Initial Access Confirmations for Blackwell Synergy Titles

ERM Database Documentation : Access Confirmations : Initial Activations for Blackwell Synergy Titles

Overview:

Access to some of the Blackwell-Synergy titles in the ERM database has already been completed. We need to finish the job! In this project you will work with a spreadsheet from Blackwell, with the ERMdb, and with the Blackwell-Synergy website.

This project is probably best done in Netscape, using two browser tabs. Others may prefer to work in Explorer, having two windows open.

Instructions:

Go to http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/Journals/member/institutions/journallist.asp
Use the Quicklink drop down list to select one of the journals from your spreadsheet.
Note that journal titles on this list are abbreviated (e.g., CLIN EXP ALLERGY for Clinical & Experimental Allergy).
Click Go.
Compare the journal title in your browser window with the title on your list to ensure that you have linked to the correct journal.
Check your browser window for the Green Light icon and the phrase "You have full access rights to this content" (beside the picture of the journal's cover).
If the Green Light is present do the following:
- Highlight and copy (ctrl+c) the journal's url from your browser's address bar.
- Search the title in the ERMdb, click the Access tab and paste the URL (using ctrl+v) into the Primary Access URL/URI field.
  Note: The URL that you copy and paste must be in the following format: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code=abac.
- Click on Update Record.
- Go back to the journal and open the oldest volume, so that you can see the holdings information for the earliest issue.
- Return to the ERMdb, click on the Workflow tab, and create an open-ended ANSI holdings statement in the Holdings field. (If there is already a holdings statement, verify and correct as necessary.)
- Change the Access Status to Confirmed if it does not already say Confirmed.
- Click on Update Workflow.
- Click on the Bib Rec Tab and input the e-issn from the spreadsheet into the e-ISSN field.
- Click on Update Record.
If the Green Light is not present, make a note for Betsy on your spreadsheet: "No Green Light."
To continue with the next title, click "Find Resources" in the ERMdb. On the Blackwell site, click "home" beside the Blackwell Synergy logo to return to the page with the QuickLink menu.

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