Activate Ulrich's target

Check Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory to see if the journal is scholarly or not.

The original target parser ULRICH.pm doesn't work with all ISSNs, especially for journals that experienced ISSN changes. This is an example, Chronicle [0195-5365]. Based on the original parser, Cari Roberts, Systems Librarian at University of Central Oklahoma created a new parser, ULRICHUCO.pm, which seemed to solve this problem.

This linking service to UlrichsWeb has been further developed by Steven Putt, Electronic Services Librarian at Calvin College. UlrichsWeb can be automatically queried and if an entry for that journal is found within UlrichsWeb the selected data from that database is automatically displayed in SFX menu. This is an example.

Please see this project conducted at Calvin College. To realize this function, there are 3 prerequisites:

• Perl installed on a local web server, with LWP::Simple and CGI Modules (These are pretty common modules, but if you run into problems later on, you are on your own for getting these installed).
• Access to a local web server
• Access to your SFX server

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OCLC OpenURL Gateway (2)

To use OCLC OpenURL Gateway, a library's OpenURL link resolver must be registered with OCLC OpenURL Gateway, and a patron needs to create a free account. Registration can be done via WorldCat Registry.

When testing the registered SFX with OCLC OpenURL Gateway, if the following software error occurs:
Can't call method "get_attributes" on an undefined value at /exlibris/sfx_ver/sfx_version_3/sfxsdb/lib/ContextObject/Engine.pm line 503.

This relates to a redirect that happens each time the SFX Menu loads. Since the OCLC URL already includes a question mark, the redirect does not work with two question marks and fails. Edit the config/authentication_gateway.config file and change Section "Authentication" as:
active "0"

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OCLC OpenURL Gateway (1)

If you often search in Websites such as WorldCat.org or ERIC, accessing full text to which the Library subscribes on campus is not a problem as you're usually directed to full text via SFX link resolver. When you're off campus, this would be a problem since you no longer have access to the SFX. However, through OCLC OpenURL Gateway, you can instantly create an association between your Internet connection and SFX.

The OCLC OpenURL Gateway is a free Web service which gives the library visibility, as it drives Web traffic where information seekers start their searches back to the library by automatically redirecting the users' requests to the library's link resolver.

DOI (Digital Object Identifier)

DOI has been used by the science, technology, and medical journal publishing industry for a long time, and now it is being rapidly adopted by other publishing industries.

A DOI is a unique identifying number for a scholarly article that is used to obtain information about the publication's location on the Internet.

By default, when clicking a CrossRef or DOI-link in a source, you'll be linked to the full text at the publisher's website. This may not be the appropriate copy. The Library may host the journal locally or subscribe to the journal via databases.

As a CrossRef library affiliate, the Library can direct users to our holdings via SFX when the users click a CrossRef or DOI-link. This is achieved by the DOI server recognizing the users from our institution.

A cookie has to be set on your browser that will enable you to connect to our library's OpenURL Resolver - SFX when looking for citations which use a DOI link. An easy way to set a cookie is to let the user's browser load a particular gif displayed on the web page:
src="http://www.doi.org/cgi-bin/pushcookie.cgi?BASE-URL=http://sfx.sdln.net:3210/sfxsdb&Redirect=http://lib.sdstate.edu/lib116/images/doi_logo.gif" alt="DOI logo"

There are several ways to search with DOIs:

• Append DOI to "http://dx.doi.org/". If you know the DOI of an article, simply append it to "http://dx.doi.org/" to make a link to search, e.g., http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.62.1457
• Search DOI using Citation Linker
• Access DOI via databases, such as EI Compendex, Oxford Journals Online

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How to cite subject categories in SFX

Categories can be cited via SFX. For example, users can browse all journals in Biology the Library subscribed to in the topic guide. The below is how to construct a category:
http://sfx.sdln.net:3210/sfxsdb/az?param_category_search_type_save=browseSubCategory&param_perform_save=searchCategories&param_category_value=[Category ID]&param_subcategory_value=[Subcategory ID]

Please find a specific 'Category ID' and 'Subcategory ID', and then replace the above [Category ID] and [Subcategory ID] with those 2 IDs respectively, for example, this is URL for Biology:
http://sfx.sdln.net:3210/sfxsdb/az?param_category_search_type_save=browseSubCategory&param_perform_save=searchCategories&param_category_value=12&param_subcategory_value=145

To view all subcategories for a particular category, the subcategory value should always be -1. You can also cite more than one subcategory in the same category. The below is how to cite Language & Linguistics, and Literature under the category of Arts and Humanities:
http://sfx.sdln.net:3210/sfxsdb/az?param_category_search_type_save=browseSubCategory&param_perform_save=searchCategories&param_category_value=2&param_subcategory_active=1&param_subcategory_value=5&param_subcategory_value=75

Categories in SFX can be exported by Category Tool. And then you can find a desired category ID and subcategory ID.

To cite a specific journal, the syntax likes this:
http://sfx.sdln.net:3210/sfxsdb?sid=ALEPH&issn=[ISSN]

For example, this is how to cite Science [0036-8075]:
http://sfx.sdln.net:3210/sfxsdb?sid=ALEPH&issn=0036-8075

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Introduce the live chat with a librarian service

Created a new LOCAL_ASK_A_LIBRARIAN_LCL target and getWebService service. In target service:
Parser: Generic
Parse Param: IF () http://lib.sdstate.edu/askus.html

To improve this service, we inserted the Meebo box in SFX. With JavaScript, the Meebo box actually can be hidden during off hours. That is, the Meebo box only shows up during information desk hours. To this end, modification should be made to the file:
/exlibris/sfx_ver/sfx_version_3/[instance]/templates/simplified_template1/sfxmenu.tmpl.

