Some providers do not offer their title lists in a format that is compatible with OpenRefine. These publishers may offer only HTML pages or PDF brochures. In these cases, it may be necessary to create a title list from scratch by gathering information from the provider's web site and other sources.
Steps
- Download a copy of the GOKb data template (Excel, CSV). This is a helpful starting point and will help make sure you collect all the necessary data elements.
- Use the provider web site and other sources to collect a list all of the titles in the package you're working well, as well as the KBART metadata about each one.
- Helpful sources for data include:
- The provider's site and its sites for individual journal titles
- ISSN Portal (subscription required)
- Ulrich's (subscription required)
- xISSN title history visualization tool
- WorldCat
- Add each title and any metadata you can locate to a row on the spreadsheet.
- If reasonable, add title history details for each title.
- Save the title list you've created to Dropbox\GOKb\Data\Title list\Provider name\Year.
Next step
GOKb Data Ingest Using OpenRefine.