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Inbound OpenURL – Home Page

Best practices with Gale Databases

Gale is pleased to announce the release of a new OpenURL Interpreter for

products migrated or scheduled to migrate to the new PowerSearch Interface.

Both OpenURL versions 0.1 and 1.0 (KEV Key/Encoded Value) are fully

supported. As part of this release Gale Virtual Reference Library eBooks are

now available via the OpenURL standard. 

OpenURL 1.0 Specification

 

OpenURL 0.1 Specification

When linking to Gale content using the OpenURL Standard we recommend that

you utilize the four core indexes (ISSN, Volume, Issue, Start Page) in the URL

that is issued to Gale. The use of the other indexes is only encouraged if you

do not have index information for several of the core indexes and your goal

is to reduce the number of results for a particular query. Please note that

use of the other indexes lacks the precision and at times will produce

inconsistent results. 

What is OpenURL?

OpenURL links non-full text records to full-text records, across vendor

platforms. OpenURL servers are useful for finding full text, regardless of where

the content is located. Many academic libraries and consortium use OpenURL

services to link abstract and index only databases to full text articles in

General OneFile and Expanded Academic. OpenURL also promotes knowledge

discovery by exposing researchers to additional library resources.

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OpenURL 1.0 Specification

Base URL:

http://find.galegroup.com/openurl/openurl?

Source Provider ID and UserGroup Name (Location ID):

Req_dat=info:sid/gale:ugnid:locationid

* Replace "locationid" with valid customer Location ID What is a location id? *

Resource ID (Product code):

res_id=info%3Asid%2Fgale%3AEAIM     

* Replace "EAIM" with valid Product ID (See Table Below)

Valid Metadata:

 

Artnum	Number of an individual item where pages are not provided
Atitle	Title of an individual item (article, part of a book, preprint, conference, proceeding, etc.
Au	First author name reversed
Aufirst	First author's first name
Auinit	First author's first and middle initials
Auinit1	First author's first initial
Auinitm	First author's middle initials
Aulast	First author's last name
Bici	Book item and component identifier
Btitle	Book title
Coden	Journal CODEN
Date	Publication date of an item or bundle
Edition	Edition
Eissn	ISSN for an electronic publication
Epage	End page for an individual item in a bundle
Genre	Genre
Isbn	ISBN
Issn	ISSN
Issue	Issue of bundle
Jtitle	Journal title
Pages	Pages covered by an individual item in a bundle
Part	Part of a bundle
Place	Place of publication
Pub	Publisher
Quarter	Season of publication
Series	Series
Sici	Serial item and contribution identifier
Sid	Source Identifier
Spage	Start page for an individual item in a bundle
Ssn	Season of publication
Stitle	Abbreviated title of a bundle
Title	Title of a bundle (book, journal, conference, etc.)
Volume	Volume of a bundle

 

Example: GOLD OpenURL 1.0 Inbound Encoded URL's Article Item Using Health & Reference Center - Academic (HRCA): http://find.galegroup.com/openurl/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&req_dat=info%3Asid%2Fgale%3Augnid%3Agale&res_id=info%3Asid%2Fgale%3AHRCA&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%3Aenc%3AUTF-8&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.issn=0014-0880&rft.title=essence&rft.atitle=heart+health&rft.volume=36&rft.issue=10&rft.spage=102&rft.date=2006 url_ver=Z39.88-2004 url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx req_dat=info:sid/gale:ugnid:gale res_id=info:sid/gale:HRCA ctx_enc=info:ofi:enc:UTF-8 rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal rft.issn=0014-0880 rft.title=essence rft.atitle=heart health 101 rft.volume=36 rft.issue=10 rft.spage=102 rft.date=2006 Book Item using Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL): http://find.galegroup.com/openurl/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&req_dat=info%3Asid%2Fgale%3Augnid%3Agale&res_id=info%3Asid%2Fgale%3AGVRL&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%3Aenc%3AUTF-8&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.title=american+men+and+women+of+science&rft.atitle=adelman,+steven+j&rft.volume=1&rft.spage=39&rft.date=2005&rft.edition=22 url_ver=Z39.88-2004 url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx req_dat=info:sid/gale:ugnid:gale res_id=info:sid/gale:GVRL ctx_enc=info:ofi:enc:UTF-8 rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book rft.title=american men and women of science rft.atitle=adelman, steven j rft.volume=1 rft.spage=39 rft.date=2005 rft.edition=22 Databases Supported: AIM Academic ASAP AONE Academic OneFile BBCN 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection BCPM Business and Company ASAP BCRC Business and Company Resource Center BIIM Business ASAP International BIM Business Index ASAP BioRC Biography Resource Center (All versions)  BLM1 British Literary Manuscript Online BNCN 19th Century British Library Newspapers BNWS British Newspapers 1600-1900 CDB Computer Database CPI CPI.Q (Canadian Periodicals) DC Discovering Collection EAIM Expanded Academic ASAP EBAP European Business ASAP Plus PROF Educator's Reference Complete GBFM General Business File ASAP GDL Gale Directory Library GIC Global Issues and Context GRNR Greenr GRGM, GRCM, GRS General Reference Center (All Versions) GVRL Gale Virtual Reference Library HistRC History Resource Center: U.S. History History Resource Center: Modern World HRCA Health & Reference Center Academic HWRC Health & Wellness Resource Center IFME Informe IPS PowerSearch - Cross Product Search ITOF General Onefile JRC Junior Reference Collection LITF Litfinder LITFS Litfinder for Schools LT LegalTrac LitRC Literature Resource Center LITRG Gale Literary Resources MLA Modern Language Association NCUK 19th Century UK Periodicals NNI National Newspaper Index NRC Nursing Resource Center OVRC Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center PPAG Agriculture Collection PPBE Business Economics and Theory PPCA Culinary Arts Collection PPCJ Criminal Justice Collection PPCM Communications and Mass Media Collection PPES Environmental Studies and PolicyCollection PPFA Fine Arts and Music Collection PPGL Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection PPHI Home Improvement Collection PPNU Nursing and Allied Health Collection PPPC Psychology Collection PPPM Popular Magazines PPTH Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection SBRC Small Business Resource Center SciRC Science Resource Center SHAX Shakespeare Collection SciRC Science Resource Center SRC Student Resource Center SRCA Student Resource Center-Canadian Edition SRCHLTH Student Resource Center-Health SRC-1 Student Resource Center-Gold SRC-2 Student Resource Center-Silver SRC-3 Student Resource Center-Bronze SRC-4 Student Resource Center-Junior SRCCE-1 Student Resource Center - College Edition SRCCE-2 Student Resource Center- College Edition Expanded STND Infotrac Newsstand STOJ Junior Edition SPOL State Papers Online SPXX Custom Newspapers/Journals "Please Call 800-877-4253 option 4 for Product Code" STOM Student Edition

