[Eril-l] Link resolver text

[Stephen Francoeur]

We use "Find it! @ CUNY"

http://support.cunylibraries.org/systems/sfx

Stephen Francoeur
User Experience Librarian
Baruch College
New York, NY

On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 9:39 AM Blenkle, Mrs. Christina S. <cblenkle at pace.edu>
wrote:

> Hi,
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> We use “Search for Item”.   It will take the student to our AtoZ or ILL
> pages.
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> Christina
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> Christina Blenkle
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> Supervising Librarian for Electronic Services
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> Mortola Library - Pace University
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> Email: cblenkle at pace.edu
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> *From:* Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] *On Behalf Of *Pennington,
> Buddy D.
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 07, 2018 1:34 PM
> *To:* Zhang, Bin <bzhang at csus.edu>; Donley, Leah <donley at bnl.gov>;
> Eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
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> *Subject:* Re: [Eril-l] Link resolver text
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> We wrestled with this too. Initially we used “Find it @ UMKC” but we had
> students think they had to come into the library to get it. We changed it
> to “Full Text” and sometimes people are confused when they do not actually
> land on the full text, but overall we think it is better than what we used
> before. I’m not sure there is a magic wand answer to this because the
> underlying technology is complicated but the user doesn’t need to know
> that.
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> Buddy Pennington
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> Head of Library Systems & Technology (Librarian III)
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> Miller Nichols Library
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> University of Missouri--Kansas City
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> *From:* Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org
> <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org>] *On Behalf Of *Zhang, Bin
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 07, 2018 12:27 PM
> *To:* Donley, Leah <donley at bnl.gov>; Eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Eril-l] Link resolver text
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> We have “Find It @ Sac State”
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> Bin Zhang
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> Digital Information Services Librarian
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> Library Systems & IT Services, University Library
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> California State University, Sacramento
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> 2000 State University Drive East, Sacramento, CA 95819-6039
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> (916) 278-5664 (O); (916) 278-3891 (F)
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> bzhang AT csus DOT edu
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> *From:* Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org
> <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org>] *On Behalf Of *Donley, Leah
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 07, 2018 10:22 AM
> *To:* Eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
> *Subject:* [Eril-l] Link resolver text
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> Hello all,
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> For those of you who have a link resolver and have activated it within
> databases and on publisher’s websites, what do you use for the link
> resolver text (mouseover text when there is an image or on websites where
> you can’t include an image at all)?
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> Our current practice is to use “Full Text @ BNL”, but I’m rethinking that
> after a question from a user.  I can see how it would be unclear and give
> the impression that clicking will always lead to accessible full text,
> instead of CHECKING for accessible full text, which is really what’s
> happening.  But how to convey that and keep it short and sweet?  “Check for
> Full Text @ BNL”?
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> Thank you,
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> Leah Donley
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> Leah Donley
> Research Library
> Brookhaven National Laboratory
> Email: donley at bnl.gov
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