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We implemented LinkSource as part of a phased-in project and are extremely pleased with the outcome. The setup is straight forward and the support from the EBSCO Implementation Team is outstanding. Our online journal usage increased more than 20 percent once we implemented LinkSource and EBSCOhost Integrated Search together. Our patrons thank us regularly for the additional access to full-text resources.

Henry Terrill, Serials and Electronic Resources Librarian, Harding University

www.ebsco.com/linksource

LinkSource A smarter, better link resolver for your library

Access and Integration

LinkSource, EBSCOs vendor-neutral OpenURL link resolver, is the only linking solution that can provide better linking to full text through SmartLinks technology AND metadata enhancers. This powerful combination increases the likely match between the citation and the full-text source. LinkSource leverages more than 100 million metadata records in the EBSCO Integrated Knowledge Base to help fill in missing metadata, such as volume or issue numbers, to reduce the potential for dead links. When your users link to full text through LinkSource, they have fewer hoops to jump through to find the information they need.

With LinkSource, you can easily establish item-level linking to millions of resources, including articles in e-journal sites and research databases, OPACs, websites and search engines, as well as to helpful services such as citation managers and document delivery and interlibrary loan (ILL) forms.

Benefits t SmartLinks technology reduces user frustration by providing immediate

access to full text in your EBSCO e-journals and EBSCOhost databases

t Automatic rights checking and seamless authentication for thousands of e-journals means guaranteed access, even for remote users

t Metadata enhancers automatically leverage the EBSCO Integrated Knowledge Base for fewer broken links

t Automatic management of holdings in EBSCOhost, Google Scholar and PubMed helps your users get to the content you provide from the sites they are most likely to search

t Automatic configuration of full-text linking targets saves valuable staff time

t Branding and customization options let your users know that your library is providing them with the content they need

To learn more, contact your EBSCO representative or visit www.ebsco.com.$0*OEVTUSJFT*ODt1SJOUFEJOUIF64"tt

LinkSource provides full-text access with fewer obstacles

You can brand and customize LinkSource to look like your library website

Control the order of links

Easy menu-driven configuration of links to thousands of targets pre-configured by EBSCO

Compatible with citation manager software, such as RefWorks, EndNote and Reference Manager

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Users get to full text more often.

LinkSource provides full-text access from multiple sources.

With more than 100 million citations in the EBSCO Integrated Knowledge Base, users have direct access through SmartLinks to full-text articles in EBSCOhost databases and e-journals purchased through EBSCO.

a Agreements with publishers enable guaranteed access for researchers to thousands of e-journals.

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The EBSCO Integrated Knowledge Base contains data about your subscriptions and e-resources,

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