OpenLinks

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OpenLinks

• Ovids OpenLinks allow sites to create links from
  Ovid bibliographic databases to external full
  text from publishers and providers
• Complements Journals_at_Ovid
• Sites can negotiate external full text
  subscriptions, access, and pricing directly with
  publishers

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Integration - Openlinks

• OpenLinks to get full text in journals not in the
  fully searchable J_at_O
• Like Journals_at_Ovid, full text journals accessed
  via OpenLinks link from Ovid bibliographic
  databases to full text
• Unlike Journals_at_Ovid, OpenLinks full text is
  provided by publishers and other sources from
  their sites
• Separate negotiations with targets for
  subscriptions, access, and pricing.

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Integration - Openlinks

• Web tools for easy online management
• Link directly to full text if publisher allows IP
  access
• Note may require ID/Password if required by
  target site.

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OpenLinksSupported Targets

• Over 7000 journal titles including
• Academic Press IDEAL system
• Harcourt Health Services
• Springers Online LINK
• American Institute of Physics Online Journal
  Publishing Service
• Catchword
• Over 170 Society-published journals

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OpenLinksSupported Targets

• Royal Society of Chemistry
• Project Muse
• Karger
• Small collection of free journals
• Support for CrossRef
• Elsevier, IEEE, Uni Chicago, Nature, Wiley and
  many more
• New targets added according to demand

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Creating Ovid OpenLinks
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Creating Ovid OpenLinks
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Creating Ovid OpenLinks
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Creating Ovid OpenLinks
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Creating Ovid OpenLinks
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Creating Ovid OpenLinks
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Building Ovid OpenLinks
Displaying the LinkOvid uses the records ISSN
and publication year to determine whether to
display a link for the record. gt
Creating the Link
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Link elements are filtered, reformatted and
translated as specified for the target server.
The link URL is created and is ready to be sent
to the target server.
ISSN, and source field datasuch as volume number
and initial page numberare extracted from the
record.
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The Anatomy of an OpenLink
The OpenLink URL is created according to the full
text servers syntax requirements. For example
http//ojps.aip.org18000/link/?APL/75/1625/html
Full Text Format Specifies output type
Link Query Tells the system that the URL is a
link query.
Target Server Base Address Specifies main
address at which to perform query.
Volume and Page Number As parsed from the Ovid
record
Journal Identifier Generated by translating the
ISSN.
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OpenLinksTips

• Save your selections as you go, then submit them
  at the end.
• The links do not appear instantly, but must be
  promoted through the Ovid system.
• Requests to external providers involve the
  targets, not just Ovid.
• Questions eusupport_at_ovid.com