Apply Open Access Indicator only when link in search result is open access
Because article-level linking is not yet available for some open access databases, Summon is providing links in to non-open access sources while displaying the Open Access Indicator which is confusing for those searching Summon without the credentials for accessing licensed resources. Example: http://tinyurl.com/yd6qc22w Levasseur, T. J. (2012). THE ENVIRONMENT CONTAINS NO "RIGHT" AND "LEFT": NAVIGATING IDEOLOGY, RELIGION, AND VIEWS OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SOCIETY. Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies, 11(33), 62-88.
Either include in the Summon result a link to the open access database where a publication is available open access, or remove the Open Access Indicator, as it is confusing and misleading for the end user.
Virginia Dearborn
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Completed as part of the 2022 Summon Roadmap.
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Suzy Bailey
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We redirect links through EzProxy, so the links usually ask them to authenticate if the platform has a combination of subscribed and open content e.g. open access content on ScienceDirect. It would be good if the potential solution could remove the proxy somehow.