Configure OpenURL
Configure OpenURL request buttons in WorldCat Discovery
Set up your base OpenURL and enable Request Buttons to direct your patrons to WorldShare ILL when placing ILL requests.
Set up your base OpenURL
For more information about OpenURL Resolvers, see Manage Resolvers.
- Navigate to the OpenURL Resolvers > Manage Resolvers module of the OCLC Service Configuration.
- Click Create Resolver.
- In the Base URL field, enter your base WorldShare ILL OpenURL:
- https://yourregistryid.account.worldcat.org/account/route/wsill/openurl?
Note: Your URL must include https and the ? appearing at the end of the URL.
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If your library uses EZproxy, prepend the EZproxy information: https://yourezproxybaseurl/login?url=https://yourregistryid.account.worldcat.org/account/route/wsill/openurl?
- https://yourregistryid.account.worldcat.org/account/route/wsill/openurl?
- Enter a Resolver Name that indicates this is for your WorldShare ILL OpenURL.
- This text will only appear to authenticated patrons using WorldCat.org.
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Click Submit.
Enable Request Buttons
For more information, see Place Hold/Request Buttons.
For libraries using WorldCat Discovery, enable the Request Button.
- Navigate to the WorldCat Discovery and WorldCat Local > Place Hold/Request Buttons module of the OCLC Service Configuration.
- Locate the Resource Sharing (Any Level) section.
- Configure the fields below:
- Resource Sharing Button Label: enter the text to appear on the WorldShare ILL request button in WorldCat Discovery
- For best display, keep this label under 40 characters.
- Type of button configuration: select OpenURL 1.0
- Choose an OpenURL Resolver from the OpenURL Resolvers you have already registered with OCLC: select the WorldShare ILL OpenURL resolver previously configured.
- Resource Sharing Button Label: enter the text to appear on the WorldShare ILL request button in WorldCat Discovery
- Under the For items owned by WorldCat Libraries section, determine which item types should display the OpenURL request button in WorldCat Discovery.
- If you do not want patrons to be able to place an ILL request for a particular item type, select None.
- Click Save Changes at the bottom of the screen.
Tips on giving your base URL to other providers
If you need to update OpenURLs that display in your various databases or if you use other discovery interfaces, you will need to make those changes within those providers' platforms.
Contact your discovery layer or database support and supply them with the WorldShare ILL Base OpenURL:
- https://yourregistryid.account.worldcat.org/account/route/wsill/openurl?
If there is a Custom Links or OpenURL field in the discovery layer's administrative interfaces, you may need to enter your WorldShare ILL Base OpenURL here.
OpenURL parameter mapping
Genres are used to select the default service type.
Genre | Default Service type |
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article | Copy |
book | Loan |
bookitem | Copy |
conference | Loan |
dissertation | Loan |
document | Loan |
ebook | Loan |
issue | Copy |
journal | Copy |
preprint | Loan |
proceeding | Loan |
report | Loan |
thesis | Loan |
no genre | Loan |
OpenURL parameters
Workform field name | OpenURL 0.1 | OpenURL 1.0 (Z39.88-2004) |
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Article Title/Chapter Title | atitle | rft.atitle |
Author/Article Author |
aufirst auinit auinit1 auinitm aulast |
rft.aufirst rft.auinit rft.auinit1 rft.auinitm rft.aulast rft.ausuffix rft.au rft.aucorp |
Date | date | rft.date |
DOI | id=doi: | id=doi: |
Edition (text) | edition | rft.edition |
Format |
genre | rft.genre |
ISBN | isbn | rft.isbn |
ISSN | issn | rft.issn |
Issue | issue | rft.issue |
OCLC# | N/A |
rft.oclcnum rft_id=info.oclcnum/ |
Page Numbers |
pages spage epage |
rft.pages rft.spage rft.epage |
Place of Publication | N/A | rft.place |
PMID | id=pmid: | N/A |
Publisher | N/A | rft.pub |
Title/Journal Title |
stitle title |
rft.jtitle rft.btitle rft.stitle rft.title |
Where did you learn about this item?* | sid | rfr_id |
Volume | volume | rft.volume |
*The value of sid/rfr_id will not display to the user in the workform. This data is stored and will be visible to library staff in the request Verification field in WorldShare ILL. If the user enters a value in the Where did you learn about this item? field, this data will also be visible to staff in the Verification field.