin. This article provides some evidence of how scientists' information seeking and reading patterns are …