Citation Linking: Temporary Access to ISI Database

[Stevan Harnad]

The BBS and Psycoloquy Archives have been temporarily linked to
the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) database (till
the end of May only) in connection with the JISC/Elib-funded
Open Journal Project.

You can go to an article, click on what it cites and
jump to its abstract and references in the ISI database.

There are gaps, but with a little imagination, you will have a
foretaste of what will soon be possible with citation linking
of electronic journals and databases

I suggest you start with the "MOST-LINKED PAPERS" in BBS and
Psycoloquy. As you scan the text, click on a cited paper you want to
see. It will first jump to the full citation in the bibliography; click
again and you will find yourself in the ISI database, navigating the
abstracts through citations. (Imagine it was all full text.)

Please try it:
http://journals.ecs.soton.ac.uk/cogsci.htm

Then PLEASE let the Open Journal Project (funded by JISC/ELib)
know what you thought and what you suggest to make it better
by filling out the Web form at:

http://journals.ecs.soton.ac.uk/cogsci-yourview.htm


For background information on citation linking see our published papers. 

Webs of Research: Putting the User in Control
http://sosig.ac.uk/iriss/papers/paper42.htm

Citation Linking: Improving Access to Online Journals
http://journals.ecs.soton.ac.uk/acmdl97.htm

All relevant papers are listed at
http://journals.ecs.soton.ac.uk/papers.htm