The development of electronic journals in Taiwan: status report on a continuous study of access issues

Reports the results of a continuous study of access issues related to elect ronic journals currently distributed via the Taiwan Academic Network (TANet ). Data are reported on the accessibility of electronic journals, the statu s of electronic journal archives, the subject coverage, the indexing and ab stracting services, and the various data formats used by electronic journal s. The findings illustrate the practical issues that can arise when users a ttempt to retrieve the texts of electronic journals. The implications for a cademic and research libraries are also considered.