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Streamlining Journal Access: JournalTOCs API for Research and Metadata Enhancement

JournalTOCs is a revolutionary project developed at Heriot-Watt University, offering a comprehensive API that facilitates the search of the latest tables of contents from over 12,000 journals across 420 publishers. With features like retrieving articles by ISSN or author and creating personalized journal lists, JournalTOCs enhances research engagement. This tool supports metadata enhancement and current awareness for researchers, ensuring they stay updated with relevant publications. The API is available for free, making cutting-edge journal content accessible to institutions and researchers.

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Streamlining Journal Access: JournalTOCs API for Research and Metadata Enhancement

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  1. JournalTOCs Lisa Rogers, Santy Chumbe & Roger Rist Institute for Computer Based Learning - Heriot-Watt University

  2. Background • 6 months JISC Rapid Innovation Project • Allows searching of the latest Tables of Contents of over 12,000 journals from over 420 publishers. • Content in JournalTOCs collected using ticTOCs Data Set. • Developing a freely available API. http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/

  3. API Methods • Journal http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/journals • Articles http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/articles • MyTOCS http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/emailAddress • Registered Institution http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/applicationID

  4. Journals Examples • List of Journals whose titles contain keywords i.e. learning technology http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/journals/learning technology • List of latest articles from a journal given the ISSN i.e. 0906-4710 http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/journals/0906-4710

  5. Articles Examples • Find recent articles published by an Institution i.e. Heriot-Watt University http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/articles/“Heriot Watt University” • Find recent articles published by an author i.e Dorothy Bishop http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/articles/Dorothy+Bishop

  6. MyTOCs Examples • List of Journals selected by a user i.e. Roddy MacLeodhttp://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/r.a.macleod@hw.ac.uk

  7. Institution Example • Searches across articles that Heriot-Watt University has a subscription tohttp://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/HeriotWatt/corrosion

  8. Results Format RSS 1.0 with: • Dublin CoreModule • PRISMModule • ContentModule Based on RSS Recommendations from ticTOCs project + <dc:contributor> for affiliation

  9. Monitoring Journals

  10. Use Case 1 • Identifying new content for IRs • Query by name of institution/author list • Returns a list of articles • What to do with the results? • Could use the list to find the authors and ask to manually deposit • Create a new (draft) entry in repository.

  11. Use Case 2 • Metadata Enhancement (i.e. to check/update published status) • Query by title/keywords/author etc. • Returns an article/list of possible matches • What to do with the results? • Manually check article to see if correct • Correct/update metadata manually • Automatically update entry?

  12. Other Use Cases • Add RSS Feeds to your library catalogue. • Researcher Current awareness: Keep up-to-date with articles containing particular keywords. • Show others journals that you follow. • Embed localised search results into library website.(Demo) http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/library/

  13. Issues • We are reliant on publishers providing author affiliation. • Rely on publishers providing structured metadata in their RSS Feeds. • Discrimination: How to deal with authors with the same name.

  14. Contact • Lisa Rogers • L.J.Rogers@hw.ac.uk • @lisajrogers on twitter • Santiago Chumbe • S.Chumbe@hw.ac.uk • @santychumbe on twitter

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