1. I really liked the Full Text Finder, why did you change to Gold Rush?

There were a number of factors that influenced our decision. The Full Text Finder served us very well for a number of years-- especially in the days when we only had a few thousand links to manage. In 2004 that number has grown to over 25,000. Due to the number of links and the frequency of changes we really wanted a system where we could have real-time URL link updates. Full Text Finder was not able to do this, but Gold Rush can.

Also, the Gold Rush product has a subscription management system which allows library staff to better track information associated with the library's electronic packages and journals. This should to help us become more efficient at managing electronic journal content and electronic workflow. We anticipate that more and more of our collection will be electronic, so we need a better way to collect all of our subscription data in one place and the Gold Rush system allows this.

2. Am I able to use Gold Rush from home like I was able to use the Full Text Finder with the remote link?

Yes, you are. Like the Full Text Finder you will be asked to authenticate with your NetID and password when you access content that the library pays for from an off campus internet connection.

3. I looked up a journal in Gold Rush and it reported access from 1997 to the present, but when I went to the Publisher's page I really only had access from 2000 to the present. What is going on?

Currently, there are some date errors for some of the journal packages in Gold Rush. We are working with Gold Rush to get those resolved. If you find an error, please send an email message to ejournal@unm.edu and include: the journal title, the database it is in, and the date for which you are looking. We will verify the correct dates for the title and will coordinate with Gold Rush to correct the error.

4. I use the Journal of Geophysical Research, Section B, all of the time. When I look up JGR in Gold Rush I only get one record with one link. There aren't any links to the individual sections. Why not?

Gold Rush is a large database which contains information about thousands of journals (titles, URLs, dates, etc.). The most unique identifier for a journal is its ISSN--this is a number that functions like a Social Security Number does for a person. Gold Rush uses the ISSN as the "key" for a journal in the database.

In this instance, the publisher of JGR does not consider the six sections to be six separate journals so it only has one ISSN assigned to all six sections. Since the "key" is the ISSN, Gold Rush only has one entry for JGR.

5. I did a title search for a journal and came up with about 20 hits. When I was looking for my title it wasn't in the correct place alphabetically. Why?

Some vendors/publishers report the name of a journal with special characters in the title (e.g. hyphens, colons, dashes.) Gold Rush's search function does not understand all of these characters as alphabetic values. If there is a title that is listed by the publisher as "Journal- A Journal on...", Gold Rush considers the hyphen to come after the letter Z, so "Journal- A Journal..." would not be after "Journal A Journal on Computers"; but instead it would come after "Journalz A Way Cool Tool". Until this is fixed it is very important that you scan the entire result list for your journal title.

6. When I did a search for journals on "cancer" I got a lot of results, but when I started clicking on the titles many of them did not have full text available. I only want full text--is there some way that I can search just for full text?

Yes, to the right of the Search box there are two boxes that you can check to limit your results. Check the box labeled "Full Text Resources" and resubmit your search. The results of this search will be a list of journals available in full text. Once on the record for any journal, the full text links are in the first section and there may be another section with links to other databases where only indexing or abstracts are available.

7. Why is Gold Rush only giving me the holdings for UNM's electronic journals? How can I find the journals available at UNM in print or other formats?

Gold Rush is meant to link to UNM's access to journals in electronic format. LIBROS, our library catalog, is still the best way to find journal titles in print or microform. The good news is that you can do a search in Gold Rush and then use the "Go To"  tab to redo the search in LIBROS. This allows you to see what we have in both print and electronic  formats without too many intermediate steps. If you experience any difficulty with this, please ask your nearest Reference Librarian.

8. I notice a little box on the search screen that says Public Access Resources. What does this mean?

Public Access (more commonly called Open Access) Resources are materials that are free to the world. These resources have been put on the web and are available to anyone. The library does not pay for them so you should be able to access articles in these journals without having to enter your NetID and user password.

9. Can Open Access titles be added to Gold Rush?

Yes. If you know of an Open Access title list that is not currently in Gold Rush, please send information about it to: ejournal@unm.edu. We will evaluate, confirm access and then ask Gold Rush to add it to our holdings. Currently, there are over 1200 Open Access titles listed in Gold Rush.

