LinkOut for Libraries Training and Educational Resources
Return to LinkOut
Libraries that participate in LinkOut can link directly from PubMed citations to their library's online full-text subscriptions and local print holdings records or to their institution's OpenURL-based service (link resolver). To promote your library's participation in LinkOut see; LinkOut for Libraries Promotional Materials.
Quick Tours
The following are brief animated tutorials with audio for using LinkOut Tools. Running times are rounded to the nearest minute. Click on the link to launch the tour.
Managing Library Holdings in the Library Submission Utility
- Retrieving your password for the Library Submission Utility (1 min., April 2012)
- Library Submission Utility: Finding Journals (2 min., April 2012)
- Library Submission Utility: Entering Online Holdings Information (4 min., January 2013)
- Library Submission Utility: Print Holdings (4 min., April 2012)
- Library Submission Utility: Uploading Icons (1 min., August 2012)
- Library Submission Utility: Contact Info (1 min., August 2012)
- Library Submission Utility: Library Info, PrId and NameAbbr (1 min., August 2012)
Other features of the Library Submission Utility
- Library Submission Utility: Managing Outside Tool (3 min., April 2012)
- Library Submission Utility: Export Holdings (1 min., April 2012)
- Library Submission Utility: View Usage Statistics (2 min., June 2012)
LinkOut for Libraries features in My NCBI
- Links to Full Text from Your Library (Library LinkOut Filters) (3 min., April 2011)
- Selecting Your Outside Tool Preference (3 min., April 2011)
- My NCBI Shared Settings (2 min., revised March 2012)
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is LinkOut, Outside Tool and LinkOut Local?
- Why can't I see my icons in PubMed?
- How does LinkOut work?
- How do I use the Submission Utility?
- What statistics are available for my library?
- How do I design an icon for my library?
- How can I localize PubMed for my patrons?
- Additional FAQs
LinkOut Meetings
At the Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association (MLA) a LinkOut Theater Presentation is given at the NLM Booth or a LinkOut User Meeting is held. Meeting summaries and presentations are available below. All LinkOut Theater Presentations & User Meetings report on the current status of LinkOut; provide an update on the past year's developments and outline future plans.
- LinkOut and Submission Utility Update at MLA 2012 (8 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2012) (Adobe Flash™ required)
- LinkOut Review at MLA 2011 (14 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2011) (Adobe Flash™ required)
- LinkOut for Libraries at MLA 2010 (MS PowerPoint Slide Presentation from the LinkOut for Libraries Team at NLM)
- LinkOut at MLA 2010 (MS PowerPoint Slide Presentation from the LinkOut Development Team at NCBI)
- LinkOut for Libraries Tips and Tricks (7 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2009) (Adobe Flash™ required)
- LinkOut Meetings (2002-2008)
For additional information on LinkOut for Libraries, see the following resources:
- LinkOut for Libraries Help
- The NCBI LinkOut Information for Libraries resource
Additional resources of interest to libraries:
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