"Get It @ BU!" 
Get Full Text Link
with OpenURL Technology
- What does do?
- You will see the button when you use most of Bradley Library's periodical indexes.
- It provides links from a citation in a periodical index to the full text of an article when Bradley has the subscription. If Bradley has the full-text article online, takes users to the full-text location. If Bradley has the full-text article in print or microform, takes users to the Bradley library catalog record which indicates the location and coverage of the periodical.
- It provides A-Z list of journals, magazines, and newspapers for titles for which Bradley has access to online, print, or microform.
- You will see the
- Where do the full-text articles come from?
- Full-text articles come from thousands of journals, magazines, and newspapers Bradley subscribes to in various formats: online, print, and microform.
- Full-text articles come from thousands of journals, magazines, and newspapers Bradley subscribes to in various formats: online, print, and microform.
- Sometimes users are not taken to the full-text page even when Bradley has the full text online. Why?
- Some E-journal vendors cannot provide the direct link at the article or periodical level. Therefore, sometimes users are taken to the homepage of the online database and sometimes users are taken to a page that does not make sense. Staff at the Library Reference Desk can walk you through the process to retrieve the article you want. Call the Library Reference Desk at 309-677-3502.
- Some E-journal vendors cannot provide the direct link at the article or periodical level. Therefore, sometimes users are taken to the homepage of the online database and sometimes users are taken to a page that does not make sense. Staff at the Library Reference Desk can walk you through the process to retrieve the article you want. Call the Library Reference Desk at 309-677-3502.
- Sometimes there is no full text. Why?
- That means either Bradley does not have the subscription to the specific periodical in any format, or Bradley has/had the subscription but does not have the year/volume/issue you want. The library can get the article for you via a service called Interlibrary Loan. You can send the request via an online form.
- That means either Bradley does not have the subscription to the specific periodical in any format, or Bradley has/had the subscription but does not have the year/volume/issue you want. The library can get the article for you via a service called Interlibrary Loan. You can send the request via an online form.
- Sometimes there are multiple links to full text. Why?
- A certain periodical can be available from multiple online databases, in multiple file types, and in multiple formats. Users can choose their favorite database, file type, and format.
- How does "Get It @ BU!" work for non-Web-based database SciFinder Scholar?
- Click on the "ChemPort" button, which looks like this:
. This will open a Web browser window and take you either directly to full-text articles online or to a ChemPort page where you will see the hot-linked Check Full Text Availability.
- Click on the "ChemPort" button, which looks like this:
- Off-campus use.
- Yes. You will be asked for your Bradley user name and password at a certain point. More about your Bradley user name and password.
- More questions?
Page updated: February 4, 2008