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    1. Mandatory Requirements for all E-Resources
    2. Recommendations and Requirements for Specific Collections
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    This section contains the mandatory requirements and recommendations needed to display Central Discovery Index (CDI) e-resources in Primo. For a list of Display PNX field returned for CDI records, see CDI List of Display/PNX Fields.

    Mandatory Requirements for all E-Resources

    The following fields must be enabled in the Full Results tile on the Edit Full Details Attributes page in the Primo Back Office:

    • *Source – This field displays the required data provider name and logo.

    • Additional Link – This field is available in CDI for some providers and contains a link to the Information provider’s copyright statement.

    • Backlink - This field links to the record at the information provider’s native website. This link is available in CDI for some providers and is included in the Full Display links section regardless of customer full-text activations.

    • Identifier – This field contains all global identifiers (such as ISSN, DOI, and ISBN).

    Recommendations and Requirements for Specific Collections

    The following table contains recommendations and requirements needed to display specific CDI e-resources in Primo.
    CDI E-Resource Requirements and Recommendations
    E-Resource Requirements Recommendations
    All e-resources
     
    To refine results based on the CDI collection, it is recommended that you add the collection facet in the Brief Display > Refine My Results (Facets) tile on the Edit Full Details Attributes page.
    All e-resources
     
    To enhance the metadata and options for each record, it is recommended that you add the following fields to the Full Results tile on the Edit Full Details Attributes page:
    • Description
    • Subject
    • Relation
    • Publisher
    • Language
    • Link to Resource
    Book e-resources
     

    To display the thumbnails, it is recommended that you add the templates from the service of your choice to the Primo Back Office. For more information, see Thumbnails.

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