Make Alma resolver better at locating books and book chapters without ISBN
Alma resolver incorrectly matches to other books with the same title if the open URL does not contain an ISBN.
Alma is not fit for purpose as an open url resolver for Books when an ISBN is not available.
Other resolvers such as SFX and 360 link use all the information in the openurl eg author and publisher and date. Alma resolver only uses the Book title which causes numerous false matches.
See example in attached file
Caroline Thorpe
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Karen Spence commented
I'm out of votes but this is a problem we encounter regularly, and it is always embarrassing to tell users it's a known issue and there is nothing we can do about it. This related Idea Exchange attempts to propose a solution for part of the problem: https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/48934466-allow-institutions-to-exclude-the-776-from-the-cdi
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Anonymous commented
This is an almost 10 year old issue. It is extremely misleading and frustrating for patrons to see and expect to be taken to a chapter that they see as Available Online only to be taken to a different edition. https://librarysearch.ohsu.edu/permalink/01ALLIANCE_OHSU/1qsrj/cdi_proquest_ebookcentralchapters_31063385_290_941