tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post7394143286489828886..comments2024-03-18T05:08:29.201-07:00Comments on Publishing Archaeology: Why is it hard to find archaeological information using standard databases?Michael E. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942595266312225661noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-82675917416246502552010-12-03T21:25:24.665-07:002010-12-03T21:25:24.665-07:00Janet's point above about the programmatic and...Janet's point above about the programmatic and historical reasons for the limitations of AL as an index for archaeology are also apropos where the lesser lights of archaeology are concerned. In an earlier study of indexing of British and Irish titles, we found that 86 of the 89 journals selected for the study had been subscribed to by Harvard libraries, but just 42 had been subscribed to by Tozzer. Many of the journals and magazines (70) were at the the Widener Library, instead, and a sizeable number (34) were also scattered about at other libraries in the system. Thus, they were never indexed by AL.<br /><br />Luckily for the Isles, biab covers many of the lesser county and society journals, but there doesn't seem to be a similar index for second, third, or fourth tier American periodicals. Since AL doesn't index many of these periodicals, their articles are pretty much lost to view and become grey literature upon publication (see, Seymour 2010 @ http://www.springerlink.com/content/r7q40553n76751j1/).<br /><br />If AL isn't going to cover these titles, who will? Academic Search Premier unexpectedly picked up Illinois Antiquity a few years back, but I wouldn't expect there's much momentum among secondary services for extending coverage to other little archaeology journals.<br /><br />For futher information (with apologies for the corny titles) see: <br /><br />http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/121/<br /><br />http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/120/<br /><br />Cordially yours,<br /><br />D. C. Tylerdtylerhttp://liferay.unl.edu/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=0084b98a-f121-4574-9376-9ab50a68f57c&groupId=4061196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-64266152655389263612010-03-04T10:38:04.715-07:002010-03-04T10:38:04.715-07:00Anthropological Literature indexes the journals in...Anthropological Literature indexes the journals in Tozzer Library at Harvard (I am the librarian responsible for building the Tozzer collection), and so the key publications you refer to which are not in the database probably aren't owned by Tozzer but are in another Harvard library. The reasons are historical and programmatic: Tozzer supports archaeology in the Americanist tradition which typically does not include Egyptology and classical archaeology. That said, if there are important publications you believe should be in AL, tell me what they are and I will see if we might be able to index them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08814873035802366762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-67087028776400500132009-10-20T05:08:43.869-07:002009-10-20T05:08:43.869-07:00Hi Michael,
This is an interesting topic and one ...Hi Michael,<br /><br />This is an interesting topic and one we'd love to explore at Heritage Key. Take a look at our site, and get in touch if you think you'd like to use the brand as a platform to speak your mind on the topic.Sean Williamshttp://heritage-key.com/blogs/sean-williams/noreply@blogger.com