[Eril-l] PubMed setup for off-campus use?

Fri Mar 27 15:35:04 PDT 2020

PubMed is vexing because there are only two ways users can access their
library's full text resources from the database.  The first is by following
the specific PubMed link with the O-Tool embedded in the syntax.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of PubMed users just go the basic PubMed
site.

This leaves most PubMed users able to connect to their library's full text
resources provided they 1) set up an NCBI account and 2) follow the menu
tree Account Settings/NCBI Account Settings/Outside Tool.  As a library
technology vendor, it baffles as to why NLM makes this process so obscure
and complicated - most users do not dig into menu trees and those that did,
few would likely know to what "Outside Tool" refers.  If the process of
affiliating with one's library was made easier, my view is that many more
people would be connecting with their library's resources.

Some obvious fixes would be to make affiliating with a library an obvious
and initial part of the NCBI account set up process and to insert an
persistent button in the PubMed interface (reading something like "Click
here for better full text access") that brings the user to the list of
libraries using the Outside Tool.  These changes would be trivial to make
given they have to do with the interface, not the database architecture.

If anyone knows anyone at NLM or PubMed Labs, I encourage you to make the
case to them for these changes.  Doing so would literally connect millions
of users with more library content.

Kendall Bartsch
CEO & Co-founder
Third Iron
kendall at thirdiron.com

On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 2:22 PM Diane Westerfield <
dwesterfield at coloradocollege.edu> wrote:

> A little update, we had issues with OCLC EZProxy profiles (as everybody
> was trying to update them at once). The problem was resolved and we are
> getting correct linking from EZProxied new PubMed through EBSCO’s link
> resolver. So our link looks like:
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> https://coloradocollege.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=coloralib
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> We have at least one professor who is going to be directing students to
> use PubMed, so this is very helpful.
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> Thanks,
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> Diane Westerfield, Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian
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> Colorado College, Tutt Library
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> diane.westerfield at coloradocollege.edu
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> (719) 389-6661
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> *From:* Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> *On Behalf Of *Diane
> Westerfield
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 26, 2020 9:49 AM
> *To:* 'eril-l at lists.eril-l.org' <eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Eril-l] PubMed setup for off-campus use?
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> Thanks to folks who replied off list. I was missing the link, which I
> would have seen if I read the FAQ. The link is now appearing, though when
> you click on it you get an EBSCO login form. So it’s off to EBSCO I go.
> This link plus your institution’s abbreviated name in your NCBI account.
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> https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=coloralib
> <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2F%3Fotool%3Dcoloralib&data=02%7C01%7Cdwesterfield%40coloradocollege.edu%7C786ae944f2534589c97e08d7d19d3729%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C1%7C0%7C637208345476396277&sdata=nVNPd4b8EX5AprmOY6O8mTwRs5kkq5Co1NLSLK8jF40%3D&reserved=0>
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> Diane Westerfield, Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian
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> Colorado College, Tutt Library
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> diane.westerfield at coloradocollege.edu
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> (719) 389-6661
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> *From:* Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> *On Behalf Of *Diane
> Westerfield
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 26, 2020 9:17 AM
> *To:* 'eril-l at lists.eril-l.org' <eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
> *Subject:* [Eril-l] PubMed setup for off-campus use?
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> Hi all,
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> Here is another residential college-to-distance learning problem. Do you
> have PubMed set up for off-campus use with EZProxy? We are trying to get
> our link resolver (EBSCO’s Full Text Finder) set up so students can get to
> our subscription resources.
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> ·         I assume PubMed would need to be EZProxied(?)
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> ·         Anybody have insight on the link resolver side? I have been
> unable to get our links to show up on PubMed in the past despite NCBI
> saying it should be working, and filling out a form on the EBSCO side.
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> ·         Added wrinkle: two versions of PubMed, old and new
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> Our students can log into virtual machines that present a campus IP
> address. But when school gets into full swing, the VMs may not be able to
> handle the load.
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> Thanks,
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> Diane Westerfield, Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian
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> Colorado College, Tutt Library
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> diane.westerfield at coloradocollege.edu
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> (719) 389-6661
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