It assesses the extent to which scholars and researchers are aware of, are influenced by, and build their own work upon research published in e-journals. Only eight of the 39 e-journals studied have been cited ten or more times over their lifetimes. Given that eleven of the e-journals have print counterparts, these findings are especially telling. The Chemicool Periodic Table, provided by a student at MIT, is a simple yet elegant site that allows users to click on their element of choice, or type in its name or symbol. Each home page may contain essays by subject specialists, an anthology of readings from the period, a chronology, bibliographic resources, hypertext links to related sites, and computer graded quizzes.
Interested users can also navigate the site by topic across cultures.
A highlight of the site is the ability it gives the user to view the entire chronology, or to click on a year and culture and then another culture, in order to compare cross-cultural developments at the same time period. The site is a work in progress that promises maps and images in the near future. Simple content is conveyed graphically and imaginatively at this site. Users with slower connections should be patient, however. Archives are available at the site, as are submission guidelines.