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Link. Source – the sophisticated, powerful link resolver from EBSCO Information Services © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

The Problem n Libraries want to provide their patrons with easy access to full text content. n Libraries are challenged with consolidating central access to all available resources. n Configuring links in every individual resource is inefficient and can be a timeconsuming maintenance exercise. The British Library document supply service have estimated that 20% of the document requests they receive are from Institutions that already ‘own’ the material © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Link Resolver – what criteria? n n n n What pre-determined information is there? How flexible is the service? What control (over links etc) will I have? Is there any ‘capital’ cost (hard & software? ) Can I customise the service? Is the service universal? Cost © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

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With Link. Source: More comprehensive, easier to manage ISI Publisher sites Ehost DBs British Library ingenta Link Source Ehost EJS Gale Google © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Link. Source is… n Referred to as an item-level linker. All resources relate back to the article of interest. n Accessed after a search in an Open. URL compliant database, and selects an item of interest from the result list or detail display. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Link. Source is not… n A search engine that simultaneously searches multiple online services. n Link. Source does not ‘search’ resources. It is configured to appropriately display links to resources based on the nature of an item, such as a citation. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Extended Linking n Link. Source is a logical extension of EBSCO’s Smart. Links and Custom. Links (ILS Links) technologies. n The Linksource menu of resources is easily, and centrally, configured and customized in EBSCOadmin. n Link. Source is Open. URL compliant so linking to EBSCO’s full text content is now possible from non-EBSCO products. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

The Knowledgebase Determines how good a link resolver is: n Knowledge on how to make links n Knowledge how to control links n Information kept up-to-date © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Knowledgebase § Link. Source was built on the ability to access validated* full text from three sources: 1. EBSCOhost databases 2. EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service 3. Cross. Ref § Article-level access to over 16 million full text articles from 12, 000 journals from these three sources. * Link. Source checks that both the journal and article are available for content from resources identified in items 1 -3. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Customisation options n n n Logo at top of Link. Source menu Which links can appear Syntax of the links Icons next to links Text of the links Hint text © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Link Sources and Targets n n Link. Source can link to hundreds of web-based targets. Partners with products that can link to Link. Source: n n n American Mathematical Society n Bio. Med Central n CAS n DIALOG n EBSCOhost n Endeavor n Ex Libris (Aleph) Fretwell Downing n Gale n HW Wilson n Ingenta n Innovative Interfaces n Institute of Physics ISI Web of Knowledge Muse Global OCLC OVID NCBI (Pub. Med) RLG Silver. Platter SIRSI ZPORTAL zetoc © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

A Hosted Solution means: n No hardware purchase n Managed and maintained by EBSCO Publishing n Statistics captured can be merged with other EBSCOhost statistics n Uses the same EBSCOadmin account to manage © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Integration with Other EBSCO Services n n EBSCOadmin acts as single point of administration for EBSCOhost and Link. Source EJS “holdings” automatically updated Will be able to perform automatic configuration using A-to-Z information Combined usage statistics © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Popular Link Targets § For each resource, Link. Source is configured to properly hide or show the links, based on the following ‘rules’: § § § § Aggregated Full Text Databases OPACs Interlibrary Loan Applications Document Delivery Services Search Engines Book Suppliers Free Articles on the Web Any Web-based Resource that can be searched or accessed via URL. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Configuring Link. Source Targets n For each resource, Link. Source is configured to properly hide or show the links, based on the following ‘rules’: n n n If the citation already has an available full text article. If the citation is missing a mandatory field of content, like the ISSN. If the journal from the citation is included as part of a pre-defined collection of titles and coverage dates. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Configuration Examples n Citation already has full text: n n Citation is missing mandatory content: n n Links to document delivery and interlibrary loan services should be hidden. Links to products like EBSCO Book Services would be hidden unless the citation included an ISBN. Citation includes a journal which is part of a content-based product, like JSTOR: n Links to journal-based products would be hidden if the journal was not part of a collection, or did not fall within the defined coverage dates. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Pre-defined Collections n EBSCO provides pre-defined ‘filter’ collections of content for several hundred of the most popular full text products and packages. n Customers identify the products they subscribe to in EBSCOadmin. n EBSCO updates the content based on coverage changes on a monthly basis. n Customers that have journal-based products with unique content coverage must provide or identify the ISSNs and coverage ranges. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Configuring Link. Sources n Sources must be Open. URL compliant to link to Link. Source. n The customer must contact vendors to configure non-EBSCOhost links to Link. Source. n EBSCO contacts each Open. URL compliant product vendor and works to obtain the instructions on the configuration process. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

