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does Find It do?
Find It provides a direct
link from a database citation to the full text of a subscribed journal
article or other full text resource, if available. Simply click on the Find It button  to view the list of access options which currently include: direct full text access and library availability in print format. |
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Who
can use Find It?
Since Find It is integrated into
our databases, all University of Georgia users (faculty, staff, and students) have
access.
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How
can Find It help me?
When you view an
article citation in the database you are searching, you can click on
the Find It button to see if the full text is available. You don't
have to initiate additional searches yourself as Find It does the work for
you.
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How
is Find It accessed?
Find It is accessed through our databases that have been
'Find It-enabled'. Within these databases, individual records will have an Find It
button. In the few databases not able to display a button image, a text
Find It link appears instead. You can also use Find It to access ejournals available
through the UGA Libraries by visiting our Electronic Journals page.
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Can I use Find It services from off campus?
Yes. As a UGA cardholder, you can access the Find It-enabled databases when off-campus by selecting the GALILEO Databases link on the UGA Libraries' main webpage at http://www.libs.uga.edu . After you sign on with the GALILEO password, you can pick the resources needed, and the Find It buttons will work properly in the Find It-enabled databases.
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What
are the access options provided by Find It?
The options vary
from citation to citation, depending on the options we can provide for
that particular article or resource. Currently, Find It links to
the following:
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What
is the technology behind Find It?
"Find It" is UGA's name for SFX linking software sold by a company called Ex Libris. From the Ex Libris website: SFX is a context-sensitive
link server from Ex Libris that allows context-sensitive linking between
Web resources in the scholarly information environment. SFX is OpenURL-compliant,
in that it accepts an OpenURL as input from an Information Resource
known as an SFX source. An SFX server facilitates the management of
a library's interlinked electronic collection, by providing libraries
with an independent means of enabling seamless interconnectivity among
their ever-increasing collections of heterogeneous resources.
The SFX system requires a
resource to generate an openURL. An openURL consists of an HTTP request
and delivery of metadata about a reference to a third party target.
SFX works as a link server, sitting between the resource and the target.
The SFX server accepts the metadata from the openURL, parses (or analyzes)
it, and dynamically creates a link to the target services available
for that particular object. If the institution has a subscription to
electronic full text (called a target) for the citation, that link will
be created. The link will only be created if : an electronic version
of the article exists somewhere AND the library has a subscription to
that journal issue. Depending on the capabilities of the target, a link
may be created to the actual article, issue, or journal level. For this
to work the resource needs to be able to create an openURL, and the
target needs to be able to accept one. Therefore, not all abstracting
and indexing databases will work with SFX, nor will all full text journals.
There's more information
about SFX on their web site: http://www.SFXit.com. |
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Why
are there multiple options for full text for some journals?
For most journals,
we have full text access from the publisher site. Some publishers also
have agreements with intermediary full text providers (such as EBSCO
Online) that provide us with full text access. Sometimes the full text
is also available in an article database such as Proquest or Lexis/Nexis.
Therefore, for some titles, we have full text access through several
options. With Find It, we provide all the options available. This redundant
coverage is particularly useful as a 'back-up' when one access point
is temporarily unavailable.
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Why
do some full text links take you to the journal homepage (or Table of
Contents or article abstract) and not the full text of the specific article?
Find It is set-up to
navigate as 'close' to the full text as it can. This is dependent on
the structure of the publisher's site and their "link-to" syntax. Some
publishers only allow linking to the journal level, others to the Table
of Contents, others to the full text of the article itself. This varies
from site to site. The full text link in Find It means that full text is available
-- but you may have to navigate through the publisher's web site to
get to the article you are looking for.
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Why
did I get 'no matches' when I clicked on the GIL Catalog link?
The UGA
Libraries do not subscribe to all the titles indexed in our databases.
A second search in the GIL catalog, by title of the journal or book,
might find it. Because of differences in cataloging and/or indexing
processes, the Find It search will sometimes 'miss' materials that the University of Georgia
does own. For example, this may occur if we have a different edition
of a book.
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Why
are there no Find It links in the database I'm using?
Not
all databases are currently Find It-enabled, but the UGA Libraries will
continue to enable new resources as we add new databases and as existing
databases become OpenURL compliant.
If the database is Find It-enabled,
then the Find It icon displays on each individual citation page. If the links
do not appear, it could be that you have JavaScript disabled in your
browser. If it's turned off, the buttons will not appear. Re-enable
JavaScript to correct the problem.
