Tuesday, July 7, 2009

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.

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