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Acquisitions and Business
Authentication and Access
E-Journals
Best Practices
100
The university where Josh and Vanessa currently work.
What is Butler University
100
Instead of handling periodical and journal renewals on your own, you might use one of these.
What is a subscription agent?
100
The most common form of e-resource authentication.
What is IP authentication?
100
Often found in aggregated content databases, a restriction on the most recent issues of a journal
What is an embargo?
100
Engaging with an e-resource problem reporter should be like this traditional library interaction skill
What is a reference interview?
200
A large Midwestern research university, it's where Vanessa worked previously
What is Indiana University
200
After purchasing perpetual access to an e-resource with a one-time payment, you may still have one of these every year.
What are maintenance fees?
200
Currently provided by OCLC, this software provides off-campus access to e-resources after sign-in
What is EZproxy?
200
An eight digit (sometimes including an X) assigned to each magazine or journal
What is an ISSN?
200
To learn about upcoming or unplanned downtime, subscribe to these from providers
What are system alerts?
300
Though both currently work in Indiana, Josh and Vanessa both grew up in this Midwestern state.
What is Illinois?
300
It's where you agree to use restrictions, authorized users, payment terms and other details for online subscription access.
What is a license agreement?
300
Most often seen on ebooks, a limit on users who can access a resource at once.
What is concurrent (or simultaneous) use?
300
Developed in the late 1990s, this is the standard used to encode citation data in order to find a full text article
What is OpenURL?
300
If you find out about a major system outage during the heaviest library instruction season this is who you should tell
Who is Everyone?
400
In her spare time, Vanessa likes to do this; especially for baby showers.
What is bake cakes?
400
The best proof you can provide a vendor that payment has been executed and should be forthcoming.
What is a check number?
400
It's what's added to a provider's access link in order to route a user through off-campus authentication (if necessary)
What is a prefix (or proxy prefix)?
400
If your e-journal subscription is "to present", it should include articles not yet organized into print editions, known as this
What is a pre-print?
400
If regular support channels at a vendor aren't getting your issue resolved, escalate to this contact
Who is your sales or account rep?
500
Josh's impending milestone birthday this month.
What is 40?
500
If subscribing to a bundle of e-journals, it's the proof of holdings entitlements you might need in the future.
What is a title list?
500
Current IP addresses are four 1-3 digit numbers separated by periods, but this future standard will exceed that
What is IPv6?
500
A symptom of an access problem with your subscriptions is when you've already paid for access, but users on-campus see this instead of a PDF
What is a paywall?
500
Use this to simulate off-campus access while still in your office
What is a VPN?