1. British Library Direct
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British Library Direct
Forum for Interlending Conference, 2006
Peter Robinson, Customer Services
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2. British Library Direct
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British Library Direct
A rolling archive of the last five years of our most popular journals
20,000 titles
Over 9 million articles and conference papers
Instant downloads and free abstracts (where available)
2 hour, 24 hour and standard service
Credit card ordering
Initially aimed at the corporate researcher
…but now available to any end user.
Most of you are probably aware of the Electronic Table of Contents data (ETOC) – available through either our Inside* subscription service or free at point of access within the HE, FE and NHS as Zetoc*. You can search at article and conference paper level across our top 20,000 journals and c100,000 conferences from 1993 to present day. *
** It is also available on subscription as Inside – same database, but management control with password access. Offers current awareness and online document ordering, budgetary control, statistics etc.
British Library Direct is a sub-set of this data - the last five years’ worth giving access to over 9 million citations.
For anyone familiar with Inside or Zetoc – the differences between them and BL Direct are - Journal titles only, no conference proceedings, no alerts, no diary searching.
A service for NON-REGISTERED CUSTOMERS, e.g. end-users or private researchers. Only CFP at present plus payment is by credit card - there is no way to tie payment into a BLDSC account.
We hope to offer a Library Privilege version of BL Direct at a later stage – we are currently in negotiation with the publishers.
Customers find it very useful as a free searching tool, to find or verify references, then order through our Standard Service.
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3. British Library Direct – subject coverage
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Shows the subject spread of journals on BL Direct.
Mostly STM subjects but also H&SS
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4. Antioxidant and cancer
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Antioxidant and cancer
Basic search screen. Advanced search also available.
Type in a search term. Search across complete database, including article title.
If you need items immediately you can limit your search to items available for immediate download. As well as being the cheapest delivery option you are not restricted by our service hours (7.00am Mon – 4.00am Sat). Obviously you will limit your search to a smaller number of hits if you opt for EDDs only.
If you don’t find the article you are looking for you can use the blank order form (linked left) which takes you onto the Article Direct order form page.
Remember – if you don’t find it, it doesn’t mean to say we don’t have it! Especially in the field of report literature where many items are not catalogued.
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5. Results page – shows 10 records at a time
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Results page – shows 10 records at a time
Any item with a little document icon with an ‘A’ on it has an abstract – hover mouse and abstract will appear.
The PDF icon indicates that an article is available for immediate download.
To view a record in more detail click on article title.
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Shows full record including copyright fee – presently only CFP service.
If you are not already registered to use BL Direct it will prompt to do so at the point of placing an order. If you are registered, you simply Log on.
Registering is to ensure we have your full payment i.e. credit card and address details. Unable to tie payment into your DSC account.
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7. When placing an order you are shown delivery options available.
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When placing an order you are shown delivery options available.
This screen shows how you choose a delivery option. In many cases you can have immediate download (seen here). Or you can have SED in 2 or 24 hours, or the standard service. Or mail.
In many cases you can have immediate download – as mentioned this is cheapest delivery option as no retrieval or scanning involved.
Copyright fee is displayed. VAT is charged.
There is a link to the SED test document – which we strongly advise you to download to see if you have the capability for receiving documents using this delivery method. We will talk more about the SED test document later when we cover Secure Electronic Delivery.
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8. Selected documents are held in your shopping basket.
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Selected documents are held in your shopping basket.
Here you can see the shopping basket. All pricing is stated and – like Amazon and other web shopping – you have the option to cancel if you so wish.
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Here is an example of a direct download from BL direct.
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10. British Library Direct articles are now linked on search engines…
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British Library Direct articles are now linked on search engines…
If you are searching for documents using a search engine such as Google or Yahoo, any that are held on BL Direct contain a hyperlink directly through to the service - very useful!
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11. British Library Direct
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British Library Direct
Forum for Interlending Conference, 2006
Peter Robinson, Customer Services
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