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    Enable Citation Linker on the Primo Main Menu

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    1. Desired Outcome Goal
    2. Procedure:
    3. Additional Information
    • Product: Primo
    • Product Version: 4.4.1 and later

    Desired Outcome Goal


    To enable Citation Linker on the Primo Main Menu.

    Procedure:


    1. Primo > Ongoing Configuration Wizards > View Wizards

    2. Edit the View of interest > proceed to the Tiles screen > Home Page > Main Menu tile

    3. Edit the Main Menu Tile

    4. Create new entry with the following values:
    Code=citationlinker
    URL= [see #5 below]


    5. If the source data is Alma:

    For Classic UI:

    /action/citationLinker.do?openInSeperateWindow=Y&isCitationLinker=Y
    For new UI:

    /citationlinker?

     For the Classic UI:
    To use the CSS defined for the Services Page view, append the following parameter to the URL:

    &spvid=<view_id>
    To use the CSS defined for the Services Page defined in Alma, append the following parameter to the URL:

    &spvid={services_view_code}

     

    6. After initial save, change the label 'citationlinker' to 'Citation Linker' (or another label)

    7. Continue through the View Wizard and DEPLOY

     

    * Applies to Primo 4.4.1 and later.
    * Citation Linker retrieves SFX or Uresolver information.
      For best results, search portions of the citation such as ISSN, ISBN or date along with a title.
    * Citation Linker Tabs can be relabeled via Primo Code Table for CitationLinkerLabels.

    Additional Information

    Back Office Guide > Additional Primo Features > Citation Linker Lightbox > Configuring the Citation Linker


    • Article last edited: 08-Dec-2019
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