LinkOut Update Medical Library Association Annual Meeting 2005 San Antonio, TX
LinkOut for Libraries links users directly from PubMed citations to library holdings – electronic full-text and print What is for Libraries?
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Link attributes are represented by icons Improved layout and grouping of links make resources easier to find. Listing of libraries helps users quickly find local library holdings New Developments: LinkOut Display
New Developments: _fft Libraries may want to apply library icon to free full text citations, clearly marking them as available to users. Automatically apply library icons to citations with free full-text links. holding=medlib_fft
fcgi?holding=ucrlib Without _fft
fcgi?holding=ucrlib_fft With _fft
Some users may wish to bypass the main PubMed screen when performing searches in Clinical Queries and Single Citation Matcher. Activate icons through direct links to Clinical Queries and Single Citation Matcher New Developments: Activate Icons
For more information about using Special URLs, see “Localizing Entrez/PubMed Services with Special URLs”
New Developments: Display Library Holdings as Filter Tabs LinkOut Filters in My NCBI –Activate LinkOut icons –Display library holdings as a filter tab in PubMed search results
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Localizing PubMed Connecting users to local library services directly from PubMed “localizes” the PubMed display. Combine linking features to localize PubMed for your users: –LinkOut –Document Delivery Service –Outside Tool
Point to Local Resources Document Delivery Service – order articles directly from a local document delivery service. Outside Tool – a link on every PubMed record. Used to access full-text through a local service.
Example University of California, Riverside, uses LinkOut, Outside Tool, and Document Delivery Service otool=cdlotool&tool=cdl
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Outside Tool LinkOut Local E-Journal Subscriptions Outside Tool LinkOut Free Full Text Outside Tool LinkOut in your library Document Delivery Service
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