Hello,

We’re looking for help with an article linking problem we’re experiencing with The Economist.

ProQuest and EBSCO refer to different editions of The Economist (EBSCO's citations refer to the US edition, and ProQuest has the full text of the London edition). Both editions list the same ISSN so there is no way for any Open URL resolver to know which one is actually being referred to, thus even when we have access to the full-text article the link resolver often can’t identify it or links to incorrect article. If the articles happen to be on the same page and all other metadata is same for both editions all is good, but if not we get support tickets saying article linker is linking to incorrect articles or not working. Does anyone have insights or ideas about how to get around this issue, or how to best help our researchers at point of need?

Thank you,

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Beth Price, MLS

Resources Development Librarian

Liaison to Biological Sciences

Webster University Library | 101 Edgar Road | St. Louis, M0 63119

314.246.6971