Can Arca provide links to fulltext articles outside the repository?

If I ingest a Citation or Thesis object but I don't have a PDF that I can include, how can I direct users to access a fulltext version of the article?

If your objects contain a DOI in a MODS Identifier field <identifier type = "doi">, several options become possible. The DOI itself can be linked to externally-hosted articles, but often those articles are behind paywalls - even when open-access versions exist.

To get around this, the Islandora Badges module has a submodule called Islandora oaDOI.

Islandora oaDOI queries the oaDOI.org service, which provides links to free, open-access fulltext versions of articles with DOIs, if they exist. The module creates a block which appears on any objects that (a) do not have a PDF datastrea, and (b) do have a free fulltext link available through oadoi.org, and offers a link for the user to access the fulltext externally.

To use Islandora oaDOI: 

  1. Go to Modules (admin/modules), and enable (1) Islandora Badges, and (2) Islandora oaDOI. 
  2. Configure Islandora Badges (under Islandora Utility modules, or admin/islandora/tools/badges), and make sure that the Thesis and Citation content models are selected.
  3. In the Blocks menu (admin/structure/block), find the block titled "Islandora oaDOI Link" and add it to the region of your choice. (Recommended: Content or Sidebar Second.)
  4. Use CSS Injector to style the block as you desire.

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