Easily test the EBSCO Full Text Finder (FTF) New UI

EBSCO recently sent out instructions on how to test their new Full Text Finder (Link Resolver) interface, but they were not very clear or easy. Plus, it involved a lot of typing every time you want to test like it was 1996. (It is 1996 at EBSCO, though.) I made a bookmarket that you can use on any Full Text Finder page to load GVSU's new FTF interface. Only works if you are already on a old Full Text Finder page. Only takes one click per preview.

Finding a Full Text Finder Page: The easy way is to search GVSU's Library Search for something and look for the good ol' "Get it @ GVSU" button that is now going on 15 years old. Click that, and you'll see the old FTF. Click the bookmarklet and you'll see the same record in the new FTF.

The easiest way (if you have a GVSU username and password) is to visit this classic FTF page and then use the bookmarket. Hurrah!

Don't know what Full Text Finder or a Link Resolver is? This bookmarklet is probably not for you.

Other libraries: copy the bookmarklet but change the root URL in the code before '/result/ to whatever your OPID is. Read the cryptic marketing email from EBSCO to see a few breadcrumbs that can lead you there. Alternatively, if you go to your classic FTF page and click the bookmarklet as-is, you'll see GVSU's new UI. Close enough.

Installing

To install, drag the link below to your bookmarks toolbar:

See New FTF UI

Installation Instructions