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  1. Introduction
  2. Configuration Options
  3. CDI Secondary Content Type Sources 

Introduction

CDI secondary content types provide specific information about the type of record. They do not replace but add value to the record's primary content types. Their purpose is to display additional information about the record/item in the brief display and Quick Look, and to allow filter/search on these secondary types as part of Secondary Content Type facet. The secondary content types may be one of the following types:

  • Regular – These types display as indicators in the brief display of a record in the search results and Quick Look.

    SMN_CDI_DocumentAttributes_Regular.png

    Brief Display in Search Results - Regular Type Message
  • Warning – These types display above the brief display of a record in the search results and Quick Look. They are used to warn users of a potential issue with a document in their search. Users can display additional information by selecting or hovering over the message. In the following example, the record displays two warnings:

    SMN_CDI_DocumentAttributes_Warning.png

    Quick Look - Warning Type Message

In some cases, the secondary content types can be taken directly from a field in the source data, but in other cases, we use words or phrases from the title or other metadata fields to identify them. Not all items in CDI can be associated with their secondary types, but since we continuously update our content, newly flagged items will appear over time.

The following table lists the currently supported secondary content types in CDI:

Secondary Content Type Type Definition

Online First Article

Regular

Some content providers publish journal articles online on their websites as Online First, Early View, Ahead of Print, or Early Access after they have been accepted and before they have been assigned to specific journal issues. The purpose of these Online First articles is to ensure that the latest research is made available as quickly as possible.

These articles do not have volumes, issues, or page numbers because they have not yet been published in the journal's print version. The full text for these articles is available from the primary publishers but may not yet be available in Aggregator databases.

For more information about these articles, see Ahead of Print (Online First) Articles in CDI.

 Review Article

Regular

An article that provides analysis, review or interpretation of a body of primary research on a specific topic. Presents a current state of the research on a particular topic or research area.

 Primary Source

Regular

Primary sources provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. They contain the actual textual material that is the subject of research. The Library of Congress refers to them as the "raw materials of history—original documents and objects which were created at the time under study."

 Preprint

Regular

A preprint is a preliminary version of a scientific manuscript that researchers share by posting to online platforms known as preprint servers before peer review and publication in an academic journal. Preprints are typically published in Preprint servers, publicly available online archives that host preprints and their associated data.

Retracted Publication

Warning

A retraction is the action by which a published paper in an academic journal is removed from the journal because the publication contains such seriously flawed or erroneous data that its findings and conclusions cannot be relied upon. Unreliable data may result from honest error or from research misconduct. Datasets can also be retracted. The original article may and in most cases have a different date from the retraction notice.

Retraction Notice

Warning

A retraction notice typically accompanies the retraction of a scientific publication. It is a short article written by the editors or authors explaining the reason for a retraction.

Publication with Addendum

Warning

A publication that contains an addendum, a notification of an addition of information to an article.

Publication with Corrigendum

Warning

A publication with a correction notice or corrigendum, a change to the article that the author wishes to publish at any time after the article acceptance or publication, usually to correct an error.

Configuration Options

This features is disabled by default. If you would like to enable this feature, set the Secondary Content Type option to ON under Settings > Search Results in the Summon Administration Console. For more information, see Search Results.

If you want to filter search results by these attributes, enable the Secondary Content Type facet. For additional information, see Administration Console Settings - Refine Your Search.

CDI Secondary Content Type Sources 

The following table lists the currently supported secondary content types in CDI:

Secondary Content Type Sources

Online First Article

There are currently no providers available that include this information in a dedicated XML field.

This attribute is assigned to all records when all of the following are true:

  • Resource type is an article

  • its publication date (or the date of at least one of the participants – in case of a logical record) is less than 180 days ago

  • it has an ISSN or eISSN

  • Peer review is set to true

  • There is no volume and issue information in the record (or in case of a logical record, there is no volume and issue in any of its participants)

  • Its source type is not Institutional repository

These rules are defined to provide the Online First indication only to recent journal articles that do not have volume and issue information. As soon as the articles get volume or issue information during a record update, the Online First indication will be removed. Since the attribute is assigned based on the rules above, some Online First articles in CDI may not be associated with this attribute.

 Review Article

All records where XML field in the source data indicates the record is a review article. 

Sources: ACM, BMJ, CABI, Elsevier, Proquest, Pubmed, Springer

 Primary Source

All records from the following collections:

  • ProQuest History Vault
  • Visual History Archive

 Preprint

All records from ArXiv source where there is no DOI, or the DOI present in the record has the ArXiv prefix (10.48550/ ).

If there is a DOI that does not equal the Arxiv prefix (10.48550/ )  in the ArXiv data – this means it has been published elsewhere and a published version is now available. In this case we will no longer assign the attribute Preprint.

Retracted Publication / Retraction Notice

All records where XML field in the source data indicates the record is a review article. 
Sources: CrossRef, Pubmed

All records where no retraction information is available in the merged record from CrossRef or Pubmed, but where the title of the record includes an indication that the article is retracted, or that the article itself is a retraction notice.

Sources: BMJ, Elsevier, Proquest, Scopus, Springer

Publication with Addendum

All records where XML field in the source data indicates the record is a publication with addendum.

Sources: BMJ, Elsevier

Publication with Corrigendum

All records where XML field in the source data indicates the record is a publication with corrigendum.

Sources: BMJ, Elsevier

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