LinkOut Update

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Update
Y. Kathy Kwan LinkOut Coordinator NCBI/NLM/NIH Me
dical Library Association Annual Meeting
2007 Philadelphia, PA
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Participants
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LinkOut Libraries a global village

Plotted on
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Usage
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Full Text Links in gt 8.2 M Citations (gt5800
journals)
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What is New?

• Library icon position in AbstractPlus
• Customize single citation display
• in My NCBI
• dr in special URL
• Library-LinkOut announcement list available as a
  RSS feed

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Library Icon Position in AbstractPlus

• One library icon near the Related Links

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Library Icon Position in AbstractPlus

• Icon must be
• No more than 100 pixels in width
• No more than 25 pixels in height
• In case of multiple icons, priority
• LinkOut full text
• LinkOut print
• Outside Tool

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Customize Single Citation Display

• in My NCBI

NCBI/NLM/NIH
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Customize Single Citation Display

• in a special URL
• http//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?
• drcitationholdingLinkOutUserName

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Library-linkout available as RSS feed

• See
• http//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/feed/rss.cgi?ChanKeyL
  ibraryLinkOut

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What is cool?

• Other than full text, many more resources
• author profiles
• commentaries/discussion
• supplemental materials

NCBI/NLM/NIH
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What is cool?

• consumer health information, treatment
  guidelines, etc.
• Linking to collaborative site
• BioWizard

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Whats coming? Submission Utility version 2

• Hopefully, later this year
• Improve layout for easier use
• journal title ranges, tab format to group
  functions
• Include new functions
• add prefix/suffix to links
• manage LinkOut, Outside Tool and DDS in one place
• select primary provider

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Coming Submission Utility version 2
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Coming Submission Utility version 2
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Library LinkOut Home

• One stop shopping for all information about
  Library LinkOut
• easy navigation and quick access to the LinkOut
  Help manual
• frequently updated information
• FAQ
• training materials
• Lets take a look

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Library LinkOut Home
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LinkOut Home
Quick Links to frequently used resources.
Quick links to LinKOut Help and FAQ
Tab format groups resources for easy access.
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Library LinkOut Home
Links are grouped by topic.
Information for Libraries is under the
Libraries tab.
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Library LinkOut Home
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FAQ
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FAQ
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Library LinkOut Home
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LinkOut Help
Searchable!
Complete contents here.
LinkOut Help is a book on the NCBI bookshelf.
TOC in sidebar.
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LinkOut Help
Each chapter is available as a PDF for easy
printing.
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Library LinkOut Home
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Find a LinkOut Library in PubMed
NCBI/NLM/NIH
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Library LinkOut Home
EBSCO ProQuest TDNet
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Document Delivery Service

• Change the Send to-Order option to your local
  DDS
• In My NCBI
• tool in a special URL
• http//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?toolDDSU
  serName

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Library LinkOut Home
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Library LinkOut Home
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Library LinkOut Home
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Update
Questions or Comments? lib-linkout_at_ncbi.nlm.nih.
gov