Discovery SystemsConnecting the 21st Century Academic User to

Content

II Seminario Bibliotecas Universitarias del siglo XXI, Bogota, Columbia, 24 Mar 2015.

Athena HoeppnerElectronic Resources Librarian

University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

Creating digital collections

Integrated library systems

Online Public Access Catalogs

Metadata schema

Institutional repositories

Access and authentication

Link resolvers

Discovery services

Network and internet

technologies

Three Discovery Projects

•Discovery for Advanced Academic Users: Bibliographic Study

• Embedding Discovery into Learning Management Systems

• Exposing Open Access and Scholarly Output 3

Discovery System Overview

Resource Discovery systems couple…

a pre-harvested central index of metadata and content…

… with a richly featured discovery layer.

What Goes Into The Central Index?

WSD/Vendor

Agreements

Publisher

Supplied

Library Subscripti

ons

Free/ Open

Access

Library Supplie

d

CENTRAL INDEX

arXiv

DOAJ

HathiTrust

MEDLINE

LexisNexis

Scopus

Gale OneFi

le

MARC

IRs

Digitized

INSPEC

ISI

CINAHL

Cochrane

SpringerWile

yT&FOU

P

Elsevier

Discovery Layar Embebed on the Library Site

Books ArticlesJournal

s

GoSearch: Keywords, titles, authors…

Ask |Reserves | Hours | ILL | Your Account

Your University Library

Discovery Search Results Page

How venture capital works.Author : Chr i s t ian Sc ience Mon i tor (1908-Cur rent fi le ) ISSN: 0145-8027 Date : 03 /11 /1985.

Search: Venture

YU Library | Ask |Reserves | ILL | Your Account

700,000 hits

Sort: RelevancyDates1859 <- > 2011

Type Article Book Electronic…more

Subject Finance Genetics Brothers…more

Library Main

A

The Venture cloning method.Author: -Thadius S. VentureISBN: 01-0045-802 Date: 2008

B

Full Text

Super Science LibraryQH 442 V7 2008 Due: Yesterday!!

Go

Discovery Vendors

WorldCat Local

EBSCO Discovery

ServiceSummon

Primo Central Index

Encore Synergy

OCLC EBSCO Serials Solutions ExLibris Innovative

Three Discovery Projects

•Discovery for Advanced Academic Users: Bibliographic Study

• Embedding Discovery into Learning Management Systems

• Exposing Open Access and Scholarly Output 1

Bibliometric Study: Graduate Nursing Papers

•Does UCF’s Discovery service include sufficient content of high enough quality?

•Does it provide convenient full text access?

•Does it surface relevant items through common search techniques?

NGR6813 Final Papers: Integrative Review

• 34 Final Papers

• Examined Methods • Methods section describes

databases searched and terms used.

• Consolidated and De-duplicated References• 520 unique items

Which Index Includes the Cited Items?

• Searched by item title in:• MEDLINE• CINAHL• Google Scholar• EBSCO Discovery Service

(OneSearch)

• Recorded:• Was the item discovered in the

database/index?• What is the database source of

the record?• Source of full text

Indexes Searched by Students

1

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

Soc/Gov/OrgDynamedGoogleScholarOvidOneSearchHealth SourcePubMedOtherPsycInfoERICMedlineCochraneCINAHL

Cited Items Found per Index

520 Cited Items

Found Not Found

GoogleScholar 439 81

OneSearch 459 61

CINAHL 341 179

MEDLINE 370 150

439

81

459

61

341

179

370

150

Nursing: Database Supplying the Record to EBSCO Discovery

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350

EDS Record SourceCINAHL FTMEDLINEUCF CatalogReferenceSearchCochraneAcademic Search PremierBiologicalAbstractsHealthSourcePsycINFOScienceDirectWoSBritishLibraryBusinessSourcePremierCredoFRANCISOIAsterOmniFilePsycArticlesWiley

Full Content Option Showing in EDS

487; 94%

20; 4%

13; 3%

Full Text No Full Text

Print Owned

Links to Full Text per Index

410 42

9

329 37

0

Bibliometrics Study II: Works Cited in Published Articles 1968-2010

• Selected 10 papers by UCF authors

• Exported of cited references list from Web of Science

• 236 articles in the consolidated list• Is the article in OneSearch?

• What is the database source of the record?

• Is there a full text link?

Articles and Full Text Discoverable in OneSearch (EDS)

25

75

125

175

225

Database Source for Article Record in EDS

0 20 40 60 80

Full Text Options for First and Second Match

38%

47%

6%

3%6%

Hosted

SFX

arXiv

OAIster

Show options

Discoverable and Convenient Full Text

• 95% of the 236 articles were found in OneSearch

• 87% connect to full text

• 82% connect to full text with just 1 or 2 clicks

UCF’s Discovery Index Contents

• UCF has 129 Data Sources turned on in EDS

•MARC loads for catalog

• Digitized collections loaded

• EDS basic index

• Hundreds of A/I indexes

• JSTOR, ScienceDirect, and many more publishers

690,626,504 Records!

Bibliometrics Final Thoughts

• EBSCO Discovery includes relevant, high quality content that is a good match for UCF researchers.