To reenable JavaScript in
Internet Explorer 5, Select INTERNET OPTIONS from the TOOLS
menu. Within the INTERNET OPTIONS window, select the SECURITY
tab, then click on CUSTOM LEVEL. Scroll to JAVA PERMISSIONS
and click to select HIGH SAFETY. Click OK to close the
SECURITY SETTINGS window, then OK again to close the INTERNET
OPTIONS window. Relaunch the browser to ensure the changes have taken
effect.
To reenable JavaScript in
Netscape, select EDIT, then PREFERENCES from the menu
bar. Under ADVANCED, select ENABLE JAVASCRIPT. Click OK.
Click on RELOAD to see the changed results.
Another possibility is that
you need to clear your computer's cache. In IE, select Tools/Internet Options
and then under the General tab, select delete temporary Internet files.
In Netscape, go to Edit/Preferences/Advanced/Cache and clear the memory and disk cache.
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What
does a "bad URL," "Error 404," or other "not found" message
mean?
In Find It,
links are generated according to algorithms that represent our best
knowledge of how to link to the resources in question. It is possible
that a link may be wrong, or it may be out-of-date because a publisher
has made changes to its site. We'd like to know about any problems you
encounter so that we can correct them. Please click here
to report problems.
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Why
is an error message given after the Find It link to full text opens the publisher's
site?
These error messages
can mean that full text exists at the publisher's site, but the Find It
generated URL wasn't accepted. (In this case you may be able to 'navigate'
through the publisher's site to your article.) In some cases, the full text
you need is no longer available at the site, but the Find It server doesn't
have this information - you will not be able to access full text in this
case because it no longer is available from this resource. Please let
us know about problems you encounter, so we can try to resolve them!
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Why
didn't the full text link lead me to my article?
There are
several possible reasons why the article is missing: (1) Sometimes the
article citation appears in a database before the publisher has made
the full text available. (2) The publisher or author is withholding
or placing an 'embargo' on the full text of this article within the
particular database. (3) Find It uses the citation information (volume,
issue, and page number) to attempt to link directly to the article.
If there is a typographical error in the citation, Find It cannot access the
article.
Please
let us know about any missing articles. Then, search the GIL Catalog
from the Find It menu to see if the Libraries have the paper version or check our Electronic Journal Locator
at
http://www.libs.uga.edu/ejournals to see if we have online access to the journal.
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Why
are there multiple windows?
When you click
on the Find It link, a new window is generated to display the Find It menu.
This window displays all the services available for the article. When
you select one of those services, a third window is generated - this
is the window in which all activities generated from the Find It window
take place. Remember that you can resize the windows to suit your viewing
preferences. Sometimes windows are hidden behind other windows. Use "alt tab" to easily navigate among the windows.
Each window will stay open
until you close it. Close only your Find It windows and not your (original)
search window.
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Why did my session 'time-out' while using Find It?
The session will time out according to the parameters of the database. (For example, First Search databases time-out after 15 minutes of inactivity.) If you are viewing full text via an Find It window, the database will consider this inactivity. You need to stay aware of the time, or the database session may close and you will lose your search.
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Why doesn't anything happen when I make a second selection from the Find It menu?
This problem is limited to Internet Explorer. When you first click on an option in the Find It menu, IE opens a secondary browser window on top of your open windows. For your next selection, the secondary browser window may appear below or behind the current window. You can drag the secondary browser window to another portion of your screen so it's not blocked by the Find It menu, or you can use Netscape as your browser while accessing Find It.
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Why
doesn't anything happen when I click on the
Find It link?
If the Google toolbar or other pop-up blocking software is installed on the computer you are using, it will stop the browser from opening new windows. You will need to
disable this software to allow Find It to function, as the Find It system utilizes
pop-up windows.
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How
can I learn more about Find It?
Find It is a link server
that the University of Georgia Libraries has licensed from Ex Libris (USA) Inc. There
is more information about Find It on their web site: http://www.SFXit.com.
Also, Cal Tech has produced an Executive
Summary on Find It. Information on the Open
URL system is available at http://www.SFXit.com/openurl/openurl.html |
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How
can I make a comment about Find It or report a problem?
Click here
to send an e-mail to library staff.
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Find It is a fairly new technology,
and therefore we can expect to encounter some problems as this service develops.
Please be sure to let us know when you encounter difficulty
with Find It. If you have other questions or concerns, please send them
via e-mail or call
the Main Library Reference Desk at 542-0633.
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