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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About SFX but Were Afraid to Ask
- DOI:
- 10.1300/J123v47n01_09
pages 129-138
Available online: 25 Sep 2008Abstract
Link resolvers, including Ex Libris' SFX, use OpenURL to provide library patrons with context-sensitive links, such as the ability to move quickly from a citation in an abstracting and indexing database to the full text. In SFX, information for determining the appropriate links is maintained in the knowledge base, which contains details about a library's electronic holdings and other information about electronic information resources. This article describes SFX functionality, what the service looks like from a patron's point of view, and how it can be of particular assistance to a serials librarian.
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- Available online: 25 Sep 2008
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- a University of Iowa Libraries, 100 Main Library, Iowa City, IA, 52242-1420, USA
- b Information Systems and Technology at the University of Iowa Libraries, 100 Main Library, Iowa City, IA, 52242-1420, USA
- c University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
- d Northwestern University, USA
Author biographies
Wendy C. Robertson is an Electronic Resources Technical Services Librarian at the University of Iowa Libraries, 100 Main Library, Iowa City, IA 52242-1420 (E-mail: ). She received her MLS from the University of Iowa in 1992, and her BA at Grinnell College in 1988.
Paul A. Soderdahl is Coordinator for Information Systems and Technology at the University of Iowa Libraries, 100 Main Library, Iowa City, IA 52242-1420 . He received his MLS at the University of Iowa in 1996, MS at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1991, and BA/BM at Northwestern University in 1988.
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