Comparing Open Access Search Tools to Improve Interlibrary Loan Fulfillment Efficiency

Duffin, Kirstin

doi:10.1080/07317131.2020.1810442

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“…ResearchGate is a social network for scientists on which authors can upload versions of their papers and make them available publicly (ResearchGate, n.d.). Although Google offers more comprehensive search results than Google Scholar, among the four tools reviewed in this paper, Duffin (2020) found that Google had the highest false-positive rate (13% of article searches conducted by the authors were identified by Google as having an open-access version available when none actually was). Thus, we recommend searching Google after conducting a Google Scholar search for articles with no open-access version identified by a Google Scholar search.…”

Section: Googlementioning

confidence: 86%

“…Lazy Scholar and the Open Access Button each found a small number (10 and 4, respectively) of open-access articles that Google Scholar did not. Duffin (2020) reported that Google and Google Scholar identified similar rates of open-access articles, but sometimes identified different articles. See Table 1 for a summary of which articles each tool identified open-access versions of.…”

Section: Accessing Open-access Peer-reviewed Publicationsmentioning

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Pushing Past the Paywall: Accessing Open Peer-Reviewed Research

Cook,

Spicer,

Corr

et al. 2023

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Effective teaching and special education programming should be informed by scientific research published in peer-reviewed journals. However, many peer-reviewed articles are not freely accessible by practitioners, creating a significant obstacle to special educators informing their practice with research findings. Fortunately, the number of peer-reviewed articles that are openly accessible on the internet is growing. In this article, we describe types of peer-reviewed articles that might be particularly helpful for special educators to access, discuss different types of open-access publishing, provide guidance for searching for open-access publications using four search tools, and model how to email authors directly for articles that are not openly accessible.

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Section: Accessing Open-access Peer-reviewed Publicationsmentioning

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Pushing Past the Paywall: Accessing Open Peer-Reviewed Research

Cook,

Spicer,

Corr

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…Google Scholar searches websites that "consist primarily of scholarly articles-journal papers, conference papers, technical reports, or their drafts, dissertations, pre-prints, post-prints, or abstracts" and make abstracts or whole texts of articles available (Google Scholar, n.d.). With hundreds of millions of records, Google Scholar is the most comprehensive academic search engine available (Gusenbauer, 2019) and has been found to identify the most open-access articles of all search engines with a low rate of false positives (identifying an article as openly accessible when it is actually not; see Duffin, 2020;Gadd et al, 2019;Schultz et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…ResearchGate is a social network for scientists on which authors can upload versions of their papers and make them available publicly (ResearchGate, n.d.). Although Google offers more comprehensive search results than Google Scholar, among the four tools reviewed in this paper, Duffin (2020) To begin the search process using Google, go to https://www.google.com. Next, enter the article title (in quotations) into the search bar and select the search button.…”

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Pushing Past the Paywall: Accessing Open Peer-Reviewed Research

Cook,

McClain,

Corr

et al. 2024

TEACHING Exceptional Children

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Effective teaching and special education programming should be informed by scientific research published in peer-reviewed journals. However, many peer-reviewed articles, including how-to articles based on research findings in practitioner-focused journals, are not freely accessible to instructional coaches, department chairs, special education administrators, special education teachers, families of students with disabilities, and other interested individuals, creating a significant obstacle to informing practice with research findings. Fortunately, the number of peer-reviewed articles that are openly accessible on the internet is growing. In this article, we describe types of peer-reviewed articles, discuss different types of open-access publishing, and provide a six-step approach for accessing open-access publications.

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“…Open access versions of items requested through ILL are often available for about 25 percent of requests (Baich 2012;Duffin 2020). By loading Unpaywall (https://unpaywall.org) data into the library's link resolver or using InstantILL (https://instantill.org), a version of the Open Access Button that can be built into ILL workflows, libraries can make locating open versions easy for users (Paxton et al 2019).…”

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The Efficient Provision of Information Resources in Academic Libraries: Theory and Practice

Lewis¹,

Baich²,

Palmer³

et al. 2022

Library Trends

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Due to the increasing availability of digital content and systems improvements that have accelerated physical delivery, academic libraries are afforded opportunities to more efficiently provide users access to library materials. A theory for efficient provision of information resources, and thus more efficient use of financial resources, was proposed by one of the coauthors in "The Future of Academic Library Materials Expenditures: A Thought Experiment." The strategies on which the theory is based include purchase on demand, library publishing, and improved open access discovery. This article details the theory and then examines IUPUI University Library's experience of implementing strategies based on this theory. The authors analyze the effectiveness of the theory and offer guidance for libraries considering a similar path.

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Comparing Open Access Search Tools to Improve Interlibrary Loan Fulfillment Efficiency

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Pushing Past the Paywall: Accessing Open Peer-Reviewed Research

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Pushing Past the Paywall: Accessing Open Peer-Reviewed Research

The Efficient Provision of Information Resources in Academic Libraries: Theory and Practice

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