I was thinking of adding a list of journals I read to the sidebar, but I will instead give you links to where you can find out about journals. The most comprehensive Web site I have found is Peter Scott’s Libdex Library journals, newsletters, and zines. Most links work, though there are a few dead links because the remote sites have changed their URL or the journal went out of business.

One link that moved is for a magazine that I have started reading: Information Today, Inc. - ONLINE Magazine. This magazine has articles about Web issues, such as search strategies, information quality, Web site site management, and topic-specific online resources.

One of my favorite authors, Mary Ellen Bates, writes a column for Online Magazine: In the September/October 2003 issue she wrote about blogging, and in November/December 2003 she wrote about “Archiving the Web.” This magazine is a must read for Internet librarians. There are six issues a year and it is expensive for a SLIS student, but you can get a half-priced $55.00 subscription through the subscription card in the magazine. Also, 1) many academic libraries carry it, 2) you can read some articles online at their Web site, and 3) full-text is available in the Thomson Gale Infotrak database, available through many public libraries and as both full-text and PDF through Wilson Web in the new combined San Jose State University Library/San Jose Public Library at Research Services: Articles & Databases - SJLibrary.org [password required].

Another great listing of journals is done by the BUBL Information Service in Scotland: BUBL Journals. They have quite a number of journals listed in both the active “A-Z Journal Title” and in the “BUBL Archive Journals” sections. Their sections are searchable. I checked Online Magazine and found they list it in their archives as no longer supported, but they do have the contents page from issues for 1992 to 2000.

While you are checking out BUBL, don’t overlook their BUBL Journals: Journal Services section. It has a number of valuable links to sources for research. I checked the JSTOR link and was told to link to the United States search engine for JSTOR.

In a future bloglet—is there such a word for mini-postings in a blog?—I will discuss more journals and zines in detail.