A number of database services now offer linking to OPACs and full text
journals.
My understanding of the present situation is as below. Any omissions are
welcome.
EDINA (certain databases) - OPAC, a few full text services
BIDS - full text in the ingentaJournals collection
ISI Web of Science - some full text services
Cambridge Scientific - some full text services
WilsonWeb - OPAC
Articles in hospitality and tourism - OPAC
NISS Biomedical - full text in subscribed Medical/Nursing collections
(as part of the HyLiFe hybrid library project Ovid set up access to our
OPAC, but do not seem to have extended the facility.)
OPAC linking is by ISSN. This may not always be appropriate. Linking may not
be possible for all OPAC systems.
Full text linking is, I think, always by IP checking so off-campus access is
not possible, unless users can dial in to a university IP address.
Not sure where Crossref fits into all this. There was some discussion on
lis-e-journals in May, but there has been little in the way of announcements
to users, apart from a press release:
http://www.blackwell-science.com/crossref/live.htm.
There are sample links at http://www.crossref.org/demos/gallery.htm
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