Eastern Illinois University uses PubMed’s LinkOut to display “Free Full Text” articles, most of which are Open Access, as part of their collection in PubMed. This presentation will explain how the LinkOut process works, adding a library icon to open access journals in PubMed, and managing LinkOut with a SFX Link Resolver

Knight-Davis, Stacey

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Localizing Open Access Articles in PubMed

Eastern Illinois UniversityThe KeepFaculty Research & Creative Activity Booth LibrarySeptember 2011Localizing Open Access Articles in PubMedStacey Knight-DavisEastern Illinois University, slknight@eiu.eduFollow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/lib_facPart of the Library and Information Science CommonsThis is brought to you for free and open access by the Booth Library at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Research & CreativeActivity by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact tabruns@eiu.edu.Recommended CitationKnight-Davis, Stacey, "Localizing Open Access Articles in PubMed" (2011). Faculty Research & Creative Activity. 11.http://thekeep.eiu.edu/lib_fac/11PubMed and Open Access Fun with SFX Stacey Knight-Davis Eastern Illinois University PubMed - What it is, What it does  21 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.    Several methods to provide links to full text Default View Localized View How It’s done 1. Open Access journals added to SFX 2. Holdings exported from SFX 3. Holdings Uploaded to PubMed 1.  Adding to SFX 2.  Export in 1 click 3.  Upload to PubMed Done!  You’ve just localized PubMed!  But wait, there’s more… Taking it to the next level  There is some full text available that SFX won’t pick up   Custom URL for PubMed Fun with URLs (let’s get geeky)  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed? holding=eiublib_fft_ndi&otool=eiublib &myncbishare=eiublib  Back up a step Breaking it Down  eiublib – Use EIU icons and holdings records  fft – Apply full text links to free articles  ndi – Suppress publisher icons  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed? holding=eiublib_fft_ndi&otool=eiublib &myncbishare=eiublib  fft – Expanding offerings  Via SFX Via fft SFX Activity Once more with Pictures FreePaid21% Free or Open So what was the rest of that?   &otool=eiublib adds SFX default icon to all records  myncbishare=eiublib creates “Available at EIU” filter  Take home points  Customizing PubMed makes open and free content easier for students to recognize.  Branding free and open content adds it to the library’s collection.  It’s easier than it looks.   Managing LinkOut with the SFX Link Resolver  PubMed+LinkOut + SFX = Additional features, library branding of open access materials        SFX Menu Full Text Holdings from SFX Default SFX icon on all citations with Outside Tool Filter uses SFX full text holdings.  Activated from shared MyNCBI account  Linkout Help File available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3808/    Additional Information:  PubMed and Open URL based Services Link Resolvers use “Open URL,” a special standardized web address, to transfer information.  This FAQ provides more information on how PubMed can use link resolvers that work with Open URL.  PubMed and Open URL based Services http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/linkout/doc/openurlfaq.shtml  Animated tutorial on Open URL Link Resolvers and LinkOut http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/linkout/doc/viewlet/OpenURL_in_PubMed_viewlet_swf.html     Questions?  For questions about Eastern Illinois University’s implementation of SFX, Outside Tool, LinkOut Local, or the MyNCBI shared filter tab contact Stacey Knight-Davis at slknight@eiu.edu  For questions on implementing any of these services at your institution, contact lib-linkout@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Adding a library icon to open access journals in PubMed   PubMed and SFX can be used together to provide a library-branded gateway to open access content.  The example below shows the Booth Library full text icon and the EIU SFX menu.  The article is also marked as a Free PMC article in the citation.  The same citation without branding.    How It’s Done: This setup requires coordination between SFX and PubMed.  At EIU, holdings are exported from SFX and submitted to PubMed monthly.  Also, open access and free content providers are active targets in SFX.  The URL  By default, the link to access PubMed is:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/   The full URL used to access PubMed is as follows:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?holding=eiublib_fft_ndi&otool=eiublib&myncbishare=eiublib  What the extra stuff does: ? activates the rest of the modifiers in the URL Holding=eiublib activates EIU’s holdings - applies full text icon to citations with full text _fft applies EIU icons to free and open content _ndi suppresses publisher icons &otool=eiublib applies default SFX icon to all citations - used for interlibrary loan &myncbishare=eiublib uses EIU’s shared MyNCBI account, activates the Available @ EIU filter      

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Eastern Illinois University
The Keep
Faculty Research & Creative Activity Booth Library
September 2011
Localizing Open Access Articles in PubMed
Stacey Knight-Davis
Eastern Illinois University, slknight@eiu.edu
Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/lib_fac
Part of the Library and Information Science Commons
This is brought to you for free and open access by the Booth Library at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Research & Creative
Activity by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact tabruns@eiu.edu.
Recommended Citation
Knight-Davis, Stacey, "Localizing Open Access Articles in PubMed" (2011). Faculty Research & Creative Activity. 11.
http://thekeep.eiu.edu/lib_fac/11
PubMed and Open Access 
Fun with SFX 
Stacey Knight-Davis 
Eastern Illinois University 
PubMed - What it is, What it does 
 21 million citations for biomedical literature 
from MEDLINE, life science journals, and 
online books.  
 
