Getting Started with LinkOut
Abstract
LinkOut is a feature of PubMed that is designed to provide users with links from PubMed and other Entrez databases to a wide variety of relevant web-accessible online resources, including full-text publications, biological databases, consumer health information, research tools, and more. The goal is to facilitate access to relevant online resources beyond the Entrez system to extend, clarify, or supplement information found in the Entrez databases.
This hands-on class provides step-by-step direction on how to activate LinkOut for your library's print and electronic journal collections, so that your users are able to see your holdings and access full-text through the PubMed interface. Topics covered are registration for LinkOut, entering holdings, displaying your library's icon for "branding" purposes, and access to free full-text through LinkOut.
Objectives
- Participants will learn what LinkOut is and how it works with electronic and print collections.
- Participants will see how to register for a LinkOut account, set up library identity information, enter print and electronic holdings information, and how to activate an icon in PubMed.
- Participants will discover the ease with which a library may bring free web-based titles into their own collections through LinkOut.
Course Materials
- Getting Started with
LinkOut Workbook
- Getting Started with
LinkOut Course Packet
- Getting Started
with LinkOut Instructors Guide to Workbook
- PowerPoint
presentation
- Pre-/Post-Test for Use
with Class
- Agenda for
two-hour class
- Agenda for
four-hour class
- Getting Started
with LinkOut Online Outline
Continuing Education
This class has been approved by the Medical Library Association for either 2 or 4 contact hours of CE credit. The online class is approved for 3 MLA CE contact hours. It is listed by MLA as course number 3135.
NN/LM Instructors
Charniel McDaniels, Network Coordinator, mcdaniel@uic.edu, 312-996-2464
Miguel Figueroa, Network Coordinator, miguel.figueroa@med.nyu.edu, 212-263-4118
Mark Goldstein, Network Coordinator, Mark.Goldstein@umassmed.edu, 508-856-5964
Patricia Devine, Administrative/Network Coordinator, devine@u.washington.edu, 206-543-8275
Julie Kwan, Library Network Coordinator, jkkwan@library.ucla.edu, 310-825-5342
J. Dale Prince, Technology Coordinator, dprince@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-2855
Toni Yancey, Outreach Exhibits Coordinator, tyancey@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-2855
NCBI Instructors
Kathy Kwan, NCBI/National Library of Medicine. Contact: lib-linkout@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
Lidia Hutcherson, NCBI/National Library of Medicine. Contact: lib-linkout@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
Applications for CE Credit from MLA
- Original application
for this class, prepared by Dale Prince
- 2004 Renewal
application prepared by Susan Barnes
- 2005 Renewal
application prepared by Susan Barnes
- 2006 Renewal
application prepared by Julie Kwan
- 2007 Renewal
application prepared by Lidia Hutcherson
