-------- Original Message --------
Subject: FW: Link resolvers - Knowledge Base -- Steve Oberg
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 15:38:11 -0400
From: Scott Bernier <SBernier@epnet.com>

I am unsure if it is considered in poor taste for vendors to post to the
list, so I thought it might be helpful to let you know that EBSCO's link
resolver, LinkSource, has been available since the first of this year
(after the Serials Review article was published).  Information on
LinkSource can be found at:  http://www.linkresolver.com

Regards,

Scott Bernier
Communications Manager
EBSCO Publishing
sbernier@epnet.com

-----Original Message-----
Subject:  RE: Link resolvers - Knowledge Base -- Sharon Wiles-Young
From:  "Oberg, Steve" <STOBERG@TAYLORU.EDU>
Date:  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 10:06:24 -0500

If by link resolvers you mean things like LinkFinderPlus or SFX, an
excellent article comparing the major players (SFX from Ex Libris,
LinkFinderPlus from Endeavor, OpenURL Resolver from SIRSI, and 1Cate)
appeared in _Serials Review_ vol. 28, no. 4 (Winter 2002), entitled
"Context-Sensitive Linking:  It's a Small World After All" and authored
by Maria D. D. Collins and Christine L. Ferguson.

For those who have access to ScienceDirect, the online version of the
article may be accessed via the following URL (those who don't will be
"asked" to pay a way-too-hefty fee of $30, I think):

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSear
ch&_uoikey=B6W63-47RHXT5-3&_origin=EMFR&_version=1&md5=38ea76db08505687c
6d5a851f6be40a1

Steve

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Steve Oberg
Electronic Resources Librarian & Assistant Professor
http://www.tayloru.edu/library/

Editor, Bits & Bytes Column, _Serials Review_
http://sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00987913

  > -----Original Message-----
  > Subject:  Link resolvers - Knowledge Base
  > From:  Sharon Wiles-Young <slw0@lehigh.edu>
  > Date:  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 08:40:06 -0400
  >
  > Hello,
  > I was wondering if anyone has any experience with the
  > differences in link resolvers and their respective knowledge
  > bases. Has anyone seen any research done on comparing link
  > resolver services?  I realize some of these link resolvers
  > are very new products but it would be helpful to have some
  > information on how robust certain knowledge bases are at this
  > point. Any information on this topic would be helpful.
  > Thank you
  > Sharon Wiles-Young
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  > Sharon Wiles-Young
  > Director of Library Access Services
  > 400 Linderman Library
  > Lehigh University
  > Bethlehem, PA 18015-3067
  > 610-758-3046
  > 610-758-5605 (fax)
  >

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