Linking to Full-text Journal Articles from EndNote Using Discover

The University of Illinois library has implemented a link resolver that we call "Discover" in many databases. You may have seen the Discover link in PubMed, Web of Science, and many other article databases. When you click on the Discover link in these databases a new browser window pops up that provides links to the full text of the article (if we have an e-subscription), and several other facets about the article [read more about Discover].

You can link to full-text via the Discover link resolver from within EndNote, too, by following these simple instructions [with thanks to John East, University of Queensland]. This means that, when you're looking at the full record for some reference within EndNote, you'll be able to link out directly to the full text of the article.

First, a few caveats:

• This procedure only works with journal articles. You cannot link to full-text electronic books.
• The references in your EndNote library must contain the ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) of the journal in the ISSN field. If you have exported or downloaded the references from a database, they will probably contain this data.
• This procedure will not work with EndNote 6 and earlier versions.
• Our link resolver (Discover) is still being implemented and does not yet work with all our online collections of journal articles. This means that, in some cases, it will just link you to the University of Illinois Library catalog, to enable you to search further for the journal.

Setting Up EndNote to Work with Discover

From within EndNote, click: Edit / Preferences

From within Preferences, click on OpenURL/PDF (or OpenURL in earlier versions)

When the OpenURL pane is displayed, check the box labeled Enable OpenURL

In the first box (OpenURL Path), delete the existing text and enter the following:

http://openurl.library.uiuc.edu/sfxlcl3/

In the second box (Arguments), delete the existing text and enter the following:

?sid=SFX&aufirst=AUFIRST&aulast=AULAST&issn=ISSN&atitle=ATITLE&title
=TITLE&volume=VOLUME&issue=ISSUE&date=DATE&spage=SPAGE

NOTE: If you have copied and pasted the above text, remove any line breaks after you paste it into the box. It should be one continuous string of text.

Click on "OK" to save these changes.

Connecting to full text from within EndNote

Once you've followed the set up procedures above:

To connect to the full-text from a citation in your EndNote library, you must first double click on the reference so you are viewing the full EndNote record for the citation.

When the reference window has opened, click on References on the top menu bar.

Use the drop-down menu to select URL and then OpenURL Link. (In earlier versions of EndNote, just click on OpenURL or OpenURL Link.)

EndNote will send a message to Discover, which will attempt to locate the full text of the article. A new Discover window will open in your web browser.

Providing that the EndNote reference contains the ISSN (International Standard Serial Number), one of several things should appear in the Discover window:

• Best: You will see one or more links to the full-text of the journal article. If you are accessing from off campus, you may be asked for your normal U of I netID and password.
• Or: Discover will fail to locate the article, and will present you with a screen saying "No online full text available for this item". If this happens, click on the link for University of Illinois Library Catalog, and Discover will search for the ISSN in the catalog. If it locates the ISSN, you will see the catalog record for the journal. If the issue which you require is available online, you will be able to connect to it from the catalog in the normal way. Otherwise, you'll need to make a trip to the library for the print version of the article.
• Or: If the University of Illinois does not have a print or electronic subscription, under "Additional Services", you will see a link for ILL (Interlibrary Loan). Place a request for this item using your ILLiad account, signing in with your netID and password. The citation will be pre-populated for you in the ILL form so you won't need to fill in the author, journal, page numbers, etc.