Displaying LinkOut and Outside Tool Icons When Using Single Citation Matcher and Clinical Queries

In response to requests from users a new feature has been added to LinkOut. Now when users access PubMed with the special URL that activates LinkOut then click on Clinical Queries (CQ) or Single Citation Matcher (SCM) in the sidebar, their icons will be displayed in CQ and SCM. If a library (or user) bookmarks CQ or SCM so the user can go directly to the page, the icons will not display.

The following URLs will allow libraries and users to go directly to CQ or SCM and still see their icons. To do so, users should use these special URLs to access Single Citation Matcher and Clinical Queries instead of clicking on the PubMed left sidebar.

The following example URLs assume your LinkOut and Outside Tool username is "medlib"

Clinical Queries

The following URL will display the LinkOut icon:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/clinical?holding=NameAbbr

The following URL will display the Outside Tool icon:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/clinical?otool=NameAbbr

To display both:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/clinical?holding=NameAbbr&otool=Outside Tool

Single Citation Matcher

The following URL will display the LinkOut icon:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/citmatch?holding=NameAbbr

The following URL will display the Outside Tool icon:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/citmatch?otool=NameAbbr

To display both:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/citmatch?holding=NameAbbr&otool=Outside Tool

Comments/Questions

For additional information on localizing Entrez/PubMed using special URLS, please see http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=helplinkout&part=lib#lib.About_Cookies_and_Special_URLs

Please send comments and questions to lib-linkout@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.