User Advantages n Single point of access to many resources. n Exposes resources that the user may never have known existed. n Saves the patron PPV money by showing available full text which may have previously purchased. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Customer Advantages n Economical solution for item-level linking. n Hosted service, so no hardware purchase is required. n Customers do not have to purchase the Cross. Ref DOI and metadata look-up service for $500. n Minimal Link. Source setup for Smart. Links and Custom. Links customers. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Link. Source Pricing n Based on FTE for 4 year academic customers. n $1, 000 discounts for each purchase: Basic. Biosis, Biological Abstracts, CINAHL, INSPEC, MLA Bibliography, Psyc. Articles, Psyc. INFO n $500 discounts for each purchase: ATLA/ATLAS package, each HW Wilson database © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Academic Customers n 15, 000 FTE and above=$15, 000 base price ($7, 000 minimum price, regardless of total discount) n 10, 000 -14, 999 FTE=$13, 200 base price ($6, 000 minimum price, regardless of total discount) n 5, 000 -9, 900 FTE=$11, 600 base price ($6, 000 minimum price, regardless of total discount) n 2, 000 -4, 999 FTE=$10, 200 base price ($6, 000 minimum price, regardless of total discount) n 2, 000 FTE and below=$9, 700 base price ($6, 000 minimum price, regardless of total discount) © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Link. Source Configuration A Linking Overview Winter 2003

Pre-Defined Filter Collections n For products that are journal-based in nature, and the same for every customer, EBSCO provides predefined filter collections of the products’ ISSNs and coverage. n Over 200 collections from vendors like Pro. Quest and Ovid. n With involved customers, Link. Source can be configured in as little as several days or even hours. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Customization The Link. Source menu can be customized as follows: 1. Desired wording for the Link. Source link. A list of target resources to link to, from the Link. Source menu. 2. The link text, mouse-over text and image representing the resource. 3. For journal based collections of custom content, a comma or tab delimited text file of ISSNs as well as start and stop coverage. 4. For custom collections, or resources that are unique to a customer’s institution, the URL that should be used to link to the service. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Smartlinked Full Text provides validated access to content from EBSCOhost databases, EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service and Cross. Ref. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Checking on ‘Smartlinking Allowed’ will enable linking non-full text databases to EBSCOhost full text content. For customers that have a subscription to EJS, Smartlinks Scroll will link toto the bottom of electronic journals by. Menu… the Basic entering in the proper account information in EBSCOadmin. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

When Link. Source is accessed from products other than Other resource links EBSCOhost, are the profile that configured under theshould ‘Advanced be used to display the Settings’ option. Link. Source menu must be indicated. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

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Custom. Links can display on several areas of EBSCOhost Links on the Links can display on. Result List the Result List © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Links On the Detail Display Links can display on the Detail Display © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

Links can display on the Publication List © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

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The display of individual links can be controlled by the presence of EBSCOhost full text, or whether the For example, if the article has full text, journal of the citation is part of a local you would not want to display links to collection. document delivery or interlibrary loan services. And for subscription services, local collections can be used to control the display of the link only for journals which To are hidepart theof link thefrom subscription’s collection, Link. Source menu, or from the like JSTOR for example. display on EBSCOhost if the item has full text, check off ‘Hide Link If Full Text’. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

EBSCO will provide pre-defined filter collections for over 200 The Hide Full Text and Show products. Link features can bewill used EBSCO update the collections together in any combination for coverage modifications on a simply select, from the proper link. Customers display monthlycontrol. basis. list, the products that they subscribe to. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

To display a link to the Link. Source server is as easy as creating the proper Custom. Link in the user profile. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

The customer account is now ready to support access to Link. Source from EBSCOhost. Link. Source can also be accessed from other Open. URL compliant products, such as First. Search or RLG. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

To access Link. Source from other vendor products, contact the vendor individually for instruction. The URL Mask will be the same for every provider. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

A controlled trial is available § A controlled trial is available for interested individuals that want to take a look at something immediately. © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

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Link Resolver – what criteria? n n n n What pre-determined information is there? How flexible is the service? What control (over links etc) will I have? Is there any ‘capital’ cost (hard & software? ) Can I customise the service? Is the service universal? Cost © EBSCO Link. Source Configuration

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