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SA ePublications:Supplying African Information to

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Johann Pienaar

Sabinet Online

jrpien@sabinet.co.za

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• Most comprehensive

• Searchable collection

• Full-text

• Electronic

• South African journals

• In the world

• www.journals.co.za

What is SA ePublications?

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How the project was started

• Initiated in 1999

• 350 scientific and scholarly journals identified

• 270 publishers were approached

• 77% responded positively• Creation of the full-text service

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SA ePublications now

• Started in 2001 with 3 titles

• Currently around 250 titles

• Focus on South African information

• Easy search interface

• Contents pages

• Abstracts

• Full text in PDF

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Future: Acquiring new publications

• Requests from subscribers

• We approach publishers

• Publishers approach us

• Editors or societies approach us

• Sign licence agreements

• Non-exclusive agreement

• Publishers retain copyright

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Available Publications

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Available Publications

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Journal Information

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Journal Website

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Examples of other titles• South African Titles:

– African Entomology– Shakespeare in Southern Africa– SA Law Journal– South African Medical Journal– English in Africa

• African Titles– Institute of African Studies Research Review– Ife PsychologIA– Gender and Behaviour

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DoE Accredited Journals

120 of the titles on the DoE list of “Approved South African Journals”

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IBSS Journals

15 of the titles appear on the International Bibliography of Social Sciences

list

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ISI Journals16 of the titles appear on the

The Sciences Citation Index of the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI)

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Sa ePublications Collections• Business & Finance 56

• Law 32

• Medical & Health 46

•Religion 16

•Science, Technology & Agriculture 47

•Social Sciences & Humanities 97

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Trial Accesshttp://www.journals.co.za/collections/collect_trial.html

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Subscribers: National Market

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Subscribers: International

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Thank you!

• Presented by: Johann Pienaar

• E-mail: jrpien@sabinet.co.za

• Web: www.journals.co.za

• Tel no: +27 21 4610229

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