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The use and usability of SFX: context‐sensitive reference linking

Joel Cummings (Joel Cummings is the Electronic Resources Librarian, Owen Science and Engineering Library and Fischer Agricultural Sciences Library, at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA. E‐mail: jcummings@wsu.edu)
Ryan Johnson (Ryan Johnson is the Electronic Resources Librarian, Holland/New Library, at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA. E‐mail: johnsor@wsu.edu)

Library Hi Tech

ISSN: 0737-8831

Article publication date: 1 March 2003

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Abstract

SFX is an XML‐based product designed to inter‐link electronic resources with other resources in context‐sensitive manner. SFX was first developed at the University of Ghent by Herbert Van de Sompel and has been released as a commercial product by Ex Libris. Use statistics garnered from SFX’s statistics module since the implementation in July of 2001 are discussed in the context of an academic research library environment. The results from usability testing conducted at Washington State University are reported. These usage statistics demonstrated a pattern of increasing use and exceptional use from FirstSearch databases.

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Cummings, J. and Johnson, R. (2003), "The use and usability of SFX: context‐sensitive reference linking", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 21 No. 1, pp. 70-84. https://doi.org/10.1108/07378830310467418

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