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Creating a Custom CrossLink

You can create a custom, predefined link for collections you subscribe to such as OPAC. This lets you use the power of the flexible metadata information in CrossLinks, and apply the links to multiple titles quickly and easily. To create a custom link, follow these steps:

1. Make sure you are on the CrossLink Settings: Custom page:

• From the Linking Out, Configure CrossLinks & Link Resolvers page, click Add a CrossLink/Link Resolver.
• Click Custom from the available link types.

2. Enter the Local Administrator Label. This is the text that appears next to the link within LAD.
3. Select the titles to which you want to add the link.
4. Enter the URL to the resource in the URL field.
5. If necessary, add any variables required to the URL.
6. Enter the Link Text. This is the label that users will see within ProQuest. The maximum length for this text is 76 characters.
7. If you want to link to an icon for the collection, enter the URL in the Custom URL field. (Your icon must be in GIF format and must measure 20 by 88 pixels.)
8. Select when to display the CrossLink custom logo.
9. Click Done to create the new CrossLink.
   Or, click Delete CrossLink to remove this link information from the database.
   Or, click Cancel to return to the Linking Out tab without making any changes.
   Or, click Select Titles to apply the link to individual titles.

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Add this link to

Select All ProQuest Titles to apply the link to all ProQuest titles.

Select Customized list of individual titles to apply the link to selected titles. You will then need to use the Select Titles button below to select the individual titles to which you want the link applied.

URL and Variables

Enter the URL to the resource in the URL field. This must be a fully qualified URL and it must start with http:// or https://.

If necessary, add any variables required to the URL. This information should be provided by the linking partner.

Note: When you click the buttons to add a variable, this information is added at the end of the URL, not where you place the cursor.

Display This Crosslink Graphic on Results Page

These options let you choose whether to display the custom logo instead of the "find a copy" message on the Results Page.

Note: It is only possible to display one type of CrossLink graphic on the Results page. This means that once you select to display this CrossLink graphic, this option will not appear for any other CrossLinks you may create. If this option does not appear for this CrossLink, it means that a graphic has been enabled for another CrossLink. Return to the Linking Out, Configure CrossLinks & Link Resolvers page and check the current CrossLinks for the one flagged (icon appears on results page). You will need to turn this graphic off (Do NOT display) and then return to this CrossLink to enable this graphic.

Select:

• Do NOT display
• Display only for articles without full text
• Display for ALL articles

The Display only for articles without full text option will cause the graphic to only appear next to results for which there is no full text available either directly in ProQuest or via a One Click Resource Link.

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