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Connecting to Current Contents, etc.
Author: Jolyon Wurr    Posted: 21/08/2000 23:16:37 GDT
Dear Colleagues, I'm wondering if there are any North American based university researchers amongst us who are able to make direct connections to Current Contents of FirstSearch via EndNote (direct Z39.5 client connections). I am aware of the possibilities for downloading records obtained via WWW connections and importing the records to EndNote via filters but this does not speak to my current need. My interest is in whether direct Z39.5 access to these databases has been arranged by any universities for general use (especially remote site use) by their students and faculty (a commercial/legal/bureaucratic problem, not a technical one). Thank you, Jolyon Wurr ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Jolyon Wurr Research Analyst Chapin Hall Center for Children University of Chicago 1313 E. 60th St. Chicago, IL 60637 (773) 256-5201 (773) 256-5401 FAX ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

RE: Connecting to Current Contents, etc.
Author: Matt Boreland    Posted: 22/08/2000 02:16:18 GDT
Hi Jolyon, Yes, Current Contents is accessible via Z39.50. I used to access CC from my previous uni in Australia (UNSW). Ok so that's no where near North America, but i thought the info might still be useful. It was pretty much password based security, so accessing from a remote site was no problems. All we had to do was apply to the library for a password (from memory it was only given to staff and postgrad students). I think there was also a limit on the total number of users at any given time (same for the web). EndNote (3.0) worked fine, although i made a couple of changes to the connections to allow the importing of affiliation fields and so forth. Other than that, it was a breeze, and waaaaaay useful. But a couple of hints... 1) the EN searches are not as powerful as the CC interface on the web page, so I often found it's easier to do your lit search via the web and then go via the Z39.50 connection to import them into EN; 2) the EN Z39.50 search will accept the same wild cards (?, *) as the CC webpage when using the EN connection, This is not noted in the EN doc's as far as I know, presumably because such wildcards aren't noted in the connection file and aren't available internally to EN (hint hint ResearchSoft). They're very useful for searches including things like aluminium/aluminum, colour/color, etc Well i hope that helps. regards matt ===================================== Dr Matt Boreland Toyota Technological Institute Semiconductor Laboratory 2-12-1 Hisakata, Tempaku-ku Nagoya, 468-8511, Japan phone: +81-52-809-1877 fax: +81-52-809-1879 email: ===================================== > -----Original Message----- > From: > Behalf Of Jolyon Wurr > Sent: Tuesday, 22 August 2000 7:17 AM > To: > Subject: Connecting to Current Contents, etc. > > > > Dear Colleagues, > I'm wondering if there are any North American based university researchers > amongst us who are able to make direct connections to Current Contents of > FirstSearch via EndNote (direct Z39.5 client connections). I am > aware of the > possibilities for downloading records obtained via WWW connections and > importing the records to EndNote via filters but this does not speak to my > current need. My interest is in whether direct Z39.5 access to these > databases has been arranged by any universities for general use > (especially > remote site use) by their students and faculty (a > commercial/legal/bureaucratic problem, not a technical one). > Thank you, > Jolyon Wurr > > ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ > Jolyon Wurr > Research Analyst > Chapin Hall Center for Children > University of Chicago > 1313 E. 60th St. > Chicago, IL 60637 > (773) 256-5201 > (773) 256-5401 FAX > > ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Re: Connecting to Current Contents, etc.
Author: Kirsty Munro    Posted: 22/08/2000 13:16:00 GDT
Hello, Regarding the connection to Current Contents Online, I am not sure about North American universities but I know that the Australian National University has established a connection file, you might want to look at the following site for downloads, etc http://anulib.anu.edu.au/training/endnote/anu_en_extras.html I am not sure whether this is specific only to the ANU, or whether the connection file will work for other universities. It does ask for your user ID and password when you log on. This also has links to endnote connections through web pages of Deakin University and the University of Queensland. Hope that helps, Kirsty ===== Kirsty J Munro Burgmann College, Australian National University, GPO Box 1345, Canberra, ACT, 2601 phone + 61 2 6267 5262 fax + 61 2 6257 2655 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail ñ Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

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