Siobhan, At Cranfield we are entering both links via two (or 3) 856 links. Often the date ranges of material available via separate suppliers will be different and this may influence which the user selects. Rgds Simon On Fri, 31 Mar 2000 16:52:06 +0000 () Siobhan Wood <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Here at Reading we are currently adding links from our catalogue records > to full text online versions of print journals which we subscibe to. > Quite often these are available via more than one source e.g. direct form > publisher, through consortia, subscription agents, ingenta etc. If there > is more than one available route we are including this in our record, > access restrictions may vary. (They could be ip address controlled or > require a password e.g. Athens if being accessed by a member of the > University away from the campus?) > > I would be interested in hearing whether other libraries are inputting > multiple links and if they are only inputting one url what is the criteria > for selection of that over others available. > > Thank you > > Siobhan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Siobhan Wood > Metadata Co-ordinator / Liaison Librarian (Geography) > University of Reading Library > Whiteknights > P.O. Box 223 > Reading > RG6 6AE > > e-mail: [log in to unmask] > Tel: (01189) 318770 x7488 > Fax: (01189) 316636 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ---------------------- Simon J. Bevan Information Systems Manager Kings Norton Library Cranfield University Cranfield Beds. MK43 0AL [log in to unmask] Tel: (+44) (0) 1234 754445 Fax: (+44) (0) 1234 752391 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%