[WEB4LIB] Re: Serials Solutions modifications?

[Nancy Sosna Bohm]

It seems that only journals in EBSCO and JSTOR (to which we subscribe) take
the user to that journal via the Serials Solutions link--and then only to
the journal; the user must still select the year, issue, and then article by
title.

The FirstSearch databases are really quite funky for locating the
article--sometimes the user must use only part of the title.

I think some of the science journals also take the user directly to the
journal via the SS link.

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Frost" <wfrost at bloomu.edu>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 2:35 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Serials Solutions modifications?


> Charles et al,
>
> We have been using Serials Solutions for over a year and love it!  We
> link to their sever from http://library.bloomu.edu/serialssolutions/.
>
> I don't know if they plan a system of direct linking to titles.
> Endeavor's LinkFinder Plus will do this for a lot more bucks.
>
> Since students have the incentive of getting that ONE article that is
> they key to their paper, bringing them to the journal title contents or
> even the database has not been a problem.  A hidden advantage is that
> they discover a database they hadn't thought of using.
>
> Bill
>
> William J. Frost
> Webmaster/Database Coordinator
> Harvey A. Andruss Library
> Bloomsburg University of PA
> Bloomsburg, PA  17815
> Voice 570-389-4126
> Fax     570-389-5066
> email wfrost at bloomu.edu
> >>> "Charles Lockwood" <CLockwood at loyola.edu> 11/07/02 19:40 PM >>>
> Hi,
>  a new Serials Solutions Customer here looking to compare notes.
> Feedback =
> is very enthusiastic around here, though Im trying to establish a =
> realistic expectation on any of the improvements that can be made re: =
> linking down
> to titles vs. just dumping users at the doorstep of
> some databases.=20
> Notes, experiences, methods for swapping in better canned urls to some
> of =
> Gale and Ebsco, for instance are welcome. Messages off-list are fine
> too.
> Is there an e-journals discussion list by chance?
>
> Thanks
> Charles Lockwood
> Digital Librarian
> Loyola Notre Dame College Library
> Baltimore MD=20
>
>
>
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