Citation Linker
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Citation Linker |
Citation Linker is a new library service that allows you to check citations you already have against the electronic and paper holdings of the Penn State Libraries. It is a great time-saver if you are working from a bibliography or have a citation in hand. Enter as much citation information as you have, and use Citation Linker to:
- Connect electronically to the fulltext item if the Library has access to it.
- Connect to The CAT to determine whether the Library holds a paper copy of the item.
- Order the item through ILLiad if the Library does not own the print or electronic version.
Who can use Citation Linker at Penn State?
How do I use Citation Linker?
What Service Options Will I Get?
Why didn't I get a full text link for my article?
Sometimes I do not get to the article directly, why?
I know we have this journal, why didn't it get offered?
What if I have other questions?
Who can use Citation Linker at Penn State?
Penn State faculty, staff and students can use Citation Linker and Get It! It is available on and off campus.
Enter as much information as you can about the item, such as journal title, date, volume, issue, start page, article title, ISSN and author. If not enough information is provided about the citation, Citation Linker will not understand your request and may falsely claim that the Libraries does not have full text, or, link to the home page of the journal instead of to the article.
For articles or journals, Citation Linker requires at least the complete journal title or an ISSN. If you are not sure you are using the complete journal title, try variations of the title, such as replacing 'and' with '&'.
For books, Citation Linker requires at least the complete book title or ISBN.
Once you have entered the details, click on the Get It! button to search for the citation. The Get It! menu with various service options will appear.
What Service Options Will I Get?
Several options will be presented
- Full text available: If the Libraries' subscribes to the full text e-journal you are searching for, a clickable option will appear on the services menu which includes availability information (the year that the subscription to the e-journal begins). This will link to the full text of the article or to the home page of the e-journal.
- Check The CAT: Use this to see if a print version of this item is available at the Penn State Libraries. Citation Linker will automatically search for the journal. Check holdings information for a print copy. If a print copy is not available, return to Citation Linker by closing the CAT page to order the article through ILLiad.
- Get the document via ILLiad: If the journal article or book is not available in any format in the Penn State Libraries, you may request it through ILLiad. The ILLiad form is filled out automatically with the citation information provided earlier, leaving you to fill out only your personal identification information. Note that ILLiad can be used for ordering journal articles or books, but not for ordering complete issues of journals.
Why didn't I get a full text link for my article?
It is possible that there is no electronic full text version available for that journal through the Penn State Libraries, or that you did not provide enough information for Citation Linker to determine if Penn State has it or not.
Sometimes I do not get to the article directly, why?
Some full-text providers can only link to the journal or issue rather than the individual article. This means you may need to do further searching within the journal to find your article.
I know we have this journal, why didn't it get offered?
For Citation Linker to work correctly all of the bibliographic information you have entered has to match exactly with what is in the Get It! Linking System and the database provider. You could try editing your query to only include the journal title or ISSN.
What if I have other questions?
Just
a Librarian!