The OCLC FirstSearch service Sonya Oliver, OCLC PALINETS OCLC USERS CONFERENCE 2001 May 78

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The OCLC FirstSearch serviceSonya Oliver,
OCLCPALINETS OCLC USERS CONFERENCE2001 May 7-8

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Session Overview

• OCLC FirstSearch and OCLC FirstSearch Electronic
  Collections Online Services
• Recent enhancements
• Future Directions
• Discussion

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OCLC FirstSearch

• Over 50 of the 75 available databases include
  full text or links to full text
• Approximately 7,500 journals indexed in
  FirstSearch databases include full-text articles
• Over 7.5 million full-text articles

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April Database Enhancements

• Gale Health Wellness database replaced Health
  Reference Center
• Indexing of more than 390 journals includes 100
  additional titles
• Reindexed MEDLINE database
• Limit by library holdings
• New limits holdings, abstract, article type
  phrase
• New indexes include
• Date of last revision
• Grant information
• Issue (expert only)
• Language phrase
• MeSH SubHeading
• More

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OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online

• Fully integrated into FirstSearch
• Journal articles linked to citations in 37
  FirstSearch databases
• 3,189 journals from 56 publishers
• More than 3,400 journals under contract
• 1,557 journals available at no additional charge
  from publisher if you have print (Print
  Subscriber Program)
• Linking from citations in 33 Cambridge Scientific
  Abstracts databases
• Link to individual articles or journals from
  external locations such as library Web sites
• Online statistics accessible to FirstSearch
  administrators

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New Features in OCLC FirstSearch

• Increase the visibility of library holdings
• Streamline access to full text
• Expand searching capabilities
• Increase customization

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Limit Searches By Library
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Holdings and Library Count in Results Lists
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Library Count and Link to Holdings in Full Record
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Sort by Library Count
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Sort by Library Count
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Link to Display All Holdings
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Display All Holdings
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OPAC Link in Record Display
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Link to Serial Holdings
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OPAC Link Setup in Administrative Module
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Limit Searches to Full Text
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Full Text Icon in Results
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Linked Full Text in Results
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Other Full Text Linking Options

• Link to Electronic Collections Online journals
  from 856 field in WorldCat records
• Inbound linking from alternative service
  providers to articles in Electronic Collections
  Online journals
• Direct article access from external locations
  such as library Web sites

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Link from 856 Field of MARC Record

• WorldCat includes active links that have been
  included in records during cataloging
• Automatic access via IP address recognition or
  scripting connects users to individual
  Electronic Collections Online journals
• URLs for Electronic Collections Online journals
  provided on OCLC Web site
• http//www2.oclc.org/oclc/fseco/frames/ecotitle.tx
  t

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Inbound Linking from Alternative Service Providers

• Helps libraries deliver content when and where
  their users need it
• Adds value to Electronic Collections Online
  journal subscriptions
• Initial implementation Links from citations in
  33 Cambridge Scientific Abstracts databases to
  articles in Electronic Collections Online
  journals
• Administrative details on CSA Web site
• http//www.csa.com/csa/support/daprofile.shtml

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Direct Article Access

• Streamlines access to full-text articles in
  FirstSearch databases from locations such as
  library Web pages
• Leverages the value of your to full-text database
  collections
• Supports library efforts to integrate access to
  all users regardless of their physical location.
• Use with IP address recognition or scripted
  access
• Details http//www.oclc.org/firstsearch/documenta
  tion/daa.htm

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Implementing Direct Article Access
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Direct Article Access Link Information
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Direct Article Access Link Setup
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Internet Resources Restrictor in WorldCat
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Search Assistance for Zero Results
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Search Assistance for Large Result Sets
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Identification of Active Database(s)
Selected Database Highlighted
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Customization Options

• Control full text and ILL access by database
• Set default search screen (Basic, Advanced,
  Expert)
• Implement low search notification for per search
  accounts
• Customize topic areasset default topic area
• Customize interlibrary loan request form
• Add your librarys logo to FirstSearch interface
• Set full text timeout in addition to session
  timeout

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Low Search Notification
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Coming Soon Per-Article Purchase

• Satisfy your users just-in-time information
  needs
• Expand access to e-journals without the expense
  of annual subscriptions
• Manage your account locally
• Control per-article purchase by journal title
• Control expenditures
• Set maximum price per article
• Set monthly maximum

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Per-Article Purchase

• Publishers determine participation
• Currently 2,886 journals from 38 publishers are
  included (additional publisher decisions TBA)
• Article prices set by publishers
• Most in 10 - 35 range
• Some price variations for current versus
  retrospective content

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Per-Article Purchase Purchase Settings
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Per-Article Purchase Journal Selection
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Per-Article Purchase Journal Selection
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Journal-Level Activity Report
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Planned Enhancements

• Provide bibliographic records that correspond to
  Electronic Collections Online subscription titles
  at no charge
• Functionality
• Limit to full text in cross-database searches
• Set limit by my library ON/OFF
• IP address recognition control in administrative
  module

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The FutureContent Development

• Priorities
• WorldCat
• OCLC content (NetFirst, PAIS, etc.)
• Content for which OCLC can add value
• Integration with other OCLC products and services
• Ongoing analysis and evaluation of content to
  best meet your needs
• Upcoming database enhancements
• CINAHL full text
• ATLA Serials database
• PAIS thesaurus

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Future Enhancements

• Enhancements are ongoing and based on user
  feedback
• Comments from within interface
• Questions through OCLC User and Network support
  and network support staff
• Feedback from Library Services representatives,
  conferences, library visits, etc.

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OCLC Global Strategy WorldCat Enhancements

• Short term
• Search screen/results lists enhancements
• Emphasis on identification of formats
• Exploration
• Collaborative recommendations
• User evaluation service
• Task-based "wizards"
• "Scoping"/ Providing different "views" of
  WorldCat
• For future consideration
• Articles
• Evaluative content

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Your Needs and Priorities

• How are you using the FirstSearch version of
  WorldCat today?
• How are users of your library using WorldCat?
• How are your staff using WorldCat?
• What alternatives to WorldCat are you using to
  support your specific needs?
• How can OCLC increase the value of WorldCat to
  you?
• How can OCLC best integrate WorldCat with your
  local OPAC and other resources?
• What kinds of task-based wizards" would simplify
  your searching for predefined tasks?
• Types of searches?
• What types of evaluative content is important to
  you?
• What are your current sources?

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FirstSearch Users Group

• Join us at ALA in San Francisco
• 2nd meeting
• Sunday, June 17, 1000 am noon
• Moscone Center, Room 133
• Hope to have at Annual AND Midwinter in the future

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Questions?Thank you!

• sonya_oliver_at_oclc.org