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SA ePublications:Supplying African Information to

the World

Presented by:

Johann Pienaar

Sabinet Online

[email protected]


• Most comprehensive

• Searchable collection

• Full-text

• Electronic

• South African journals

• In the world

• www.journals.co.za

What is SA ePublications?


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


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


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


Available Publications

http://www.sabinet.co.za/journals/journals_publist.html


Available Publications


Journal Information


Journal Website


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


DoE Accredited Journals

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


IBSS Journals

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

list


ISI Journals16 of the titles appear on the

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


Sa ePublications Collections• Business & Finance 56

• Law 32

• Medical & Health 46

•Religion 16

•Science, Technology & Agriculture 47

•Social Sciences & Humanities 97

http://www.journals.co.za/collections/


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


Subscribers: National Market


Subscribers: International


Basic Search Screen


Search Command


Results Screen with Brief Displays


Full Display Screen


Full Text


Contents Page Screen


Contents Page Select


Contents Page


Full Text


Advanced Search Screen


Results Screen


Full Text


Searchable PDF


Search Results


Thank you!

• Presented by: Johann Pienaar

• E-mail: [email protected]

• Web: www.journals.co.za

• Tel no: +27 21 4610229


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