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Activate Local Feedback target

To improve SFX service for users, and to direct users' reports about problems with SFX to the agency best able to respond to those reports, we have activated the LOCAL_FEEDBACK target.

The "Report a Problem" form is fully customizable. To customize wording or formatting, edit templates/targets/feedback/feedback.tmpl. To add fields or to change which fields are required, edit cgi/public/feedback.cgi.

The "Message Sent" page is fully customizable. To customize, edit /templates/targets/feedback/msgsent.tmpl.

The email address to which problem reports are sent can be modified at,
SFXAdmin-Targets-LOCAL_FEEDBACK-[S]ervices-[U/P]-$$YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS.

After finishing all those settings, we found that we could not send emails from the local feedback target, which took us a lot of time to troubleshoot. Finally, it turned out it was a problem with the Exchange server not allowing relaying from the SFX server and not a problem with the email program on the SFX server.

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Implement OpenURL-based services in PubMed

There are 2 ways to implement an OpenURL-based service in PubMed: LinkOut or Outside Tool.

To implement an OpenURL-based service through LinkOut, a library submits holdings information as a file generated by the OpenURL-based service. One advantage provided by LinkOut is that LinkOut can display library holdings as a filter tab.

When an OpenURL-based service is implemented through Outside Tool, a link to the service appears on every citation in PubMed.

Unfortunately, you cannot have both of LinkOut or Outside Tool. It is the National Library of Medicine's policy to only support one link resolver service per library.

The documents worded in the PubMed make them seem more complicated than they really are. Here is the information we submitted for the request of Outside Tool:

1. Proof of relevant resources for test records
http://sfx.sdln.net:3210/sfxsdb?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:12076440
-link to online full text

http://sfx.sdln.net:3210/sfxsdb?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:19150555
-link to online full text, and local document delivery

http://sfx.sdln.net:3210/sfxsdb?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:12337850
-link to local document delivery

2. Username and Password for services listed in the tool
The Username/password for log-in to our library resources is: *****/*****

3. Base URL of your local service
http://sfx.sdln.net:3210/sfxsdb

4. Institution name, postal address, contact name, contact email address and phone number
Fei Xu, Integrated Systems Librarian
Phone: (605) 688-5560
Email: fei...@sdstate.edu

Hilton M. Briggs Library, SBL 2115
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD 57007-1098

5. URL of the tool icon
http://lib.sdstate.edu/lib116/images/sdsu-sfx.jpg
The file format of the icon is JPEG, and the size is 81x19 pixels

6. URL of the tool help page
http://lib.sdstate.edu/lib116/sfx/faq.html

7. Short label that identifies your institution
FIND IT@SDSU FullText

8. Whether a testing period is desired
No

9. LinkOut NameAbbr, if already using LinkOut
sdsdsublib

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Activate SFX button in subscribed databases

SFX button has been activated in our most of subscribed databases. The button usually shows up in the search results page when full-text is not available in the database you are searching or not part of the Library's subscription.

When clicking on SFX button, the user is redirected to the link resolver, which displays links to the selected article. The user can then click those links to access the article in the Library holdings.

If the article is not found in SFX, ILLiad document delivery service appears, which will auto-populate the order form with citation information. The patron doesn't have to re-type the article title, volume, pages, etc.

Activating SFX button usually can be done through the admin website of a database. One thing I should mention is that the admin websites for different databases are quite like apples and oranges, the syntax for generating a link for SFX is different, and also for some databases, such as JSTOR, Project MUSE, such request should be submitted to the vendors, so it will take a while to finish this task.

Besides, not all databases support SFX button, such as LexisNexis. According to the product manager from LexisNexis, the academic is over 90% full text so they don’t provide such service. Please see the list of databases we have activated the SFX button.

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Activate ILLiad target

SDSU Library has integrated SFX link resolver automatically into their interlibrary loan request form. With whatever a bibliographic record at hand, SFX will first look to see if the full text is available electronically. If not, SFX will then try to see if the item is in the local catalog. If that search also fails, ILLiad document delivery service will appear in SFX menu, which will auto-populate the order form with citation information. The entire process happens in just a few seconds.

Here is how to set up ILLiad document delivery service.
Parser: ILLiad::DDL
Parse Param: url=http://illiad.sdstate.edu/illiad/illiad.dll/OpenURL

David Walker from Cal State University, San Marcos developed a nicer parser, which could get more reliable citations in ILLiad from SFX and pass more metadata from a source into ILLiad via SFX, for example, the OCLC number from WorldCat can be passed into ILLiad.

The improved parser is: ILLiad::DDLCSU

Please see the file DDLCSU.pm.

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AutoComplete feature

When typing a title or part of it, a user will see suggested journal titles to be used as search terms.

According to Ex Libris, AutoComplete feature and ‘Exact’ search option cannot co-exist. If you want one feature, you have to sacrifice another. Just like, you cannot have your cake and eat it. See examples of OpenURL resolvers.

SDSU has pursued to have both of these features for a long time, which eventually was worked around by coding.

In order to realize this dream, modification should be made to the file: /exlibris/sfx_ver/sfx_version_3/[instance]/templates/azlist_ver3/title_head.tmpl.

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