10. How does a Keyword Search work?

A Keyword search searches for the words you have entered anywhere in the record (in any order.) It searches the journal title, database name, database description and subject fields. Any search that you put in Gold Rush has an "implied Boolean AND." That means that if you enter more than one word in the search box Gold Rush will be searching for all of the words in the same record. 

11. How does the Subject Search work? Where do the subject headings come from?

A subject search is only looking at the Subject field in the records. These subject headings are provided by only some database vendors. We do not currently recommend this a search, because not all of the records have Subject headings assigned to them.

12. What is the difference between "Search" and "Browse Resources?"

A Keyword Search on "cancer research" would bring back records that contained the phrase "cancer treatment and research" and "breast cancer research", because it is not taking the word order into consideration.

The Browse function is looking for the words you enter in the Browse box in exactly that order, from left to right beginning with the place in the alphabet your search term falls. If you entered "cancer research", the results would include "Cancer Researcher Weekly" but not "Molecular Cancer Research " or "Breast Cancer Research."

13. I did a search for a journal that Gold Rush said we had from 1998 to the present in EBSCO. When I went to the journal in EBSCO I couldn't get into any of the issues from the last six months. Why?

Some journal publishers allow access to their journal issues electronically only after a 6 or 12 month waiting period ( or "embargo"). In many cases, the dates that appear for a journal in Gold Rush do not include these "embargo dates." We anticipate the addition of this information will become available in a future version of the Gold Rush software.

14. I was in FirstSearch and saw the "Test Linker for Full Text." When I clicked on it, a new browser window was launched for "Gold Rush Linker." Why?

This feature of Gold Rush can be activated in different databases such as those in First Search. It allows the user to link from an article record within a database with only indexing or abstracts to other databases that may contain the full text of the article or journal.

15. I was trying to use the Article Finder in Gold Rush and no matter how many times I clicked I didn't get any kind of action? What is wrong?

The first thing to check is whether your web browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, etc.) is set to block pop-ups. If it is, you will have to change your settings. The Gold Rush Linker window functions as a pop-up.

To do this in Netscape 7, go to the toolbar at the top of your browser and select "Tools." When you are in Tools, choose Pop Up Manager. When you are in Pop Up Manager you can click on "Allow Pop Ups From This Site" if you are currently in Gold Rush. It will add Gold Rush (i.e. unm.goldrush.coalliance.org) as a site where it will allow the pop-ups.

16. I was trying to use Article Finder and it didn't give me a direct link to the article even though we have access to the full text from Gale. Why not?

Right now the only way you will get a direct link to an article is if we actually have a subscription to that journal through its publisher. If your journal is in an "aggregator" package (e.g. Gale, EBSCO, OVID, etc.) you will not get a direct link. You should still come up with a result in the Linker that says we have some full text access to the journal if it is in an aggregator package. If you do not get a direct link or a full text hit and you think we have an active subscription, please send email to ejournal@unm.edu fully explaining the problem and we can investigate it for you.

17. I was in SciSearch and tried to use the "Test Full Text Linker" for a journal I KNOW we have access to but Gold Rush said it couldn't find the full text access to the journal. Why didn't Gold Rush find the right access?

Each journal has at least one ISSN but some have more than one. SciSearch is not asking for the ISSN that Gold Rush stores for the journal that you are looking for. Unfortunately the linking technology is not yet "smart" enough to be able to look for both numbers. We hope that this is something that will be fixed with future linking enhancements. In the meantime, please open another window and point your browser to Gold Rush. Do a journal title search and follow the links on the record you retrieve that way.

18. I enter the journal name in Gold Rush and it gives me a list of journals with the words in it, but when I click on the journal I want I get an error message. What's happening?

Gold Rush uses cookies and launches new windows (via pop-ups) to access journals. If you have your browser settings or security software on your computer set to reject either or both of these 'features' you will probably be unable to use Gold Rush successfully. Please consult the help screens in your software or browser to determine how to enable cookies and pop-ups for this site.