1. Cambridge University Library eresources@cambridge

2. Cambridge University Library Overview 1.Background 2.eresources@cambridge - demonstration 3.Federated search issues 4.OpenURL Linking from Google Scholar & CSA 5.Authentication update 6.Questions ?

3. Cambridge University Library I) Background – problems with eresource access

4. Cambridge University Library Growing collections 20,000 + ejournals 1,000 + ebooks 300 + databases (each with thousands of records) All held on various different websites

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6. Lots to search Searching everything – time consuming Learning to use multiple interfaces - difficult Authentication problems – still complex ‘Just Google it’ ?

7. Cambridge University Library Disconnection between citation and full text Users may just find the citation they need on Web of Science … But the link on Web of Science takes them to a ‘click here to purchase’ page instead the full text Title held on another provider’s site

8. Cambridge University Library Two problems Lots of resources to search Ensuring links in databases point to journal holdings that we subscribe to

9. Cambridge University Library Two solutions (hopefully) Lots of resources to search Federated Searching: CrossSearch Ensuring links in databases point to journal holdings that we subscribe to OpenURL Linking: ejournals@cambridge

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11. Cambridge University Library eresources@cambridge Simple ‘portal’ to eresources via the UL website Alphabetical and subject lists of titles Links to CrossSearch and ejournals@cambridge A-Z at subject level – steer people away from big searches Integrated help

12. Cambridge University Library Portal demonstration http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/electronicresources/

13. Cambridge University Library Federated searching Passes your search term to multiple resources at once Returns and amalgamates results sets Rely on access to and availiabity of third party sites

14. Cambridge University Library Federated Search - good for… Simple searching across a few multiple resources Indentifying which resources best cover your subject area Introducing users to the ‘native interface’ Drilling down through large results set with clustering

15. Cambridge University Library Issues with Federated Search Lost in translation – one system’s idea of an author index may not match another Lowest common denominator – the slowest resource will slow the whole search down Myth of complete access – takes a long time to search it all

16. Cambridge University Library 2) OpenURL Linking

17. Cambridge University Library Open URL Linking Puts links in citation databases that point to our link resolver Our link resolver then passes the user to our specific full text holdings Requires the maintenance of a Link Resolver ‘knowledge base’ Used to populate the ejournals@cambridge A-Z

18. Cambridge University Library SFX We use SFX from Ex Libris Market leader – used in 1,500 libraries worldwide

19. Cambridge University Library ejournals@cambridge demo http://www.scholar.google.com http://csaweb102v.csa.com/ids70/quick_search. php?SID=j8kkd608rohaqmklbbjqv151u0

20. Cambridge University Library What happens ?

21. Cambridge University Library Good points Increases value of A&I only resources - CSA, Google Scholar Good for enriching personal lists of citations Means that if we change a journal supplier, the link does not become ‘out of date’

22. Cambridge University Library Not so good… Only as good as the knowledge base Rely upon supplier to keep their knowledge base up to date with developments in ejournal vendor supply Databases must also support the OpenURL format in order to embed links to our resolver Current problems getting links into Pubmed

23. Cambridge University Library Questions … emc59@cam.ac.uk

24. Cambridge University Library 5) Authentication update

25. Cambridge University Library On and Off-campus access  Only current staff and students of the university have access to electronic journals and online databases off campus  Requires a Raven password  In the library and elsewhere on campus most electronic resources (ejournals, online databases, ebooks etc.) are available to everyone so long as they are used on a non-commercial basis. Raven passwords are not normally required for this.

26. Cambridge University Library Athens Raven  Athens passwords are being phased out by the UK academic community  No Athens passwords have been issued in Cambridge since 1 September 2007  From 1 August this year Athens passwords still held by staff and students will cease to work  Raven passwords can be used wherever users are prompted for Athens passwords  Anyone having problems with Raven passwords or queries about them should be asked to e-mail lib-raven@lists.cam.ac.uk

27. Cambridge University Library OffCampus authentication Athens Alternative Login or Institutional login –UK Access Management Federation –University of Cambridge –Raven login First time you access a particular resource on a PC. This sets a cookie so that the site sill take you directly to the Raven login page.

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32.  Ejournal enquiries – email ejournals@lib.cam.ac.ukejournals@lib.cam.ac.uk  Raven passwords – email lib-raven@lib.cam.ac.uklib-raven@lib.cam.ac.uk

33. Cambridge University Library Questions … Ed Chamberlain – Systems Librarian emc59@cam.ac.uk