BadgerLink Now!

Lisa RealeBadgerLink Coordinator

Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association

2009

Topics Covered

• Overview of BadgerLink and Resources

• New BadgerLink Functionality– Federated Searching– Authentication

• BadgerLink Access & Branding

• Linking with Google Scholar

• EBSCO’s Page Composer

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BadgerLink

• Project of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning

• Provides access to quality online information resources for Wisconsin residents

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BadgerLink

• BadgerLink available to all Wisconsin residents from libraries of all types, homes, work places, and other locations

• BadgerLink paid for with over $2 million in state funding (Universal Service Fund)

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 BadgerLink Resources

EBSCO

• Offers a variety of proprietary full text databases – General reference collections – Specially designed, subject-specific

databases for a wide range of libraries • Public • Academic • Medical • Corporate • School

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EBSCO

• Searchasaurus – Interface designed for Elementary Schoolchildren

• Kids Search – Interface designed for Middle Schoolchildren

• Student Resource Center – Interface designed for High School students

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ProQuest

• Provides access to abstracts and full text of over 800 newspaper and magazine titles – Wisconsin Newsstand

• Contains full text of 12 Wisconsin newspapers

– Ethnic NewsWatch• Contains full text of newspapers, magazines

and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses

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African American Biographical Database

• Largest Electronic Collection of Biographical Information on African Americans including photographs and illustrations (1790-1950)

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NewspaperARCHIVE

• Contains millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s, in their original format

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TeachingBooks.net

• Online collection of multimedia K-12 book and author resources – Audio book readings– Book discussion guides

• Resources for lesson planning, author studies, and professional development

• Collection of original, in-studio movies and interviews

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LitFINDER• Primary literature content covering all time

periods – Poems – Short stories – Essays – Speeches – Plays – Author biographies – Photographs – Work summaries

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 Questions?

 New BadgerLink Functionality

Federated Searching&

Authentication

Federated Searching

• Search multiple BadgerLink databases simultaneously – Enter search terms in a single search box

from BadgerLink Homepage – Advanced Search

• Select a specific subset of databases to be searched

– Single list of search results presented by vendor

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Improved Authentication

• User-centered approach

• Streamlined process of authentication

• Consistency of users’ experience amongst all vendors

• Single point of authentication for all BadgerLink resources

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Authentication Methods

• Internet Protocol (IP) Address– Verification that person is a Wisconsin

resident– Provides seamless access when registered– Not all Internet Service Providers (ISP) can

specify Wisconsin only IP ranges– Vendors add and change IP address

ranges daily

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Authentication Methods

• Library Card Access– Associates BadgerLink user with a local

library– Libraries must register library card ranges– Provides in-state and out-of-state access

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Authentication Methods

• Library Card Access– Patterned ID access for schools

• Library card number• Student ID• Lunch card number

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 IP Authentication

Federated Searching

WISCAT Licensed

• Users from an IP registered school with a WISCAT license can use the BadgerLink Federated Search– Z39.50 library catalogs – WISCAT union catalog – BadgerLink databases.

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 IP Authentication

Accessing Resources Individually

What if IP Authentication fails?

What if fails Library Card access?

 Library Card Access

Federated Searching&

Accessing Resources Individually

 Questions?

 BadgerLink Access & Branding

Access & Branding

• When accessing EBSCO and ProQuest as a Wisconsin resident from the BadgerLink Homepage– User can navigate among BadgerLink

resources freely– BadgerLink branding and identity is visible

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Access & Branding

• When accessing EBSCO and ProQuest through a library customized account from the BadgerLink Homepage– User cannot navigate among BadgerLink

resources freely– BadgerLink loses branding and identity

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Access & Branding• Resource Co-Branding

– Maintain BadgerLink branding and identity– Maintain ability to offer customizable local

accounts– Improves user experience

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Access & BrandingExamples of EBSCO and ProQuest Co-Branding

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Access & Branding

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Access & Branding

 Questions?

 Linking with Google Scholar

Linking with Google Scholar

• EBSCOhost provides a connection with Google Scholar that allows users to identify periodical titles that are available in full text

• To set up connection navigate to the Google Homepage: http://google.com

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Linking with Google ScholarClick More Scholar

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Linking with Google ScholarClick Scholar Preferences

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Linking with Google ScholarType Wisconsin BadgerLink into the Library Links Text box Click Find Library

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Linking with Google ScholarUncheck Open WorldCat – Library Search Check Wisconsin BadgerLink – EBSCOhost Full Text Click Save Preferences

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Linking with Google ScholarType your search term into the text book Click Search

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Linking with Google ScholarClick on EBSCOhost Full Text for the desired link

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 Questions?

 EBSCO’s Page Composer

Page Composer• Allows you to create customized web

pages that include EBSCOhost searches and persistent links

• Page Composer is integrated with EBSCOhost– You do not have to log in to a different

service to create web pages

• Web pages can be saved and stored for future management in your personal folder

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Page Composer• To access Page Composer log into My

EBSCOhost– Click on Sign in to My EBSCOhost link

from the EBSCO toolbar

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Page Composer

• My EBSCOhost is a personal folder in which you can save – Result List items – Persistent links to searches – Saved searches– Search Alerts– Journal Alerts – Web pages

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Page Composer• After you sign in, the EBSCOhost logo

displays a “MY” banner on the corner to signify that you have logged in to your personal folder

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Page Composer

Next click the Folder link

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Page Composer

Click the Web Pages link.

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Page Composer

• Any pages that have been created will be listed here and available for editing or deleting

• You can – Edit– Delete– Create a new web page

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Page Composer

• To edit your page click Edit Web Page.

• To delete your page click on the X button

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Page ComposerTo Create a new web page click on the

Page Composer link.

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Page ComposerType a description of your page in the

Page Description field and click Continue

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Page Composer• You can add the following elements to

your web page:– Text– Folder Items– Images– Search Box– Web Links– Page Background Graphics – Horizontal Rules

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Page Composer

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Page ComposerYou can also view Web Page examples in

the Edit Web Page screen

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Page Composer• Web Page Examples

– Designed for elementary school students– Designed for high school students – Provides instructions from the teacher – Show the ability to add

• Links to full text articles• Persistent links to a searches• Search box• Links to web sites

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Page Composer• The Page Elements section of the Edit

Web Page screen allows you – To move your web page elements up or

down, or delete them – To preview, e-mail, download or copy your

completed page

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Page Composer

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Page Composer

• E-mailing a page– If you choose to use a background image,

you will receive a separate e-mail with the image file

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Page Composer

• Downloading a page– You must download both the page and

background file (if you choose one)• Each file must be saved in the same location.

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Page Composer

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 Questions?

Contact: Lisa Reale, BadgerLink Coordinator

Toll free in Wisconsin: 888.542.5543 (Press #2)

Phone: 608.224.5389Email: lisa.reale@dpi.wi.gov