Hi
Another situation where DOIs are useful is for creating online reading
lists which link into full text articles. Some databases don't use
persistent urls for articles - the url is session based which means when
you try the link the next day it doesn't work! By linking it through the
DOI we get the persistent link.
Jayne Moss
Senior Subject Librarian
Academic Support
University of Plymouth Library
Drakes Circus
Plymouth
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Tel: 01752 232329
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Sent: 20 July 2006 10:50
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Subject: Re: Finding a DOI for a published article
Hi Bill,
For me, the most frequent situation where DOIs are used is in
conjunction with our link resolver. Invoking DOI linking in our link
resolver allows us to take users directly to even more of the content
we have acquired on their behalf - allowing us to, for example, get
down to article level where we would otherwise only be able to get
users to the very top level of a journal site. I'm also aware that
people use them for creating links to content from catalogues and
reading lists but perhaps others could comment on this?
Cheers
Anna
At 18:20 17/07/2006, you wrote:
>Anna:
>
>Can you help us understand the most frequent situations for which the
DOI
>is needed in the academic library or home office setting?
>
>Bill Cohen, Publisher
>The Haworth Press, Inc.
>www.HaworthPress.com
>
>
>
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>>You can look them up on the CrossRef website at
>>http://www.crossref.org/guestquery/
>>
>>Cheers
>>Anna
>>
>>At 12:43 17/07/2006, you wrote:
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Please forgive my ignorance but is there a service where I can
>>>present the basic bib details of an article and get the DOI or be
>>>told with reasonable certainty the article doesn't have one?
>>>
>>>I know some articles have the DOI at the bottom of the article
>>>title page and in some cases you can see it when veiwing an
>>>article abstract online.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>John Smith,
>>>The Templeman Library
>>>University of Kent, UK
>>
>>
>>Anna Sansome
>>E-Journals Administrator
>>UCL Library Services
>>University College London
>>Gower Street
>>WC1E 6BT
>>
>>Tel: +44 (0) 20 7679 7380
>>E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>>
>>Have you tried MetaLib yet? http://metalib.ucl.ac.uk
>>The new electronic resource gateway from UCL Library Services.
Anna Sansome
E-Journals Administrator
UCL Library Services
University College London
Gower Street
WC1E 6BT
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7679 7380
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Have you tried MetaLib yet? http://metalib.ucl.ac.uk
The new electronic resource gateway from UCL Library Services.
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