Tuesday, September 2, 2008

MasseyLink

MasseyLink is a utility that allows you to move from database records to full articles in the most direct manner possible. To locate the article click on the MasseyLink icon



If there is a link under Full text is available from, clicking on it will take you either directly to the article itself or to a page from which it can be downloaded.





Full text typically exists in the form of a PDF file which is an exact copy of the published article.



Even if MasseyLink tells you that it is unable to provide full text you may still be able to link to electronic articles through the Library catalogue. We are looking for this article in Volume 51 Issue 3 of the journal Computers & Education





When the catalogue link opens we find that the journal Computers & Education is in fact available electronically




Clicking on the link under Connect to allows us to browse to Volume 51 Issue 3 and download the article






If the article is not available electronically the catalogue record will show if the journal is held in print within the Massey system. In this case a database has directed us to MasseyLink for an article in New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics




When we click on Search the catalogue we find that the journal is held by two of the Massey libraries





If the Library is unable to provide access to the article you want, either electronically or in print, you can use masseyLink to connect you to the InterLibrary Loan request form

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