PubMan Look-Up Services

work in progress

These specifications describe the integration of various look-up and web 2.0 services into PubMan.

Author-centered Look-Up Options

The integration of WorldCat and Google Scholar look-up into the researcher portfolio provides the possibility for the user to search for additional works of the same author (e.g. beyond a particular organization or period of time).

WorldCat

Flow of Events

• on PubMan researcher portfolio the user has the possibility to start a look-up for further articles of the same author in WorldCat
• by starting that query the user is transferred to WorldCat website

Options
Basic Option

• the WorldCat icon with a heading "Search this author in WorldCat" is integrated into the researcher portfolio page
• by using the WorldCat button a query for articles of the same author should start

Alternative Option

• WorldCat offers the possibility to add a search box into other websites:
• the HTML code for the search box is available on WorldCat after a prior registration; it includes ones WorldCat Affiliate ID
• it's possible to adjust the embedded styles to have the box's appearance conform to one's site
• here are the three available versions of the search plug-in with their HTML codes:

Version	Code	Example
Narrow Search Box (150 pixels wide)	html code for Narrow Search Box
Wide Search Box (250 pixels wide)	html code for Wide Search Box
Tab Search Box (500 pixels wide)	html code for Tab Search Box

• for our use the text of the search box should be adjusted into: "Search this author in WorldCat"
• via the offered search boxes an automatic WorldCat query within the fields title, subject and author starts -> for our use a search within the author field would be sufficient
• if possible the name of the author should be transfered automatically to the WorldCat search box on the researcher portfolio page in PubMan -> only one click is required to start up the search for further works of the same author

Supported Queries on Worldcat

• example search within all fields for works of "Kurt Mehlhorn", example using various name variants
  • WorldCat search possibilities within the author field:
    • via truncation (e.g. "mehl*")
    • only the surname (e.g. "mehlhorn")
    • surname plus abbreviated given name (e.g. "mehlhorn, k." or "k. mehlhorn")
    • surname plus complete given name (e.g. "kurt mehlhorn" or "mehlhorn, kurt")
    • via boolean logic (e.g. "mehlhorn" OR "kurt mehlhorn" OR "k.mehlhorn")
      • PubMan-style is: "surname, given name"

Google Scholar

Flow of Events

• on PubMan researcher portfolio the user has the possibility to start a look-up for further articles of the same author in Google Scholar
• by starting that query the user is transferred to Google Scholar website

Options
Basic Option

• the WorldCat icon with a heading "Search this author in WorldCat" is integrated into the researcher portfolio page
• by using the WorldCat button a query for articles of the same author should start

Alternative Option

• Google Scholar offers the possibility to add a search box into other websites
• here are the two available versions of the search plug-in with their HTML codes:

Version	Code	Example
Narrow Search Box	code for Narrow Search Box
Wide Search Box	code for Wide Search Box

• above the search box there should be the heading "Search this author in Google Scholar"
• via the offered search box an automatic Google Scholar query starts
• if possible the name of the author should be transfered automatically to the Google Scholar search box on the researcher portfolio page in PubMan

Supported Queries on Google Scholar

• Google Scholar search possibilities within the author field:
  • only the surname (e.g. "mehlhorn")
  • surname plus abbreviated given name (e.g. "mehlhorn, k." or "k. mehlhorn")
  • surname plus complete given name (e.g. "kurt mehlhorn" or "mehlhorn, kurt")

Future Improvements/Developments

• "dynamic" offer of Look-Up in respective source, depending on available types of personIDs stored in Cone (e.g. from KAKEN, ResearcherID etc.)
• integration of vLib and SFX
• note by Robert: "if cone (including the researcher portfolio) is intended to be available as software package that others may install, the additional search services integrated in the portfolio would have to be configurable, i guess. so some sort of widget/gadget mechanism/interface would be required"

Article-centered Look-Up Options

ISI Web of Knowledge

By looking-up an article in ISI Web of Knowledge the user has the possibility to get more information based on the current ISI portfolio, such as getting information about "times cited" (number and list of citing articles), "references" (number and list of cited references), journal's impact factor, journal's table of contents. Furthermore ISI provides the possibility to export the record to RefMan or/and ProCite, to create a citation alert, to view related records or/and to create a citation map:

Flow of Events

• on pubman item list the user chooses one item for detailed view
• if the article has originally been loaded from ISI Web of Knowledge, the metadata record includes an ISI identifier
• restricted to items with that respective ID an ISI look-up icon with the heading "Show this item in ISI" is offered on the PubMan item view page
• this look-up possibility serves as a direct link to the displayed item on ISI Web of Knowledge

Constraints

• omnly for items with ISI ID
• OPEN: The usage of ISI products is restricted to users with subscription
  • Option (a): information on look-up icon: "This service can only be used within the MPS network!"
  • Option (b): Provide icon only if accessing IP adress belongs to MPS adresses (might not be feasible)

Future Improvements/Developments

• allow searches in various databases even without having the respective ISI ID
• integrating a look-up in an OpenURL resolver registry (see discussion page)

Social Bookmarking

With a "Bookmark" link, we can provide PubMan users an easy way to save the PubMan item view directly to their personal bookmarking page.

Delicious,Citeulike and Connotea

Flow of Events

• on PubMan item list the user chooses one item for detailed view
• on PubMan item view page the user finds the possibility to bookmark the choosen article
• the user chooses the preferred bookmark service
• available services are:

1. Delicious
2. Citeulike
3. Connotea

• the user is trensferred to the respective bookmark page
• in case the user is not logged in to service/has no account yet a browser window for login/registration pops up

Proposals for GUI

1. one "Bookmark" icon -> via mouseover the bookmark options will be displayed (preferred, as more to come)
2. single icons for each bookmarking tool

Related Links

• Delicious implementation
• Connotea implementation
• Citeulike implementation

Future Improvements/Developments

• integration of the possibility to recommend a PubMan item (via email)

Further Reading

• it's worth to have e look at the discussion

Publication Management

Hypertext Markup Language

Identifier

Institute for Scientific Information

Max Planck Society

Internet Protocol

Open Uniform Resource Locator

Graphical User Interface