[Eril-l] Link resolver text

[Penny Lochner]

We use "Check for full text."  If we can post an image, the image has those
words plus a small logo image.

Penny

On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 2:54 PM, Stephen Francoeur <
stephen.francoeur at gmail.com> wrote:

> We use "Find it! @ CUNY"
>
> http://support.cunylibraries.org/systems/sfx
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> 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,
>>
>>
>>
>> We use “Search for Item”.   It will take the student to our AtoZ or ILL
>> pages.
>>
>>
>>
>> Christina
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>>
>>
>> Christina Blenkle
>>
>> Supervising Librarian for Electronic Services
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Eril-l] Link resolver text
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Buddy Pennington
>>
>> Head of Library Systems & Technology (Librarian III)
>>
>> Miller Nichols Library
>>
>> University of Missouri--Kansas City
>>
>>
>>
>> *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
>>
>>
>>
>> We have “Find It @ Sac State”
>>
>>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Bin Zhang
>>
>> Digital Information Services Librarian
>>
>> Library Systems & IT Services, University Library
>>
>> California State University, Sacramento
>>
>> 2000 State University Drive East, Sacramento, CA 95819-6039
>>
>> (916) 278-5664 (O); (916) 278-3891 (F)
>>
>> bzhang AT csus DOT edu
>>
>>
>>
>> *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
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>>
>>
>> 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)?
>>
>>
>>
>> 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”?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Leah Donley
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Leah Donley
>> Research Library
>> Brookhaven National Laboratory
>> Email: donley at bnl.gov
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>>
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