Showing posts with label Proquest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Proquest. Show all posts

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Proquest link problems

There is a problem with link encoding in our current Proquest interface. If the user selects "Download in a format compatible with...." the string &amp is included and the links will lead to a sign in to Proquest page.

Users should select the other options," export directly to...."
Alternatively users will need to do a find/replace to eliminate the amp in the link string.

Example:
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=2583327501&Fmt=7&clientId=12303&RQT=309&VName=PQD

Should be
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=2583327501&Fmt=3&clientId=12303&RQT=309&VName=PQD

You can also direct users to the new Proquest interface, which we will be moving to shortly
http://search.proquest.com?accountid=9838