This study investigates the degree of indexing of gold Open Access (OA) journals within the field of communication studies in five major commercial bibliographical databases commonly subscribed by academic libraries and used by researchers and students. Results of the study indicate that 32 percent of the 147 gold OA journals identified were indexed in the five target databases. The communication studies databases provided the most complete indexing, while among the multidisciplinary databases, Scopus provided more coverage compared to Academic Search Complete, and Web of Science.
The presentation delivered in Oxford during IALL's 35th Annual Course on Law and Legal Information offered my perspective on Open Access to legal information within the context of Access to Justice in Canada. Please find below an overview of my presentation.
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