I have never had calls from Biotechniques (this might be explained by my being outside the US, of course!), but I have taken out the free subscription. I receive their daily emails and tables of contents and have found useful things, particularly in the Webwatch column. There is more about Biotechniques at http://www.biotechniques.com/biotechniques/aboutbiotechniques/. Keith Keith Nockels MA MCLIP Information Librarian Clinical Sciences Library University of Leicester PO Box 65 Leicester LE2 7LX England - UK Tel. +44 (0)116 252 3101 Email: [log in to unmask] Times Higher Education University of the Year 2008/09 > -----Original Message----- > From: Jennifer Watson [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 06 April 2009 14:35 > Subject: Is Biotechniques a legitimate journal? > > I've had two calls recently asking me to take a free subscription to > the journal Biotechniques. In each case the caller refuses to give me > a phone number where I can call back. I had to hang up on the second > caller, he was so rude and pushy. Is anyone else being pestered by > these people, or know anything about the journal? > > Thanks for your help. > > Jennifer Watson > University of Tennessee Health Sciences Library > [log in to unmask]