“The main part of
intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but
learning how to make facts live.” -- Oliver Wendell Holmes (American
Physician, Poet, Writer, Humorist and Professor at Harvard, 1809-1894)
ADDENDUM: DOCUMENT ACQUISITION
Access to databases is important. Access
to the full text of articles identified by your researchers is even more
important.
Access to full text is a complex issue.
Even if your organization subscribes to ScienceDirect, for example, your
access is likely to be to a subset of the entire database. When a researcher finds an article that
resides in an unsubscribed portion of the database, you will need to pay for
access to the full text of that article.
If you are a solo act, this is not much of a problem. You just enter your credit card number and
download the article.
If, however, you operate within a corporate structure, the process becomes more
complicated. In this post, we offer some
shopping tips for your situation. But first, here is a concrete example of what
you no doubt have encountered.
A Google® Scholar search for biodesulfurization
produces the following four results, among others:
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Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,
March 2013, Volume 97, Issue 5, pp 2193-2200
Kinetic analysis
of biodesulfurization of model oil containing multiple alkyl dibenzothiophenes
Shi-Han Zhang, Han Chen, Wei Li
Institute of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus,
Hangzhou, 310058, China
Purchase on Springer.com: $39.95
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Advanced Materials Research, 825, 508 (2013), Pages 508-511, DOI
10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.825.508
Influences of pH
Buffers on the Growth of Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans and Biodesulfurization
Efficiency
Xiao Rong Liu, Chang Su, Sheng Cai Jiang, Yan Jun Liu, Hui Li
Purchase on www.scientific.net: $28.00
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International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, Volume 86, Part C, January
2014, Pages 343–348
Taguchi
optimization of dibenzothiophene biodesulfurization by Rhodococcus erythropolis
R1 immobilized cells in a biphasic system
P. Derikvand (a), Z. Etemadifar (a), D. Biria (b)
a Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Isfahan, Hezarjarib
St., 81746-73441 Isfahan, Iran
b Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Sciences and Technology,
University of Isfahan, Hezarjarib St., 81746-73441 Isfahan, Iran
Purchase on ScienceDirect: $35.95
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Petroleum Science and Technology, Volume 31, Issue 21, 2013, pages 2250-2257
A Two-stage
Immobilized Cell Bioreactor With Bacillus subtilis and Rhodococcus erythropolis
for the Simultaneous Production of Biosurfactant and Biodesulfurization of
Model Oil
A. Amin (a), S. A. Bazaid (b) & M. Abd El-Halim (c)
a Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science , Taif University , Taif ,
Saudi Arabia
b Department of Biology, Faculty of Science , Taif University , Taif , Saudi
Arabia
c Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science , Taif University , Taif , Saudi
Arabia
Purchase on Taylor & Francis: $46.00
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Here we have four articles from four different vendors requiring four different
transactions. Again, if you are working solo,
this is not such a problem. But if you
are working in a corporate environment, you have to contend with two
conflicting imperatives. They are:
- Cost control
- Efficient delivery
Here is a structure which works well in many corporations …
To ensure cost control, designate two individuals within your corporate unit to
act as gatekeepers for document acquisition. One of the two individuals can
serve as the primary approver. The other
can serve as an alternate in case the primary is not available for some
reason. A researcher who needs an
article can contact one or the other of these two individuals to request
purchase of an article. The request can
be approved or denied. If approved, the approver forwards the request for
purchase.
To ensure efficient delivery, two individuals should be designated as
authorized users of one (or two) corporate credit cards. One of the two individuals can serve as the
primary purchaser. The other can serve as an alternate in case the primary is
not available for some reason.
There are other approaches, as well. Document Delivery:
Best Practices and Vendor Scorecard – 2012 Update
(http://info.reprintsdesk.com/Portals/28841/docs/outselldocdel-rd.pdf
) provides an excellent overview of the approaches taken by a variety of
organizations.
It also lists the major suppliers of document delivery services. I highly
recommend reading and studying this document.
Remarkably, it is available for download at no charge.
Visit www.JeanSteinhardtConsulting.com
for more tips and tricks.
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