Implement OpenURL-based services in PubMed

There are 2 ways to implement an OpenURL-based service in PubMed: LinkOut or Outside Tool.

To implement an OpenURL-based service through LinkOut, a library submits holdings information as a file generated by the OpenURL-based service. One advantage provided by LinkOut is that LinkOut can display library holdings as a filter tab.

When an OpenURL-based service is implemented through Outside Tool, a link to the service appears on every citation in PubMed.

Unfortunately, you cannot have both of LinkOut or Outside Tool. It is the National Library of Medicine's policy to only support one link resolver service per library.

The documents worded in the PubMed make them seem more complicated than they really are. Here is the information we submitted for the request of Outside Tool:

1. Proof of relevant resources for test records
http://sfx.sdln.net:3210/sfxsdb?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:12076440
-link to online full text

http://sfx.sdln.net:3210/sfxsdb?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:19150555
-link to online full text, and local document delivery

http://sfx.sdln.net:3210/sfxsdb?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:12337850
-link to local document delivery

2. Username and Password for services listed in the tool
The Username/password for log-in to our library resources is: *****/*****

3. Base URL of your local service
http://sfx.sdln.net:3210/sfxsdb

4. Institution name, postal address, contact name, contact email address and phone number
Fei Xu, Integrated Systems Librarian
Phone: (605) 688-5560
Email: fei...@sdstate.edu

Hilton M. Briggs Library, SBL 2115
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD 57007-1098

5. URL of the tool icon
http://lib.sdstate.edu/lib116/images/sdsu-sfx.jpg
The file format of the icon is JPEG, and the size is 81x19 pixels

6. URL of the tool help page
http://lib.sdstate.edu/lib116/sfx/faq.html

7. Short label that identifies your institution
FIND IT@SDSU FullText

8. Whether a testing period is desired
No

9. LinkOut NameAbbr, if already using LinkOut
sdsdsublib

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