 Several methods to provide links to full text 
Default View 
Localized View 
How It’s done 
1. Open Access journals added to SFX 
2. Holdings exported from SFX 
3. Holdings Uploaded to PubMed 
1.  Adding to SFX 
2.  Export in 1 click 
3.  Upload to PubMed 
Done! 
 You’ve just localized PubMed! 
 
But wait, there’s more… 
Taking it to the next level 
 There is some full text available that SFX 
won’t pick up 
 
 Custom URL for PubMed 
Fun with URLs (let’s get geeky) 
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ 
 
 
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed? 
holding=eiublib_fft_ndi&otool=eiublib 
&myncbishare=eiublib 
 
Back up a step 
Breaking it Down 
 eiublib – Use EIU icons and holdings records 
 fft – Apply full text links to free articles 
 ndi – Suppress publisher icons 
 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed? 
holding=eiublib_fft_ndi&otool=eiublib 
&myncbishare=eiublib 
 
fft – Expanding offerings  
Via SFX 
Via fft 
SFX Activity 
Once more with Pictures 
Free
Paid
21% Free or Open 
So what was the rest of that?  
 &otool=eiublib adds SFX default icon to 
all records 
 myncbishare=eiublib creates “Available at 
EIU” filter 
 
Take home points 
 Customizing PubMed makes open and free 
content easier for students to recognize. 
 Branding free and open content adds it to the 
library’s collection. 
 It’s easier than it looks.   
Managing LinkOut with the SFX Link Resolver 
 
PubMed+LinkOut + SFX = Additional features, library branding of 
open access materials 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SFX Menu 
Full Text 
Holdings from 
SFX 
Default SFX 
icon on all 
citations with 
Outside Tool 
Filter uses SFX full text holdings.  
Activated from shared MyNCBI 
account 
 
Linkout Help File available at: 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3808/ 
 
 
 
Additional Information: 
 
PubMed and Open URL based Services 
Link Resolvers use “Open URL,” a special standardized web address, to transfer information.  This FAQ 
provides more information on how PubMed can use link resolvers that work with Open URL. 
 
PubMed and Open URL based Services 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/linkout/doc/openurlfaq.shtml 
 
Animated tutorial on Open URL Link Resolvers and LinkOut 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/linkout/doc/viewlet/OpenURL_in_PubMed_viewlet_swf.html 
 
 
 
 
Questions? 
 
For questions about Eastern Illinois University’s implementation of SFX, Outside Tool, LinkOut Local, or the 
MyNCBI shared filter tab contact Stacey Knight-Davis at slknight@eiu.edu 
 
For questions on implementing any of these services at your institution, contact lib-linkout@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. 
Adding a library icon to open access journals in PubMed  
 
PubMed and SFX can be used together to provide a library-branded gateway to open access 
content. 
 
The example below shows the Booth Library full text icon and the EIU SFX menu.  The article 
is also marked as a Free PMC article in the citation. 
 
The same citation without branding. 
 
 
 How It’s Done: 
This setup requires coordination between SFX and PubMed.  At EIU, holdings are exported from 
SFX and submitted to PubMed monthly.  Also, open access and free content providers are active 
targets in SFX. 
 
The URL 
 
By default, the link to access PubMed is: 
 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ 
 
 
The full URL used to access PubMed is as follows: 
 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?holding=eiublib_fft_ndi&otool=eiublib&
myncbishare=eiublib 
 
What the extra stuff does: 
? activates the rest of the modifiers in the URL 
Holding=eiublib activates EIU’s holdings - applies full text icon to citations with full text 
_fft applies EIU icons to free and open content 
_ndi suppresses publisher icons 
&otool=eiublib applies default SFX icon to all citations - used for interlibrary loan 
&myncbishare=eiublib uses EIU’s shared MyNCBI account, activates the Available @ EIU filter 
 
 
 
 
 


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