NETWORK NUGGETS A selection of "resource sharing" questions received by the NER office, prospected and reprinted for the benefit of the entire regional membership.

Q: One of our patrons is having problems with ISI ResearchSoft's Endnote® application: it seems that their desktop computer keeps freezing up whenever they're in Endnote® while trying to conduct a PubMed® search. Unfortunately, when this happens, only one or two references gets displayed. Could this problem be caused by our firewall -or- are other members experiencing the same problem?

Please click on the link below for an update from NLM:

Please click on the link below to learn more about Endnote:

Q: Is it possible to order documents from CINAHL through DOCLINE®?

Q: Why does a DOCLINE member continue to receive NLM updates in SERHOLD long after the record has been modified to indicate that the library is no longer acquiring the journal? Is this because the publisher has reissued the serial under a new title?

For additional information, please refer to the FAQ on the NLM web site: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/doc_titlechange.html

DOCLINE Updates

Latest TECHNICAL BULLETIN (posted July 10, 2003)
Click: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ja03/ja03_docline.html

DOCLINE® RELEASE NOTES (posted July 1, 2003)
Click: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/docline/docline_rel_info_current.html

DOCLINE® INTERFACE REDESIGN
Click: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/docline/newdocline.html, then click on the link for the MLA 2003 PowerPoint Presentation; slides #16-29 are of particular interest, providing a "look and feel" for some of the system's redesign.

When NLM announces a release date for the system redesign, member libraries will have the opportunity to "test drive" the new system prior to its release.

A number of member libraries have been contacted in recent weeks to assist in the clean-up of data stored in their SERHOLD records. "Bad" or "inaccurate" pieces of data were identified as a result of error reports generated from the SERHOLD-to-OCLC batch authorization program run in July. We'd like to thank all of the members contacted for their prompt response in updating their records.

LinkOut Updates

Three new updates to the LinkOut program:

1. ADDING A LINK TO THE LOCATION FIELD:
It is now possible to add a link to the "Print Holdings Location" field.
For example, to view library holdings you would add:

You can also enhance either the "Location" or "Library Catalog URL" field by passing the MEDLINE abbreviation or ISSN from PubMed to your catalog. To do this, add any of the following terms to your URL:

View this title in the Medical Library catalog

http://www.medlib.org?MedAbbr=&lo.jtit;+&lo.issnl;

NCBI/NLM is at the final stage of development of a new function to allow libraries that do not participate in SERHOLD to upload their print holdings information with a text file. Beta testing will occur during September and October, 2003.

Two prerequisites for the program:

(a.) Participating libraries must be LinkOut participants already, (i.e., using the Library Submission utility to inform their users about their electronic full-text subscription.)

(b.) Participants are NOT using the LinkOut-SERHOLD interface to display their print holdings in LinkOut.

If your library is interested, please send an e-mail to: lib-linkout@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.

Please include your Submission Utility username (that is, ending with "lib".)

The 2003 NAHSL Conference Planning Committee looks forward to your participation at their next annual conference "Lighting the Future," October 26-28, 2003, to be held at the Sturbridge Host Hotel and Conference Center on Cedar Lake, Sturbridge, MA.