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Once you have configured your account to use a local OPAC, when you click on a bibliographic link, you will either be taken directly to the OPAC of your choice (if you haven't choosen any publicly accessible OPACS) or to a list of OPACs for that classification number.
CONFIGURATION
When making links to the local OPAC, this system creates a URL by taking
the user defined "URL prefix" and appending the classification number and
any user defined "URL suffix" that has been specified. In order to
configure ClassWeb Plus to link to your OPAC, you should open a separate window
in your web browser and run a classification number browse on your OPAC.
Use a simple classification number (like HF1001) so it will be easier to
pick apart the URL that is displayed in your web browser's location or
address bar.
Following the General Configuration information are sections describing how to configure the links for common integrated library systems.
General Configuration
At a minimum, the "Local OPAC name" and "Local URL prefix" must be
input to use this feature. The URL suffix is optional (it depends
on the OPAC).
OPAC name
This is the name which will be displayed by ClassWeb Plus when referring to
this OPAC.
URL prefix
This is the beginning portion of the URL that is required to run a
classification number search on the local OPAC. It must include "http://"
at the very beginning of the string. ClassWeb Plus will be appending the
classification number to search for after the "Local URL prefix".
URL suffix
This is an optional URL ending that is appended after the classification
number to search for in the local OPAC.
INNOPAC Configuration
If your library OPAC is the Inovative Interface's INNOPAC system, all
you need to determine is the domain name of the computer that runs your
OPAC. For example, a classification number browse for HF1001 at Bowling
Green University will produce a URL like this:
http://maurice.bgsu.edu/search/c?SEARCH=HF1001
The URL prefix in this case is:
http://maurice.bgsu.edu/search/c?SEARCH=
All you have to do is replace "maurice.bgsu.edu" with the domain name of the computer that runs your OPAC. There is no "URL suffix" when configuring an INNOPAC system in ClassWeb Plus.
Voyager Configuration
If your library OPAC is a Voyager system, all you need to determine
is the domain name of the computer that runs your OPAC. For example,
a classification number browse for HF1001 at Cornell University will produce
a URL like this:
http://library10.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SC=CallNumber&CNT=25+records+per+page&SA=HF1001&HIST=1
The URL prefix in this case is:
http://library10.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SC=CallNumber&CNT=25+records+per+page&SA=
All you have to do is replace "library10.library.cornell.edu" with the domain name of the computer that runs your OPAC.
The URL suffix is:
&HIST=1
Geac Configuration
If your library OPAC is a Geac GeoWeb 4 or GeoWeb 5 system, it is also
possible to create a link between ClassWeb Plus and your OPAC. To do this you must
first contact your Geac sales representative to obtain the required GeoWeb software
changes that will be called with the link search string and build the URL such
as the one below.
Sample URL Prefix:
http://208.144.226.215:8030/LOGIN:sessionid=0:entitylanginit=FALSE:entitylang=eng:next=NEXTCMD%22/QUERY:&context;:dbname=Geac%7fnextbrowse=html/wordlist_response_link.html%7fbad=html/bad_search.html%7findexsrch=lc=%7ftermsrch=
You must replace "208.144.226.215:8030" with the domain name of the computer that runs your OPAC.
Sample URL Suffix:
%7fentitytempjds=TRUE%7fbrowseflag=true%7fpos=5%7f&ScreenCount++%22
Other Systems
If you use a different OPAC from the ones listed above, the basic strategy
is to run a classification number browse for a simple number like HF1001
and look at the URL that is produced. Everything before the classification
number in the URL is the "URL prefix". Anything after the
classification number is the "URL suffix".