OCLC continues to look for new publishing partners who will allow us to further diversify the range of journals available. The four publishers bring the total number providing journals through the service to 21, and the number of journals to be available through the service to over 850. Currently, some 200 journals are available on the service, and OCLC plans to have at least 500 available by January. Libraries using Electronic Collections Online subscribe to journals directly with publishers or subscription agents and access them remotely through the World Wide Web at OCLC's headquarters in Dublin, Ohio. End users of Electronic Collections Online can search, browse and display article citations for all journals available through the service and display abstracts or complete articles for journals their library subscribes to.
Users can browse lists of journals, selected issues or a selected topic area.
Electronic Collections Online combines the cost benefits associated with remote access to data with the advantages of local collection management, reducing information costs for libraries by centralizing storage and access, and enabling libraries to share the cost of loading, archiving and providing access to their electronic journal collections. The Ohio State University Press publishes journals in the humanities and the social sciences aimed at a professional scholarly audience. Each journal has been approved by the editorial board that governs the Ohio State University Press imprint. Sage Publications was founded on the principle of publishing by scholars and for scholars in the social sciences. For more than 30 years, Sage has maintained its commitment to education by publishing only for educational purposes.