Find it! provides links from citations in certain databases
to the online full text of the article, if Rod Library has access to the
journal in electronic format. It also provides links to other library resources and services such
as the online catalog, UNISTAR, and Ask a Librarian.
Find It! is Rod Library's name for SFX
linking software developed by a company called Ex Libris. Find It! is being
implemented during the 2003-2004 academic year.
As you review Rod Library database search results, look for the
button.
Clicking this button opens a new window with a list of
resources and services, which may include entries such as:
*Full text from [name of database] (Direct link to the full text of the article,
journal issue, or journal if
Rod Library provides access to the electronic journal.)
*Check holdings in UNISTAR (Link to Rod
Library catalog for determining if the journal is available at the
library if not online)
*Need help? Ask a Librarian (Link to "Ask a Librarian" for requesting assistance via chat, email and other methods)
*Find It! FAQ (Link to this FAQ about the Find It! service)
If you are using a "pop-up" blocker (such as the Google toolbar), it may be
preventing the Find It! menu from appearing. You may wish to temporarily
disable the pop-up blocker.
If going through a list of citations, the Find It! menu may already be open.
Toggle through open windows until you find the one called, "SFX by Ex Libris."
Find It! is available in
numerous library databases such as ABI/INFORM, America: History and Life,
Biological Abstracts, ERIC, Academic OneFile (INFOTRAC), and PsycINFO.
It will be available in more databases as time goes on.
Rod Library may not
have access to the journal in electronic format.
Also, the journal or database publisher may not be compatible with the SFX
linking software standards. Check the library catalog, UNISTAR, to determine
if the journal is available in print or through an online service that is not
compatible with SFX.
The full
text of some journals is available in two or more databases, and in those
cases we provide links to more than one full text option. Some databases
provide only the text of the articles; others provide the text plus all
graphics in formats such as PDF. Also, providing access to more than one full
text source is helpful in case one provider's system does down.
The publisher of the full text may not be compatible
with the SFX linking software. Also, Rod Library may be in the process
of adding access for journals from particular companies.
Yes, usually. However, there are
some full text sources that won't work with the Find It! system and don't show
up on the menu. We
encourage you to search the library catalog, UNISTAR, to double check on
online access and to learn whether Rod Library subscribes to the journal in
print format. You may also wish to search the Web using a tool such as Google to see if the journal article is available online at no charge.
Also, an article may be available online, but not in a database to which the
Library subscribes.
How close the Find It! link will
take you to the actual article depends on the policies of the journal and
database publishers. In some cases, you will be taken directly to the article,
in other cases to a table of contents for the issue that includes the article,
and so on. You may need to browse or search a journal or database web site to
get to the article.
This can happen for several
reasons. For example, the Find It! link may appear before the journal
publisher allows access to its full text online. Also, there may be an error
in the citation in the database. Or our Find It! link may be wrong and need to
be fixed. Please report error messages via the Ask a Librarian email form at
http://www.library.uni.edu/ris/ask.shtml.
Yes. After selecting a database or journal that requires
"authentication," you
will get a screen that asks for your last name and social security number.
After verifying that you are a UNI student or employee, the system will
connect you to the database or journal.
It's probably
the case that Rod Library does not subscribe to print or online versions of
the journal that published the article. However, if you suspect a
technical problem or aren't certain you're reading the screens correctly,
contact us through Ask a Librarian, one of the links on the Find It! menu.
If Rod Library does not have a publication, consider using the Interlibrary Loan
service. We will attempt to borrow the publication from another
library.
This could happen for
several reasons. One is the database is not compatible with the Find It!
software. In some databases the Find It! button appears only on certain
screens such as the article abstract.
Some databases include
citations to doctoral dissertations. Many of these databases are actually
citing Dissertation Abstracts, which is just another index and abstract
system for dissertations. Links in the Find It! menu will generally not lead
you to the actual text of the dissertation. More recent and detailed
information about dissertations is available in the Digital
Dissertations database, an online version of Dissertation Abstracts.
We encourage you to use this to find more complete information about
dissertations. If the dissertation was written at UNI, you will find a
PDF copy in Digital Dissertations. Print copies of UNI dissertations
also are available at Rod Library; the call number may be found through UNISTAR. The library
does not own full text copies of most of the dissertations that were done at
other universities. Please contact us via Ask A Librarian for information on
how to obtain a copy of a dissertation.
@ Rod Library FAQ
