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Static Urls in Voyager

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Reference & Information Division

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Static Urls in Voyager

• What is a static url?• Strathclyde web services – use of

static urls• Benefits / Problem areas• How to construct static urls

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What is a Static Url?

• Based on an existing search url • Carries out predefined searches dynamically

– also referred to as canned searches or canned urls

• Not to be confused with open urls as used by LinkFinder or SFX

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Link to Holdings• Electronic database providers can link search

results to your catalogue records• Libraries provide their system’s static url for ISSN

searching• Help! – try Supportweb

– Voyager-L archives– resource sharing record for canned searches

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Link to Holdings on WOS –searches all journal records, print and electronic holdings

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Electronic Journals – web or catalogue?

• From 2002 ej records only on Voyager– enhanced with subject headings, publishers

• Subject ejournal pages created from catalogue lists – time-consuming, frequent updating required

• A-Z web listing was no longer available

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Electronic Journals – static urls

• Alphabetical A-Z list – http://www.lib.strath.ac.uk/ejsaz.htm

• Departmental subject listings -http://www.lib.strath.ac.uk/ejsubjects.htm

• Services and providers - http://www.lib.strath.ac.uk/ejservices.htm

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Ejournal Web Pages accesses

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500

1000

1500

2000

2500

Apr-03 May-03 Jun-03 Jul-03

Electronic Journals by Subject - University ofStrathclyde

Electronic Journals A-Z - University ofStrathclyde

Electronic Journal Services - University ofStrathclyde

2120

1188

1072

1621

1041

772

1208

977

535

889976

494

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More static urls activated

• Special Collections – lists for all our named collections

• Theses – Departmental lists• Exam Papers – Departmental or Class

specific lists

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Subject Web Pages at Strathclyde

• Ejournal lists• Theses – Departmental lists• Exam Papers – Departmental lists• Exam Papers – searchable form by

class code

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Future possibilities

• Reading Lists - Departmental, Lecturer, Class specific lists

• Children’s literature themes• Company reports

– by sector or country

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Benefits of using static urls

• Easy for users• Saves time for library staff• Increases awareness of library stock• Departmental web pages or VLEs

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Possible Problem Areas

• Dependent on library’s predefined search indexes and display parameters

• Voyager upgrades may be a problem• Url may not copy/paste correctly into

Dreamweaver – add as html code

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Instructions for creating static urls

• Remove &PID=• Remove &SEQ=• Add &DB=local (DB in uppercase)• Remove &HIST=1

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Web Link:

www.lib.strath.ac.uk/evugm/static.htm

• PowerPoint Presentation• Instructions for Strathclyde static urls