COinS ("ContextObject in SPAN") code has been added to Current Law
Journal Content (http://law.wlu.edu/library/CLJC). COinS are hidden
openURL pieces of data embedded in the HTML code that allow users, who
have appropriately configured their own browser, to display them as
links to their own institution's openURL server. Although it's possible
to use the links via Internet Explorer (using "bookmarklets") the most
satisfactory way to display them is by using Firefox as your browser.
If you don't have Firefox, download it from http://www.getfirefox.com/
Then, using Firefox, go to http://www.openly.com/openurlref/ and
download an extension to Firefox by following the Installation
Instructions. The first time you restart your browser after installing
the extension a configuration window will appear allowing you to record
the web address of your own institution's openURL server (if you're
just playing around with this and want a server address to test out,
try: http://sfx.library.yale.edu/sfx_local)
Now when you use Firefox to display a Table of Contents record in CLJC
you will see a link from each authored article entry to your own
institution's openURL server. As a further inducement to experiment with
this, searches in Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/) will also
show openURL links.
John Doyle
Washington and Lee Law School
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