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A brief summary of an article in a scholarly journal. This generally appears at the beginning of an article.

 The process of physically and contractually purchasing specific library resources such as books and serials. This work often involves interaction with the library's ILS, for which a specific acq [..]

 A single agent who maintains, selects, and distributes a collection of electronic resources. The main feature of an aggregation is that it must be purchased as a whole.

 Article Linker, the former name of 360 Link.

Access & Management Suite, the former name of 360 Core.

An access and identity management system developed by Eduserv, a UK-based organization, and provides a framework for enabling single single-on access to secured resources. Using Athens, libraries are [..]

 A record containing definitive, verified metadata on a given resource.  Records come from authoritative sources such as CONSER and the National Library of Medicine.

A URL that is used to identify a specific library and its link resolver. Other URLs on its site are generally based on it. (Example of a Base URL: http://fu7et8nv3a.search.serialssolutions.com/)