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Linking Journal Articles to a Link Resolver

MD Consult institutional accounts with Link Resolvers have the option to add journal search results links or journal article links to the link resolver used by their institution. These links send the article information to the link resolver. The link resolver then determines whether the article is included in the institutions holdings.

The institution can choose to use a text or an image for the link. A link is displayed on the search results page and/or the journal abstract page.

Example of text link in search results

Example of Open URL text link in search results

Example of text link with journal abstract

Example of Open URL text link in journal abstract

Example of graphic link in search results

Example of Open URL graphic link in search results

Example of graphic link with journal abstract

Example of Open URL graphic link in journal abstract

How to get the journal article linking to your link resolver set up

Contact IES Technical Support at IESTechSupport@elsevier.com.

To complete the set up for your account, they will need the following information.

  • URL for the link
  • Text or graphic you want used for the linking:
    • Graphic should be in GIF format
    • Graphic maximum dimensions:
      • For search results link- 80px wide X 25px high
      • For article abstract page link- 250px wide X 250px high
  • OpenURL version used by your link resolver (1.0, 0.9, or 0.1)