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Link Editor—General Information

With a Search by Word page, Search for Publication page, or an article displayed, click Modify Link to access the Link Editor. The following sections describe Link Editor fields that are always present.

After making any of the modifications described in the following sections, always type the ProQuest Direct account password for your current session in the Password field and click Update in this box on the Link Editor page.

Then, click Test Link on the yellow bar.

Account Information

Account Name

The account name is a unique alphanumeric string. When you insert a ProQuest Direct link into your page, embedded in that link will be an account name, which along with the embedded password eliminates the need for your users to login to ProQuest Direct. They will see only those ProQuest Direct pages that you want them to see. If the account name is the same as the one that you want users to access ProQuest Direct with, leave it. If not, type the different account name.

Account Password

This password must match the password for your ProQuest Direct Account Name. If the passwords do not match, the link will not work.

Access Control

Expiration Date

The date displayed in this field reflects the last day that this link will work. If you want to provide access for a shorter time, specify an earlier date to shorten the lifespan of the link. The date you specify must fall on or before 07-01-2003.

Restrict use to these IP Addresses

Every workstation on a network has a unique, identifying IP (internet protocol) address. If you want to make the current link available from specific workstations only, type their IP addresses in the text scroll box.

Tip1:
Enter IP prefixes to specify all of the workstations in a group or department. For example, specify 165.215 rather than the full four-part IP address of each workstation. Doing this will not only save you administrative time, it will also keep the link shorter since it stores any IP address restrictions.
Tip2:
If you specify several department IP addresses or a list of workstation-specific IP addresses, copy the list to the clipboard and paste it into this field for other links you want to similarly restrict. Paste the list into a text editor to save it for future convenient clipboard access.

Link password

If you want to password-protect the link, type the password here. The link password is not the same as the account password.

	The password can be all letters (alpha), all numbers (numeric), or a combination (alphanumeric).
	The password can be one to sixteen characters long.
	The password is not case-sensitive. SKY is the same password as sky.