 

 

 

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OpenURL 0.1 Specification:

Galenet Databases:

Base URL:

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/IOURL?

 

Databases Supported

BCRC	Business and Company Resource Center
HWRC	Health & Wellness Resource Center
LitRC	Literature Resource Center
BioRC	Biography Resource Center
SRC	Student Resource Center
OVRC	Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
SRCCE-1	Student Resource Center - College Edition
HistRC	History Resource Center: U.S.
History	History Resource Center: Modern World
SciRC	Science Resource Center

 

Valid Metadata:

The required parameters are "prod" and at least one of the following:

locID	Customers Location ID
aufirst	Author's First Name
aulast	Author's Last Name
issn	issn
title	Publication Title
atitle	Article Title
volume	Volume
issue	issue
spage	Start Page
date	The "date" parameter supports the following formats: MM/YYYY, MM/DD/YYYY, YYYY, YYYY-MM, YYYY-MM-DD

Examples of a valid URL: 

 

1. Uses the four classic OpenURL indexes

( ISSN, Vol, Issue, Start Page, Product, Location Id):

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/IOURL?locID=gale∏=LitRC&issn=1061-0057&volume=16&issue=2&spage=1

2. Uses (Product, Article Title, Location Id):

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/IOURL?locID=gale∏=SRC&atitle=american salesman

The areas highlighted in brown are configurable.

Hints and Tips:

1.      The product name and "IOURL" is only partI of the URL that should be represented by upper case characters. Some product names use both upper and lower case. Ex. LitRC, SciRC

 

Infotrac Databases:

Base URL:

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/1/1/1/purl=

Databases Supported

BCPM	Business and Company Profiles ASAP
BIIM	Business Index International Megafile
BIM	Business Index Megafile
BRI	Book Review Index
BRIP	Book Review Index Plus
EBAP	European Business ASAP
GBFM	General Business File ASAP
IFME	Informé
MLA	Modern Language Association on Info Trac
STO	Info Trac Student Edition
STOJ	Info Trac Junior Edition

Valid Metadata:

sw_aep	Customers Location ID *stored cookie takes precedence over Location ID specified in URL
au	Author Name
da	Date - Enter a year (1995), a month and a year (feb 1996), or a month, day and year (apr 21 1996, 4/21/1996, etc.)
jn	Journal Name
iu	Issue
ti	Article Title
sn	ISSN
sp	Start Page
vol	Volume
rn	Record Number

Examples of a Valid URL:

 

1. Use the four classic OpenURL indexes ( ISSN, Volume, Issue, Start Page):Database = ITOF, ISSN( sn) = 0006-2073 , Volume(vo) = 1, Issue(iu) = 5, StartPage(sp) =138, Location_id(sw_aep) = mainbranch

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/1/1/1/purl=rc3_ITOF_0_ke_sn+0006-2073+and+iu+11+and+sp+86+and+vo+43+

_and_ke__and_ke_&dyn=sig!3?sw_aep=mainbranch

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/1/1/1/purl=rc3_ ITOF_0_ke_sn+0006-2073+and+iu+11+and+sp+86+and+vo+43 +

_and_ke__and_ke_&dyn=sig!3?sw_aep=mainbranch

2. Using only ISSN and the first five words of the Article title:

Database = EAIM, ISSN(sn) = 0306-0025, Title(ti) = If boys will be boys, Location_id(sw_aep) = mainbranch

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/1/1/1/purl=rc3_EAIM_0_ke_sn+0360-0025+and+ti+If%20boys%20will%20be%20boys+

_and_ke__and_ke_&dyn=sig!4?sw_aep=mainbranch

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/1/1/1/purl=rc3_EAIM_0_ke_sn+0360-0025+and+ti+If%20boys%20will%20be%20boys+

_and_ke__and_ke_&dyn=sig!3?sw_aep=mainbranch

The areas highlighted in brown are configurable.

Hints and Tips:

1. The product name is only part of the URL that should be represented by upper case characters. Example: EAIM, ITOF

2. Use "sn" for all references to the titles ISSN.

3. Use "rc3" for the search type in the URL recipe.

4. Generally only one plus sign(+) should separate a value or operator. Eliminate all spaces in the URL.