Last updated: July 16, 2008
PubMed, LinkOut, and OpenURL
- What is LinkOut?
- What is OpenURL?
- What is Outside Tool?
- What is the difference between LinkOut and Outside Tool?
- How does PubMed work with OpenURL-based services?
- How does LinkOut provide open linking in the scholarly information environment?
- How does LinkOut provide context-sensitive linking in the scholarly information environment?
- Does open, context-sensitive linking have to be done by a third party?
- Does LinkOut support OpenURL syntax?
Implementing OpenURL-based services in PubMed
- Should my institution use LinkOut or Outside Tool?
- Does LinkOut or Outside Tool cost my library anything?
- Can my OpenURL-based service be implemented in PubMed?
- Can Outside Tool identify my patrons using IP recognition?
- Which OpenURL-based services can be implemented as an Outside Tool?
- What if my OpenURL-based service can't provide a qualified resource for every citation in PubMed?
- Can I implement my OpenURL-based service selectively in PubMed?
- How do I update my Outside Tool Base URL, icon, label, help page or contact information?