July 2009 Tip of the Month

Many of the databases on the Ball State University Libraries Articles and Databases page use link resolver technology which allows you to locate the full text of articles not already in full text in the database you are searching. We have named our link resolver "MultiLink." When you are searching in a database you may see the MultiLink button on a query results list. When you click on the button MultiLink looks to see if this article is available in full text in another database. If so, it will take you to the full text of the article. If not, it will allow you to look in CardCat to see if we have a print subscription to the periodical in which the article appears. If the article is not available in print or online you can do an interlibrary loan for the article. MultiLink also gives you the option to do an interlibrary loan and will even fill out the form for you.