Why Learn Vocabulary?
Like most software products, SFX has a Specialized vocabulary.
Many of the words used when working with SFX are familiar, but when they are used in the SFX context they take on new meanings as part of a specialized vocabulary
- KB: Knowledge Base
- Linking Level
- Target
- Service
- Target Service
- Object
- Portfolio
- Object Portfolio
- Threshold
- Global Threshold
- Local Threshold
KB: Knowledge Base; the data in SFX.
Return to TopLinking Level: The access level to which an object is linked. For example: journal level linking typically links a user to the journal homepage; issue level linking links a user to the requested issue; and article level linking links a user directly with the article they have requested. Article level linking is common in databases.
Return to TopTarget: Vendors or Providers of services. These can be full‐text providers, publishers, aggregators, and databases.
Return to TopService: The type of linking available; full-text or abstracts. UGA uses full-text or select full-text services only.
Return to TopTarget Service: Refers to the type of linking available at a specific target. Some Targets offer both full-text and abstract linking services.
Return to TopObject: SFX has two object types - journals and books.
Return to TopPortfolio: A group of titles provided by a vendor or vendor package.
Return to TopObject Portfolio: Refers to the journal or book in relation to a specific target. The object portfolio relates information about an object to information about a target service.
Return to TopThreshold: The threshold is a PERL statement that delineates access conditions for an object portfolio. Conditions typically consist of publication information such as year published, volume and issue (a parsedDate threshold). The threshold can also contain other information such as embargos, and ending dates for access.
Return to TopGlobal Threshold: The information in global thresholds usually reflects the full range of access a publisher has available online. Global thresholds are provided by ExLibris. They are subject to change in monthly KB Updates. Global thresholds do not always accurately reflect UGA's true holdings.
Return to TopLocal Threshold: Local thresholds reflect access information specific to a library. Adjustments to access are always made at the local level.
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