Keywords
Citation
(2002), "Enhancements to OCLC ArticleFirst", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 30 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ilds.2002.12230aab.013
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2002, MCB UP Limited
Enhancements to OCLC ArticleFirst
Enhancements to OCLC ArticleFirst Keywords: Databases, Information services
OCLC has combined the OCLC ArticleFirst database with the OCLC ContentsFirst database and added bibliographic records from the OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online database. The enhanced ArticleFirst database, available via the OCLC FirstSearch service, is now a single serials-content resource for libraries and their users.
Library staff and users can now browse journal tables of contents in ArticleFirst, as they do in the Electronic Collections Online database. Clicking on the Browse Journals and Magazines link within the FirstSearch search interface allows them to view tables of contents for individual periodicals.
While enhancing access and searchability, these changes involve no increase in price. Electronic Collections Online remains as a separate database on FirstSearch and includes other searching capabilities not available at this time through ArticleFirst: "This enhancement eliminates the need for the searcher to go to one database to search through tables of contents and another to search for articles", said Frank Hermes, vice president, OCLC Marketing and Planning. "Many users have requested that OCLC combine these databases for searching efficiency. These additional ways to browse the ArticleFirst database will make search and discovery easier and more streamlined".
To accommodate Z39.50 users of the FirstSearch service, OCLC will continue to offer the ContentsFirst database in its current form for a limited time. OCLC will provide information on indexes, so that institutions with Z39.50 access can completely implement the new functionality for their users.
Source: OCLC press release