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A major problem is what appears to be incorrect links. The following examples are from my group ‘Learning Styles Under Attack’:
EXAMPLE 1
Listed under ‘Papers in this group’ is:
They call it learning style but it’s so much more
Erica Melis, Rachada Monthienvichienchai in Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (E-LEARN) (2004)
Clicking on the title of the paper takes one to a page with the following details:
Terminal Module A Connection Manual
by Draw No
Engineering › Miscellaneous Papers
EXAMPLE 2
Learning styles again: Where is empirical evidence?
Ellen S Menaker, Susan L Coleman in Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (2007)
Clicking on the title of the paper takes me to a page with the following details:
Amplitude and seasonality of storage fluxes for CO 2 , heat and water vapour in a temperate Japanese cypress forest
by Shinjiro Ohkubo, Yoshiko Kosugi
Environmental Sciences › Miscellaneous Papers
It seems that the above is a major problem with Mendeley. I’ve been through all papers in the group and a majority of links serve up the wrong information. In addition, some pages could not be found. The same problem occurs in two other groups I’ve set up to experiment with Mendeley.
Is there anything that can be done to resolve the issues I’ve explained?
I've reported this problem in December and again in January, but have not received any support.
Geoff Rip
Best Answer
When you click on links to papers in groups, that generally takes you to the 'catalog' version of the paper which either uses information from the publisher or information crowd-sourced from different copies of the paper we have available.
The only thing you might be able to do directly is to supply a DOI or PubMed ID for the paper if you have one. Otherwise, it is just something that should eventually be fixed as we improve the ways in which we compile the catalog.
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When you click on links to papers in groups, that generally takes you to the 'catalog' version of the paper which either uses information from the publisher or information crowd-sourced from different copies of the paper we have available.
The only thing you might be able to do directly is to supply a DOI or PubMed ID for the paper if you have one. Otherwise, it is just something that should eventually be fixed as we improve the ways in which we compile the catalog.
Yes, I also noticed that problem. It's a bit funny that in some groups the linking works and in others not - _always re. the same paper_. That is a really strange behaviour of your linking algorithm. Furthermore, you automatically assign a wrong PubMed ID to my paper. Please don't do this!
Hi Robert
I was under the impression that clicking on the title of a paper in a particular group would take one to the details of that specific record. Given the way that links typically work, this is a logical assumption (for me anyway).
If I understand you correctly, this may or may not happen, depending on what other records of the same paper have been uploaded and what info is available from the publisher. Also, in some cases the system breaks down and provides links to completely unrelated papers.
I wonder how many users of Mendeley really understand how the system works. I certainly didn’t and it took me a lot of time and frustration to get to this point.
Regarding your point about DOI or PubMed ID’s, many papers do not have these so this will not solve the problem.
Thanks for clarifying the situation.
Geoff
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