Selecting and importing titles from the EBSCO Knowledge Base

The EBSCO Kb page is where you can search the EBSCO Knowledge Base by title. From the list of search results, you can view additional details about each matching title. From here, you can also select or import a title (or an entire package with that title).

To select or import titles from the EBSCO Knowledge Base

  1. From any page in the Resources module, click EBSCO Kb from the navigation bar, then search for a title. For more information, see Searching the EBSCO Knowledge Base.

  2. Click Manage next to a title that you want to select or import.

    A dialog displays additional details about the title, including any packages already selected that contain this title.

    Note: You can click Show all packages to view additional packages not selected that also contain this title.

  3. Do one of the following:

    • Click Select Title to add the title from that package to your library's holdings.

    • Under Package Options, click Select Package to add the entire package to your library's holdings.

    • Under Package Options, click Select & Import Package to add the entire package to your library's holdings, and to import package and title details into the Resources module.

      A dialog box displays additional options that let you specify what data to import. For more information, see Fields: Importing packages from the EBSCO Knowledge Base.

      Fill out the fields, as required, then click Import to finish.

      When you import packages and titles from the EBSCO Knowledge Base, BLUEcloud eRM automatically creates resource records with all of their relevant metadata. This includes:

      • A new resource containing the package's information.

      • Optionally, a new resource for each selected title within the package. Each new resource is associated as a child resource of the package.

        Important: Large imports with thousands of titles can take several minutes to complete.

      • A new organization that is associated with each resource as the provider.

      Each resource includes the following fields where applicable:

      • Title

      • Description

      • ISSNs or ISBNs

      • Subjects

      • Resource Type

      • URLs

        Note: If a title has more than two URLs, each additional URL is added to an access note for the resource. Additionally, the primary and alternate URL are programmatically selected based on the URL's currency (newer URLs are preferred), length of embargo period (shorter periods are preferred), and coverage (longer coverage periods are preferred).

      • Coverage dates and embargo periods

      • EBSCO Kb ID—this allows subsequent import jobs to update the resource information rather than creating a new resource