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Retrieving Known Items with LibX.
- Source :
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Serials Librarian . Feb2008, Vol. 53 Issue 4, p125-140. 16p. 2 Color Photographs, 2 Black and White Photographs, 2 Charts, 2 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- LibX (http://libx.org/) is an open source Firefox extension that provides direct access to library resources in multiple ways: through a toolbar, a context menu, and via cues that LibX places into web sites a user visits. A LibX edition integrates support for the resources to which a particular user community has access, including the library OPAC, databases, and their OpenURL link resolver. As one of its features, LibX supports the fast (one-click) retrieval of known items. such as research articles. This frequent task is automated by exploiting Google's Scholar service as a hidden backend that is used for searches. In this paper, we evaluate the effectiveness of LibX in retrieving known items that were listed as references in a sample of articles in four widely read journals. We conclude that LibX's matching algorithm can lead the user to an accessible copy of an item on average in 81% of cases with a negligible number of irrelevant items retrieved. As a result, LibX can dramatically reduce the time spent on known item searches [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0361526X
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Serials Librarian
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31806835
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1300/J123v53n04_09