Senecas Digital Library: Beyond the Basics Pushing Content

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Senecas Digital LibraryBeyond the
BasicsPushing ContentPersistent Links

• Jane Foo, Digital Services Librarian
• James A. Buczynski, Information Services
• Electronic Resource Acquisitions
  Librarian

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Alerts or SDIs

• Automated selective dissemination of information.
• Preset by you.
• Content delivery possibilities
• Publication (Table of Contents for each published
  issue or volume)
• Search (retrieves hits based on preset search)

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SDI

• ProQuest databases publication, search
• ABI/Inform Global
• Canadian Newstand
• CBCA Business/Current Events/Reference/ Education
• CINAHL
• ProQuest Nursing Journals
• ProQuest Science Journals
• Research Library
• Applied Science and Technology Plus

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Publication TOC is pushed
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Push Search Results, periodically
Appears After you execute a search
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Confirm the alert by email
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Global Books in Print (What books are published
in your areas) Search
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ScienceDirect Search, TOC
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Citation Alerts
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Other Alerts /SDIs

• EBSCO databases publication, search
• Academic Search Premier
• Communication and Mass Media Complete
• Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition
• Canadian Research Centre
• Alt Health Watch
• Health Source Consumer Edition
• ACM Digital Library publication

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Alerts

• Predefined information that comes to you

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Persistent Links
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Internet Links Not Always a Good Idea

• Dynamic (session-specific)
• Authentication (paid content)
• Link lifespan (dead links)
• Content quality

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You Can Link to High-Quality Online Content

• Full-text articles citations from newspapers,
  magazines, or journals
• Periodical titles
• Full-text books
• Canned searches
• Databases and Library Catalogue Records Direct
  links to records in our library catalogue
  displaying holding and location information
  (books, magazines / journals, DVDs, Videos, CDs)

A canned search is a functional link that
launches a pre-defined search which is executed
fresh each time its clicked
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Not Sure What to Do?

• A few ideas
• Create a course reading list
• Assign weekly readings
• Offer additional readings based on topics
• Provide up-to-date search results on a topic

A canned search is a functional link that
launches a pre-defined search which is executed
fresh each time its clicked
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What is a Persistent Link?

• From TechEncyclopedia
• A predefined connection between programs so that
  when information in one database or file is
  changed, related information in other databases
  and files is also updated.

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How to Add Links to Full-Text Articles and
Citations

• Available in
• ACM
• Encyclopedia of Immunology
• EBSCO (Academic Search Premier, Alt HealthWatch,
  American Humanities Index, Canadian Reference
  Centre, Clinical Pharmacology, ERIC, Health
  Source Nursing/Academic Edition and Consumer
  Edition, MagillOnLiterature, Medline)
• Encyclopedia Britannica Online
• Gale / Infotrac (CPiQ)
• Grove Dictionary of Art Online
• Oxford Reference Online
• ProQuest (ABI/INFORM, Canadian Newsstand, CBCA,
  CINAHL, ProQuest Nursing Journals, ProQuest
  Science Journals, Research Library, Wilson
  Applied Science Technology)
• Science Direct
• Wilson (Current Biography, Library Literature)

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Example EBSCO
Full-Text Articles and Citations
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Full-Text Articles and Citations
Select the article and go to the Citation page
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Full-Text Articles and Citations
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Full-Text Articles and Citations
or save the link for later use
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Full-Text Articles and Citations
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Full-Text Articles and Citations
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Example ProQuest
Full-Text Articles and Citations
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Full-Text Articles and Citations
Select the article
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Full-Text Articles and Citations
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Full-Text Articles and Citations
or save the link for later use
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Example Gale (CPiQ)
Full-Text Articles and Citations
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Full-Text Articles and Citations
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The Infomark indicates that this page is
persistent
Full-Text Articles and Citations
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Example Britannica
Full-Text Articles and Citations
Each citation includesthe persistent link
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Example Science Direct
Full-Text Articles and Citations
Tip Use the Journals tab instead of All
Sources you can limit your results to
subscribed (i.e., available) journals
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Full-Text Articles and Citations
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Full-Text Articles and Citations
To create the persistent link, add this Digital
Object Identifier (DOI) without the doi to
the prefix http//dx.doi.org/
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Example Wilson
Full-Text Articles and Citations
Scroll Down
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Full-Text Articles and Citations
Make sure this is checked off. For biographies,
check off Biography Link under Biography
Records
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Full-Text Articles and Citations
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Full-Text Articles and Citations
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Full-Text Articles and Citations
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Example Encyclopedia of Immunology
Full-Text Articles and Citations
To create the persistent link, add this Digital
Object Identifier (DOI) without the doi to
the prefix http//dx.doi.org/
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How to Add Links to Full-Text Journal / Magazines
/ Newspaper Titles

• Available in
• ACM
• EBSCO (Academic Search Premier, Alt HealthWatch,
  American Humanities Index, Canadian Reference
  Centre, Clinical Pharmacology, ERIC, Health
  Source Nursing/Academic Edition and Consumer
  Edition, MagillOnLiterature, Medline)
• Galenet (CPiQ, Literary Databases)
• ProQuest (ABI/INFORM, Canadian Newsstand, CBCA,
  CINAHL, ProQuest Nursing Journals, ProQuest
  Science Journals, Research Library, Wilson
  Applied Science Technology)
• OVID (note dial-up remote access only)
• Science Direct
• Wilson (Library Literature)?? doublecheck
• When in doubt, see if the database supports
  emailing a citation link to the full-text
  article. You can copy and paste this link into
  your Web page.

