Scott Memorial Library has licensed Serials Solution, a commercial product to assist with the management and linking of our now-expanded electronic journal collection and some familiar features may have changed for the overall better management and access of the Library's e-journal collection. This article is an introduction to how e-journals are now displayed, and describes the improved linking from our bibliographic databases--such as OVID, Scopus, and PubMed--to e-journals.
Part I: the A-Z List
You may have noticed that the old Cyber Café page on JEFFLINE has been replaced with E-Journals Available via JEFFLINE (Figure 1.). This new page still allows you to browse the collection alphabetically or search the collection by journal title. The improvement is that you may now search the list using a variety of title word options-not just by keyword-available from the pull down menu.
Figure 1.
Additional new features include:
- browsing by subject
- the ability to input a whole article citation and link to the full-text (when available)
- searching by PubMed ID, DOI (Digital Object Identifier) number, or International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- searching collections of key publishers
The tan sidebar (shown on every related e-journal screen) provides a link back to: the main E-Journals Available via JEFFLINE page; e-Book searching in Thomcat; links to other electronic resources; document delivery options; help screens; and a link to Thomcat for searching the Library's print holdings.
Figure 2 illustrates how alphabetic browsing now displays. It includes listings of our e-journal holdings, in addition to linkages for multiple publishers, when available.
Figure 2.
Part II: Article Linking
The links from bibliographic databases to electronic journals have been improved. The process is more standardized, complete, and accurate between the databases and e-journals--especially for OVID and PubMed. Furthermore, links are now available from both Scopus and ScienceDirect.
Figure 3 is an example of what the citation display screen now looks like in OVID:
Figure 3.
The citation displays in both PubMed and Scopus have also changed slightly. You will also notice that there now is a blue button displaying on all bibliographic citations for these databases.
In ScienceDirect, the blue button now appears on the abstract display for both the collection subscribed to by the Library and the unsubscribed collection. Finally, for databases that contain direct linking to content that they provide as a publisher or aggregator (e.g. OVID and ScienceDirect), those links will remain in place for ease of access.
You will see a display similar to Figure 4 each time you click the check JEFFLINE button. The citation of the article is pushed to this page and available journal links are displayed. Included in most cases (depending on the information provided from the database) is the article title, author(s), journal title, ISSN, journal volume, issue number, first page of the article, date of publication, and the PubMed ID. Also displayed is the article availability, including in most cases the year range available to Jeffersonians online, links to the article (if the online publisher provides direct linking capability), a link to the journal title, and a link to the publisher or online provider. However, if no online access is available, the message “This article is not available online via JEFFLINE” will display directly below the citation.
Figure 4.
If the article is not available online, see the links under the heading Other options for obtaining this article on the display above. The link labeled Does Scott Memorial Library have this journal in print? redirects you to ThomCat, the Library's online catalog, where a search of the journal title is automatically performed. You may also order a copy of the desired article directly from the second link to Scott Library's Document Delivery service. The system will push the article citation into a Document Delivery form for your convenience. All you have to do is fill in your personal information and, if you are eligible, you will be sent the article upon its availability by the delivery method of your choice.
The Library Staff is aware our patron's will need to adjust to some changes, especially within PubMed, that are created by our new e-journal system and the Library's available bibliographic databases. Please look at the positive changes that come with this system, including uniformity and accuracy of our e-journal holdings over all platforms, complete linkage to our e-journal collection from all of our major databases, improved access to document delivery services, and improved off-campus access to our e-journal collection, especially via PubMed. Please feel free to contact me with any concerns or problems that you encounter with this new system.
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