Ejournal holdings Rapid Service indicator

Service description

The rapid service indicator can quickly indicate if online full text for a specfic ejournal title or article is available on a Cambridge subscription with a simple yes/no response. It is best used for quickly enhancing search results.

Sample query (opens in a new window)

http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/api/sfx/sfxRapidRequest.php?issn=0028-0836&year=2007&volume=&issue=&format=xml

Request parameters

(View all options here.)

Compulsory:

• issn - ISSN of the required journal, e-issns are prefered
• format - chosen format of response in either xml, json or html

Optional:

• year - year of the required article or journal coverage, in 4 digits
• volume - volume of the required article or journal issue
• issue - issue of the required article or journal issue

Response

• IDENTIFIER_RESPONSE->IDENTIFIER_RESPONSE_ITEM->IDENTIFIER_RESPONSE_DETAILS->AVAILABLE_SERVICES == getFullTxt indicates that full text is available

Other notes

Based on the Ex Libris rapid service indicator API, with an additional wrapper to provide html and json responses.