About LinkSource^®

LinkSource — EBSCO’s vendor-neutral OpenURL link resolver — provides better access to full text via EBSCO SmartLinks+™ technology and metadata enhancers, a dynamic combination that increases the likely match between the citation and the full-text source. EBSCO’s proprietary SmartLinks+ technology provides immediate access to full text in your EBSCO e-journals and EBSCOhost^® databases. And metadata enhancers, which use citation details from EBSCO’s industry leading Integrated Knowledge Base to supplement (or enhance) the data on the OpenURL, ensure that users encounter fewer dead links. These technical innovations make LinkSource a smarter, more powerful link resolver, one that helps end users access the full text they need quickly and efficiently.

LinkSource Benefits

• Supports direct links to full text, significantly improving the research experience for users
• Accesses data for more than 100 million article citations available in the EBSCO Integrated Knowledge Base, representing articles from EBSCOhost^® full-text databases, EBSCO’s e-journal service, CrossRef, PubMed, and more — plus, the knowledge base is automatically updated in real time, which provides immediate access to resources
• Allows end users to connect from the citations in one service to the full text in another, maximizing the use of your full-text collections
• Reduces ILL and document delivery charges, saving you money
• Compatible with citation manager software, such as RefWorks, EndNote^®, and ReferencManager^®

LinkSource Diagram (click image to zoom)