[Eril-l] Google Scholar adding EBSCO links that don't work

[Melissa Belvadi]

Do you not have access to the full text or not even the metadata through
EBSCO?
It seems a bit, well, uneven, to call this an "ad" for EBSCO, when you
don't seem to have the same criticism for all the rest of the GS results
that lead to publisher websites for content you don't have rights to -
aren't all of those "ads" for those publishers' products too? What's the
difference?
Just that EBSCO is an aggregator?  Would you feel better about it if they
did the same for other aggregators? Because when testing this very example,
I also saw a similar link into Proquest and I might have seen one for Gale
too but am less sure about that.
And then what about JSTOR? It's an aggregator too, for the vast majority of
GS JSTOR results (although they are the primary full-text host for some
journals).

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On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 4:14 PM Harper, Cynthia <charper at vts.edu> wrote:

> In our case, we don’t have access to this article through EBSCO, so it is
> problematic that Google Scholar is providing an EBSCO ad for this article.
>
>
>
> Cindy Harper
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> *From:* Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> *On Behalf Of *Melissa
> Belvadi
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 12, 2019 8:45 AM
> *To:* James C. Miller <millerjc at hollins.edu>
> *Cc:* eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Eril-l] Google Scholar adding EBSCO links that don't work
>
>
>
> Both of these actually worked just fine for us.
>
> Actually both ebscohost citations were buried under "all 4 versions" as
> the only result that displayed at first for both was to Taylor & Francis,
> where we do have the full text access (and GS may know that from our
> liblinks connection).
>
> But when I opened the list of all versions and tried the EBSCO ones, they
> both successfully led into our EBSCO EDS profile to those two particular
> articles.
>
> It's a bit odd to me why it would take us to EDS and not
> EBSCOhost-Academic Search Complete - I wonder how Google/EBSCO are deciding
> which EBSCO profile to default to?
>
>
>
> We don't have the full text directly in EBSCO (aka via SmartLink) but
> getting the patron into EDS means they get to our Full Text Finder link so
> they're just one more click away from the full text.
>
> So for us at least, this current setup is leading to a good user
> experience. If we hadn't had the T&F full text this might have gotten our
> patrons to another FT option or even our ILL form most easily.
>
>
>
> Melissa Belvadi
>
> Collections Librarian
>
> University of Prince Edward Island
>
> mbelvadi at upei.ca  902-566-0581
>
> ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4433-0189
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> On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 1:30 PM James C. Miller <millerjc at hollins.edu>
> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I've talked to EBSCO and they told me to contact Google Scholar. EBSCO
> says that Google Scholar has it set up so that EBSCO access points appear
> regardless of availability. I've submitted a Google Scholar contact form,
> but I have little faith. Here are a few examples.
>
>
>
> If you search these two article titles, you'll see an EBSCO host [pdf] but
> the EBSCO link doesn't work
>
>
>
>    1. Since Sandy Hook: Strategic Maneuvering in the Gun Control Debate
>    2. Dis-Honoring the Dead: Negotiating Decorum in the Shadow of Sandy
>    Hook
>
> Has anyone experienced this?
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> James
>
>
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