Library: Full Text Access: Bookmarklets

Bookmarklets

What is a bookmarklet and why would you use one?

A bookmarklet is a bookmark or favourite that you add to your internet browser (Edge, Chrome etc). It contains some JavaScript commands that transform a URL. Bookmarklets are available for browsers and mobile devices.

You want this paper https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M19-1941 but ... you run into a paywall (US$35 to buy it).
Click on a bookmarklet and the link becomes this https://login.smhslibresources.health.wa.gov.au/login?url=https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M19-1941 and the publisher site recognises you as an authorised EMHS/SMHS staff member and gives you the full text and the pdf.
The bookmarklet has added the Library's proxy prefix to the link that is needed for a publisher site to allow access.

Not 100% Effective
This will work for most journals, however, occasionally the authentication is more complex and you will need to go through the Library's Journal Search to gain access.

For instance - Library access to the Lancet is not from the Lancet site but from Science Direct - applying the bookmarklet against the Lancet site will not link you to full text - you need to be in the Science Direct interface.