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DDS/ILL form for books harvest more metadata

At the moment a DDS/ILL form is only filled the isbn. We would find it very handy if as many fields as possible would be filled in automatically
6 months ago in Alternatives 3 Working on it

Ability to search for eBook Alternative when both DOI and ISBN exist on a page

To replicate: please use Breda University for Applied Science Background: Currently, when DOI and ISBN exist on a webpage, the extension will always prioritise using DOI and looking for article alternatives. When there is no available full text, i...
9 months ago in Alternatives 9 Planned

Do not search for DOIs & ISBNs in certain areas on specific webpage

There are multiple clients that are not happy about Alternatives popup showing on certain webpages, related to DOIs and ISBNs found on the webpage area that should not be looked at. One example is Wikipedia, where Alternatives popup shows most of ...
2 months ago in Alternatives 3 Planned

Deny ILL pop-up for a specific domain

Would it be possible to create a possibility to block the DDS/ILL pop up to be blocked for a certain domain. At this moment this can only be reached by blocking a lternatives pop-ups as a workaround to avoid ILL pop-ups from appearing. For instanc...
6 months ago in Alternatives 1 Future consideration

Onbehalf of Markus Fischer: DOI detecting logic

Consider using Regular expressions to detect DOIs on websites to avoid additional characters (ex: dot at the end) breaking the logic. 
7 months ago in Alternatives 0 Future consideration

Ability to right-click on the “Make Interlending Request” or “eBook available at a different location” buttons (Alternatives) and copy the URL.

With the old extension design, we used to be able to right-click on the “Make Interlending Request” or “eBook available at a different location” buttons and be able to copy the URL. These URLs could then be shared with users to link to a pre-popul...
11 months ago in Alternatives 1 Reviewed - On hold

Pubmed search result page and Alternatives responses

Reported client: FernUni Schweiz Issue: Pubmed is the most important database in the biomedical field. They found that when searching on Pubmed, the result page will undoubtedly display multiple result. At this moment, Open Access Alternative woul...
8 months ago in Alternatives 0 Working on it

eBook Chapter response improvement for eBook Alternatives

To replicate: please use Breda University for Applied Science Background: The client has subscribed to both eBooks and journals on Elsevier. However, they noticed that responses on eBooks can be improved. Currently, when you arrived at the eBook m...
9 months ago in Alternatives 2 Planned

Alternative e-books not shown on Publisher platforms

E-books bought at Ebsco e-books platform (ECM) many time do NOT show an alternative pop-up at Publisher platform like Emerald Insight https://www.emerald.com/insight/ or Routledge titles at https://www.taylorfrancis.com . I works fine for more gen...
9 months ago in Alternatives 1 Planned

Identify ISBNs on Google Books

Request from: Kenneth Herniman, Wofford College Original report: On Google Books, the extension is unable to detect the ISBN: https://www.google.com/books/edition/An_Atlas_of_Psoriasis_Second_Edition/3rRalREGiYwC?hl=en&gbpv=0 https://www.googl...
about 1 year ago in Alternatives 0 Planned