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Link Editor—Search for Publication

The fields described below appear in the Search Information section of the Link Editor when you modify a Search for Publication link.

After making any of the modifications described in the following sections, or in any of the General Information fields, 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.

Search for

For a ProQuest Direct page that displays a list of publications, this field displays the search word or term. To edit the search, simply overtype the value in this field.

Valid input for this field is not the same as that for a Search by Word page. For example, do not use search operators. To find Library Journal, do not type Library AND Journal. Type Library, or Journal, or you can type lib? to find all publications containing words starting with lib.

Publication ID

For a ProQuest Direct page that displays a list of available issues, this field displays UMI's Publication ID for the selected publication.

Issue ID

For a ProQuest Direct page that displays the articles available in a publication issue, this field displays UMI's Issue ID for the selected issue.

Maximum Results

The maximum number of publications, issues, or articles to display in a list to the user.

	For a ProQuest Direct page that displays a list of publications, specify a value in the following range: 1-40.
	For a ProQuest Direct page that displays the issues available for a selected publication, specify a value in the following range: 1-370.
	For a ProQuest Direct page that displays the articles available in a selected issue, specify a value in the following range: 5-40.