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LinkOut Kernel: keys to linking your collections to PubMed. Medical Library Association 2007 Philadelphia Lidia Hutcherson, NCBI/NLM. 7 steps to set up LinkOut. Familiarize Organize Register Enter Holdings Provide an icon Activate Publicize. LinkOut key concepts.
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LinkOut Kernel: keys to linking your collections to PubMed Medical Library Association 2007 Philadelphia Lidia Hutcherson, NCBI/NLM
7 steps to set up LinkOut • Familiarize • Organize • Register • Enter Holdings • Provide an icon • Activate • Publicize
LinkOut key concepts • What is a full text Provider? • Parent & Child links • Article level-Journal level • LinkOut & SERHOLD holdings • Activate icons • Publicize Enter Holdings Activate Publicize
Problem: • “I have a license with the New England Journal of Medicine Online for its full text content – why is it not listed in the submission utility?”
Key 1: What is a full text provider? • A provider for LinkOut is any organization that provides LinkOut with links to full text • Providers for LinkOut: publishers, aggregators, publisher agents
Key 1: What is a full text provider? • Publisher agent • The producer and host of the online version of journals (i.e., Highwire) • Do not manage library subscriptions
Problem: “I have a license with the New England Journal of Medicine Online for their full text content – why is it not listed in the submission utility?” The full text provider listed for this journal in the submission utility is the Publisher Agent-Highwire
Key 1: What is a full text provider? • Go to the LinkOut Display to check who provides full text links to LinkOut
Problem: • “I have a license for the journal Psycho-Oncology, why are there no links for it in PubMed?”
Key 2: Parent & Child links • Full text links (Parent links) • Full text links supplied by journal content providers to LinkOut • Library links (Child links) • Links in PubMed created by LinkOut for libraries which point to the full-text at the provider website
Key 2: Parent & Child links + LinkOut Links Formula Provider Full text links (Parent) Library Information Library Links (Child) +
Problem: “I have a license for the journal Psycho-Oncology, why are there no links for it in PubMed?” Because LinkOut has not received the Provider full text links for the articles
Key 2: Full text links (Parent) • The Provider URL syntax to access full text may differ from that of journal Web sites e.g. Elsevier links point to a linking hub not articles e.g. Broken links • LinkOut participation is voluntary…ask your providers to participate in LinkOut
Key 2: Library links (Child) • Authentication-authorization is managed by the full text provider • Updates are effective in 48 hours
Problem: “The LinkOut Journal List shows Noise & Health availability from 1998 through 2005. Why are not all the article links for 1998 present?”
Key 3: Article level–Journal level • LinkOut works at the article level • Providers are not obligated to provide all article links for an issue • Gaps exist within the listed date range for a journal
Key 3: Article level–Journal level • The date range that appears in the LinkOut journal list is an aggregation of the article level links supplied by full text Providers
Problem: “The LinkOut Journal List shows Noise & Health availability from 1998 through 2005. Why are not all the article links for the 1998 issue present?” Because LinkOut has not received the Provider links for every individual article published in that journal for 1998
Problem: “ I have a SERHOLD account, why haven’t my print holdings been transferred to LinkOut?”
Key 4: LinkOut & SERHOLD Holdings • SERHOLD holdings: a spring board to a LinkOut presence
Key 4: LinkOut & SERHOLD Holdings • Only print holdings will be transferred • SERHOLD data is transferred to LinkOut every night • Submission Utility updates take effect in 48 hours
Problem: “ I have a SERHOLD account, why haven’t my print holdings been transferred to LinkOut?” SERHOLD holdings will not be transferred to LinkOut unless you register them in the Submission Utility
Problem: ”I entered my holdings and icons in the Submission Utility. How come I don’t see my icons in PubMed?”
Problem “I entered my holdings and icons in the Submission Utility. How come I don’t see my icons in PubMed?” The library icons simply need to be activated in PubMed
Key 5: Activate Icons Access PubMed through your special URL http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?holding=username
Key 5: Activate Icons • Verify icon presence: enter loprovusername [sb] in the PubMed search box
Key 5: Activate Icons • LinkOut will automatically supply generic print and full text icons
Key 6: Publicize • Provide a link to access PubMed through your special URL on your website
Key 6: Publicize • Promote use of your library icon rather than the publisher icon • Tell your users about LinkOut – brochures, training, etc.
Pop Quiz! Pop Quiz! • 3 extremely pleasing prizes • Please raise your hand if you know the answer • The first to answer correctly will win • The LinkOut team is not eligible to win
Pop Quiz! Question 1! • Which of the following is a publisher agent: • NCBI • Highwire • EBSCO • New England Journal of Medicine
Pop Quiz! Question 2! • I have a license for journal XYZ, why are there no links for it in PubMed? • NCBI forgot to make the links • Journal XYZ is x-rated • LinkOut did not process authentication for this journal • Your Provider has not sent the full text links to LinkOut
Pop Quiz! Question 3! • Which of the following istrue: • The LinkOut journal list shows complete journal runs at the article level • Gaps to full text links exist because the LinkOut team plays too much Wii • The LinkOut journal list is an aggregation of the article level links supplied by full text Providers • LinkOut stores full text articles in its database
Thank you for your attention • FAQs for libraries • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/linkout/doc/liblofaq.shtml • LinkOut Help – everything you want to know about LinkOut • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=helplinkout.chapter.lib • LinkOut course – Getting started with LinkOut • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/linkout/doc/linktutorial.html