•More than 80% Discovery records conveniently link to full text for article items selected by UCF researchers.

Do UCF users search it effectively?

Discovery Features and Search Tools for Users

• Effective and easy Basic Search

• Fielded Search

• Facets, Limitors, Refining

• End User Accounts and Personalization

•Widgets, Recommenders, and Additional services

Unused Discovery Functions

How venture capital works.Author : Chr i s t ian Sc ience Mon i tor (1908-Cur rent fi le ) ISSN: 0145-8027 Date : 03 /11 /1985.

Search: Venture

YU Library | Ask |Reserves | ILL | Your Account

700,000 hits

Sort: RelevancyDates1859 <- > 2011

Type Article Book Electronic…more

Subject Finance Genetics Brothers…more

Library Main

A

The Venture cloning method.Author: -Thadius S. VentureISBN: 01-0045-802 Date: 2008

B

Full Text

Super Science LibraryQH 442 V7 2008 Due: Yesterday!!

Go

X

Relevancy Ranking

Typical Ranking Factors:

•Weighted fields (subject, abstract, etc.)

• Exact match of term with field

•Density of terms in a record

• Publication date/currency

•Document type

•Document length

• Locally owned (MARC load)

Three Discovery Projects

•Discovery for Advanced Academic Users: Bibliographic Study

• Embedding Discovery into Learning Management Systems

• Exposing Open Access and Scholarly Output 2

UCF Students and Learning Online

• 38% of UCF Credit Hours are taught fully or partially online

• 75% of students enroll in at least one online course per year

Discovery Systems: Connecting the 21st Century Academic User to Content. II Seminario Bibliotecas Universitarias del siglo XXI, Bogota, Columbia, 24 Mar 2015.

A collaboration: Center for Distributed Learning and Library

Online Courses Tool: Canvas UCF Libraries and OneSearch

OneSearch Lite: EBSCO Discovery for Full Text Articles

One Click to Embed a Link onto a Course Page

Article Title on Course Page Links to EDS Detailed Record

Made by UCF for Everyone

•Used over 2500 times by UCF faculty

• Coded by Shea Silverman at UCF

•Uses EBSCO Discovery API

• Is an LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability)

Achieving Oneness: Discovery Service and Online Learning

• Reduces cognitive load

• Keeps students and faculty in a familiar context

• Reduces need to search multiple indexes

• Simplifies linking to full text

• Focus on learning, not on searching

Three Discovery Projects

•Discovery for Advanced Academic Users: Bibliographic Study

• Embedding Discovery into Learning Management Systems

• Exposing Open Access and Scholarly Output 3

Tools for Discovering Articles

• Journals List

•Discovery Service

• Indexes/Abstracts

• Catalog

•Google Scholar

Tools for Discovering Open Access Articles

• : •DOAJ

•OA journal publisher sites

• Specialized listings and directories

•OA advocacy an awareness sites

Author Publishes in an Open Access Journal

Institutional Repository

Subject Repository

Open Access Journal

Open Access in the Central Index

WSD/Vendor

Agreements

Publisher

Supplied

Library Subscripti

ons

Free/ Open

Access

Library Supplie

d

CENTRAL INDEX

arXiv

DOAJ

IRs

SpringerWile

yT&F

Elsevier

User Looks for Articles

• Can I access this?

•Will it cost money?

•Do I have to log in?

• Can I share this with non-student friends?

Open Access Icon In OneSearch (EDS)

Making the OA Indicator: Exporting Link Resolver Data

LinkResolver

Knowledgebase

All Full Text Holdings

Journals List and Menus

Open AccessJournals and

Menu

OA Full Text Holdings

Export Files

Making the OA Indicator: Loading Link Resolver Data into EDS

EBSCO Discovery Layer

LinkResolver

Knowledgebase

All Active Full Text Holdings

Journals List and Menus

Open Access

Journals List and Menu

OA Full Text

Holdings

EBSCO Admin

Local Collections

Custom Links

Custom Links

OA

All FT

Open Access Only Versions of OneSearch and Online Journals List

OneSearch Unlocked: Combining quality indexing, superior relevancy ranking, and open access.Find Open Access content using the OneSearch, UCF's implementation of EBSCO Discovery Service. Open and Free eJournals A-Z: The best open content all in one convenient, searchable, journal list.

Promoting OA for Authors and Users

• The OA Icon

• Raises awareness of OA in general

•Demonstrates to authors that their OA articles will stand out

• Teaches students about OA

Discovery Services and Other Systems Working Together

1. Discovery + Rich Subject Indexes: • Reduces need to search multiple

indexes

2. Discovery + Link Resolver: • Simplifies access to full text• Promotes use of Open Access

3. Discovery + Sistemas de Gestión de Aprendizaje:• Reduces cognitive load• Promotes use of Library

subscriptions

Discovery Systems: Connecting the 21st Century Academic User to Content. II Seminario Bibliotecas Universitarias del siglo XXI, Bogota, Columbia, 24 Mar 2015.

Questions?

Athena Hoeppner

athena@ucf.edu

Electronic Resources Librarian

University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA