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Link
Editor—Article Retrieve
The fields described below appear in the Article
Information section of the Link Editor when you modify an Article Retrieve 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.
Document ID
Each article available from ProQuest Direct has a
unique, corresponding, numeric identifier called the Document ID (Did). When you run a
search, select an article, and then access the Link Editor, the Document ID for the
selected article displays in this field.
Format
| Value |
Abbreviation
in URL |
What it
means |
| Citation |
Cite |
Bibliographic information, such as author and
publication date. |
| Abstract |
Abs |
Citation plus a brief summary of the article. |
| Full
Text |
FT |
Citation, abstract, and the full text of the
article. |
| Text+Graphics |
TG |
Citation, abstract, full text, and originally
published graphics such as drawings, charts, and photographs. |
| Page
Image |
Page |
Scanned page images of the article as it was
originally published. |
| Ask
the user |
Ask |
A page displays allowing the user to select one
of the available formats listed above. |
| Preferred format |
Pref |
Display the article in the most useful format
available. (Page Image is ignored when discussing preferred format.) With Text+Graphics
the most preferred (useful), here is how the remaining four formats rank in descending
order:
Text+Graphics, Full Text, Abstract, and Citation. |
| (decide
later) |
|
The link will not contain any format
specification. You can manually edit the link later to append a value. Until or unless you
do, the option's status will default to Preferred format. |
(The Definitions page has more information about
ProQuest Direct article formats.)
Quality
This field is relevant only when you specify Page
Image format for the selected article.
| Low |
Lowest resolution; fast download and
display. (200 dpi) |
| Regular |
Better resolution; longer download
and display. (300 dpi) |
| High |
Same resolution as regular; provides
best results for printing halftone graphics such as
page images. |
| (decide later) |
The link will not contain any
quality specification. You can manually edit the link later to append a value. Until or
unless you do, the option's status reflects the default behavior to display
fast-downloading, low resolution page images. |
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