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Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 11:11:19 +0530
From: Ayesha 
To: LIS-FORUM@NCSI.IISC.ERNET.IN
Subject: J-Gate, the e-journal Internet gateway

Hello,

Can u please broadcast this to Lisforum members.

Thanks
Regards
Ayesha
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Dear Lis-forum members

You may be aware of the initiative Informatics has taken in setting up
J-Gate, the e-journal Internet gateway. Preliminary
announcement about the service was made during the 7th Annual Informatics
Lecture last November. We are now ready with beta version of the gateway,
with a couple of operational services. J-Gate's website address is
http://j-gate.informindia.com/.

Beta version supports following features:

1. Directory of about 1,500 e-journals, including free, free-against-print
and additional payment e-journals, with links to
   journal and publisher sites
2. TOC access to journals from IOP and Springer journals
3. Bibliographic database search for about 12,000 articles for    IOP
journals

Also supported are a few free services:

1. 'Trial offers by publishers' - regularly updated information about
e-journals available for free trial access. Journals are
   categorised by subjects.
2. 'Resources for librarians' - directory of e-journal publishers,
e-journals in Library and Information Science and Elec-
   tronic Publishing, discussion forums and other sources related to
e-journals and Indian e-journals.
3. 'Demo access' - Free access to a portion of the J-Gate directory.

FAQ page on J-Gate site gives more details, including our future plans.

Full access to J-Gate is currently restricted to journal subscription
clients of Informatics. If you are a subscription
client of Informatics, contact us to get user id and password. We can also
issue trial access to non-subscription clients, on
specific request.

J-Gate is currently hosted on a remote, shared web server and you may
experience slow response. We are in the process of setting up dedicated
Internet infrastructure in a few weeks and expect improved access speeds.

I welcome you to use J-Gate and give your valuable suggestions and comments
to make it more useful. Please bring this message to the notice of your
colleagues.

If you face any problems in using J-Gate, do not hesitate to contact me.

With warm regards
Ayesha


Ayesha Taranum
Information Analyst,Infosoft Division
Informatics India Ltd.
VIKAS, 112/7, Betwn 4th and 5th Cross
11th Cross,Malleshwaram
Bangalore - 560 003
Phone              :    +91-80-3313475,3442002
Fax                   :    +91-80-3344598
E-mail                : ayesha@informindia.com,  a_tara@yahoo.com