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Example EBSCO
Periodical Titles
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Periodical Titles
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Example Gale (CPiQ)
Periodical Titles
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Periodical Titles
This is only for one issue though.
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Example ProQuest
Periodical Titles
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Periodical Titles
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Example OVID
Periodical Titles
Go to http//www.ovid.com/site/help/journal_jumpst
art.htm
We are IP authenticated, so these links will
work.Note Remote access will only work via
Seneca dial-up
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Example Science Direct
Periodical Titles
00088749 is actually the ISSN number for this
particular journal
Extras To link to the most recent issue, add
/latest/ before the ISSN. To link to a free
sample issue, add /sample/ before the ISSN.
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How to Add Links to eBooks

• Available in
• netLibrary
• OVID (note dial-up remote access only)
• Oxford Reference Online
• Safari Tech

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Example netLibrary
eBooks
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Example netLibrary
eBooks
Use the Product ID to construct a persistent
link http//www.netlibrary.com/ebook_info.asp?pro
duct_idxxxxx
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Example OVID
eBooks
Go to http//www.ovid.com/site/help/book_jumpstart
.htm
We are IP authenticated, so these links will
work.Note Remote access will only work via
Seneca dial-up
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Example Safari Tech
eBooks
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How to Add Links to Canned Searches

• Available in
• EBSCO (Academic Search Premier, Alt HealthWatch,
  American Humanities Index, Canadian Reference
  Centre, Clinical Pharmacology, ERIC, Health
  Source Nursing/Academic Edition and Consumer
  Edition, MagillOnLiterature, Medline)
• Galenet (CPiQ)
• ProQuest (ABI/INFORM, Canadian Newsstand, CBCA,
  CINAHL, ProQuest Nursing Journals, ProQuest
  Science Journals, Research Library, Wilson
  Applied Science Technology)

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Example EBSCO
Canned Searches
You can display it directly and/or save it for
later use
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Canned Searches
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Example ProQuest
Full-Text Articles and Citations
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Canned Searches
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How to Add Links to Databases
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Databases
Right-click gt Copy Link Location in Netscape /
Firefox. Right-click gt Copy Shortcut in Internet
Explorer. Otherwise, you may get a redirected
URL if you copy the URL from the browsers
address window.
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How to Add Links to Library Catalogue Records

• Copy/paste the URL into a text editor
• Remove SEQX, PIDX, HISTX
• Always remove any trailing ampersands from
  deleted sections
• To return a multiple result set from title index
  page, leave the CNTX and SIDX
• Add 'DBlocal' after 'Pwebrecon.cgi?'
• To make a single bib/hit display, select the
  title directly from the index page keeping
  'v12ti1,2' in the URL.
• 'SLNONE' must be in the URL (optional)

Important!Make sure that you keep the upper /
lower cases exactly as it is shown in the URL
otherwise the link will not work.
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http//libcat.senecac.on.ca
Library Catalogue
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Library Catalogue
Copy the URL into a text editor
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Example
Library Catalogue
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What is Remote Access?

• The ability to access and use digital
  information from a location off-site from where
  the information is physically located or more
  specifically, the ability to access research
  databases and other electronic information
  sources from outside Seneca College.
• Access to many of the electronic resources
  provided by the Seneca Learning Commons is bound
  by strict licensing agreements. The Seneca
  College Learning Commons must ensure that
  electronic resources are made available only to
  Seneca College students, staff, faculty, and to
  those located on site at a Seneca College campus.
• For more information, check
• http//learningcommons.senecacollege.ca/ComputingH
  elp/accessingResources.html

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How Do I Make a Link Remotely Accessible?

• (does not apply to DB and library catalogue
  links)
• Check your persistent link.
• If the link does not start with http//lcweb...
  the link will not work away from the campus.
• Prefix your current URL with the following
  string

http//lcweb.senecac.on.ca2048/login?url
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Remote Access Troubleshooting

• Have you entered your learn account and password
  correctly?
• Which browser are you using? Use Internet
  Explorer 5, Netscape Navigator 7 or Mozilla
  Firefox
• You need to disable your firewall temporarily to
  access the links.
• Are your browser cookies enables?
• Select the correct account type Seneca Student
  (or Seneca Employee, for faculty and staff)
• http//learningcommons.senecacollege.ca/ComputingH
  elp/accessingResources.html

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I Dont Know if This Link is Persistent!

• Test the link! Email it to yourself and paste it
  into a Web page.
• Remember to check
• on-campus remote -may require prefix
  http//lcweb.senecac.on.ca2048/login?url
• various Web browsers (IE, NN, Firefox, Opera)
• check over a period of time to make sure the link
  does not disintegrate within a day

For more help, ask library staff or email
LCOTechHelp_at_senecac.on.ca
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Future Developments

• MySeneca Content System Institutional Content
  Library
• More PD sessions on integrating library content
  into your BlackBoard courses

Let us know if you want to be put on an email
list for updates.
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Online Vendor Training

• Major Database vendors offer online training,
  either pre-recorded or live through
  Webconferencing tools.
• A regularly-updated list is available by request,
  or
• https//college.senecac.on.ca/LCstaff/ElectronicRe
  sources/database_instruction.html
• Online Live Web training (1-2 hours in length) is
  offered by
• Proquest (through MS Office Live Meeting)
  http//placeware.viewcentral.com/events/cust/calen
  dar.asp?cidproquestpid1
• EBSCO (through WebEx)
• http//ejournals.ebsco.com/support/training/traini
  ng_request.asp
• Science Direct Online Tutorials
• http//www.info.sciencedirect.com/user_help/user_g
  uides/index.shtml

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Contact Us

• James Buczynski
• James.Buczynski_at_senecac.on.ca
• 416-491-5050 x3159
• http//people.senecac.on.ca/james.buczynski
• Jane Foo
• Jane.Foo_at_senecac.on.ca
• 416-491-5050 x2011
• http//people.senecac.on.ca/jane.foo