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360 Link: Our New OpenURL Resolver

By irobb on March 9, 2011

As part of the implementation of our new Summon discover service (the “Start Here” box on the Library homepage), we are moving to a new OpenURL resolver: 360 Link from Serials Solutions. What’s this OpenURL business all about? Remember the familiar button? That lead to our old OpenURL resolver SFX and then on to ejournal […]

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UBC eLink: Down Saturday, January 23, 2010

By irobb on January 21, 2010

<=Sadly, this little gem that you know and love, will be OUT OF ORDER on Saturday, January 23 from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (or later). And linking from the Library catalogue to ejournals via Online access or Alternate online access will be down as well for the same period. But while our OpenURL resolver […]

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SFX Pop-Up Menu: “Related” Full-Text Links

By irobb on August 11, 2009

A clarification needs to be made about links claiming “Full text available” on the SFX pop-up menu. Links near the top of the menu (usually right under the journal or article title) try to connect you to THAT journal / article. “Full text available” near the bottom (usually just below “Check the UBC Catalogue” or […]

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Google Scholar & UBC eLink: Dare I Say Success?

By irobb on April 6, 2009

Searches in Google Scholar are yielding much more consistent results. Possible links are almost always listed as “UBC eLink” and only occasionally as “UBC Library Catalogue” (both go to the same SFX menu). But, alas, no yet. Some problems still exist, but these are due to the poor incoming information rather than a resolving problem […]

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Google Scholar & UBC eLink: Still a Mess

By irobb on March 26, 2009

See the later post above. Or you can read about past problems

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Wiley Titles: eLink Error Messages

By irobb on March 24, 2009

A few Wiley titles (“European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry” & “Arthritis Care and Research”, for example) are coming up with: Error: Entity not found Error Code: 4090 …when the button is used. We are investigating the problem. The links from the ejournal A-Z list are not affected. Stay tuned.

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