Electronic Journals St. The issue of the availability of electronic journals is still being played out by the publishers. Some refereed, scholarly journals have ventured into the online publishing medium but continued to be paper-dominated electronic editions. Some have moved to provision of simultaneous publication in both paper and electronic through the Internet.
Authentication continues to be an issue for access to electronic versions of journals.
Some publishers are providing free access to these electronic versions while they sort out the economics of electronic distribution. Subscribers must use a login and password to gain access. Once logged in the subscriber can create their own login and password for future access. Options can then be personalized and e-mail alerting services are available for setup by the subscriber. The IOP has provided an excellent example for other electronic journals to emulate, but it still means that the initial login and password must be distributed by the library to the users which even on a small campus like St.