What UC-eLinks Does

UC-eLinks provides a way for users to

• Easily move from an article or book citation to the actual publication online
• Check availability in the UC libraries
• Request items unavailable on home campuses
• Ask a question using Ask a Librarian

Where will you see the UC-eLinks button?

• In broad discovery tools like library catalogs, Google Scholar, Melvyl®, campus A-Z lists, campus websites
• In an article database like Web of Science, PubMed
• Within the article itself (as a citation in the bibliography)
• In an application like RefWorks, Citation Linker, or LibX

How does it work?

• UC-eLinks runs on SFX software from Ex Libris.
• Learn more about UC-eLinks’ functionality and the SFX services activated in UC-eLinks.

UC-eLinks is everywhere

Link resolvers, like UC-eLinks, put links where users are — Google Scholar, PubMed, PsycInfo, and other popular sources.

• Puts links everywhere with maintenance in one place.
• Links are customized to users (for example, access codes are embedded into OpenURLs.)
• SFX is open software that we can modify and extend functionality.

Behind the button

UC-eLinks relies on discrete pieces of data compiled into a URL. Each piece has to be accurate for the link to work. Many things can prevent a link from taking you to an article:

• inaccurate data
• inaccurate holdings information
• website problems with cookies and framing and data moving on websites.

These are some hard working links.