Finding Known Journal Articles: Comparing a Citation Linker to an A-to-Z List Academic Article

abstract

• OpenURL links provide access to full-text articles from citation databases; however, end users who have found citations outside of library databases must find the full text of their journal articles another way. Many OpenURL link resolvers offer a citation finder service which allows the end user to search for specific known items at the article level. This paper studies the usability of the citation linker search from Ex Libris' SFX. Twenty-one volunteers tested finding known journal articles using both a standard A-to-Z list and SFX' citation linker search. The researchers compare results from the two search interfaces, document the problems found, recommend which interface makes the best default search interface, and suggest improvements to the citation linker interface. 2010 Elsevier Inc.

authors

• Ponsford, Bennett
• Sewell, Robin R
• Stephens, Jane

published proceedings

• SERIALS REVIEW

altmetric score

• 0.5

author list (cited authors)

• Ponsford, B. C., Sewell, R. R., & Stephens, J.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Ponsford, Bennett Claire||Sewell, Robin R||Stephens, Jane

publication date

• June 2011

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Serials Review  Journal

keywords

• 46 Information And Computing Sciences
• 4610 Library And Information Studies
• Bioengineering

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.serrev.2011.01.004

start page

• 93

end page

• 98

volume

• 37

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1080%2F00987913.2011.10765357