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

WorldCat

• integration of WorldCat look-up into the researcher portfolio
• possibility for the user to search for additional works of the same author (e.g. beyond a particular organization or period of time)
• 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"
  • user gets a range of results to choose the appropriate person
  • in a second step there is also the possibility to refine the search results (formats, years, content, languages, and topics)

1st option of implementation:

• 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

2nd option of implementation:

• a further alternative for implementation could be to integrate just the icon of WorldCat with the heading "Search this author in WorldCat" into the researcher portfolio page (without any search box) -> by using the WorldCat button a query for articles of the same author should start

Google Scholar

• integration of Google Scholar look-up into the researcher portfolio
• possibility for the user to search for additional works of the same author (e.g. beyond a particular organization or period of time)
  • WorldCat 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")
  • by query the user gets a list of links to further articles of the searched person

1st option of implementation:

• 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

2nd option of implementation:

• a further alternative for implementation could be to integrate just the icon of Google Scholar with the heading "Search this author in Google Scholar" into the researcher portfolio page (without any search box) -> by using the Google Scholar button a query for articles of the same author should start

Future Improvements/Developments

• integration of vLib and SFX
• "dynamic" offer of Look-Up in respective source, depending on available personIDs stored in Cone (e.g. from KAKEN, ResearcherID etc.)
• note from 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

• look-up article in ISI Web of Knowledge (subscription required)
• article-centered option to get more information about interesting records

benefits for the user:

• example: PubMan Item escidoc:102625 -> "Stellar Remnants in Galactic Nuclei: Mass Segregation" (PubMan QA Server)
• search for same article in ISI Web of Knowledge

• possibility for the user (beyond PubMan's possibilities)
  • to use SFX service
  • to get information about "times cited" (number and list of citing articles)
  • to get information about "references" (number and list of cited references)
  • to get information about journal's impact factor
  • to get information about journal's table of contents
  • to export the record to RefMan or/and ProCite
  • to create a citation alert
  • to view related records
  • to create a citation map:

workflow:

• on pubman item list the user chooses one item for detailed view
• on pubman view item page, the user finds the possibility to get further information about the displayed article on ISI Web of Knowledge
• if the user decides to access these further information, an automatic search within the title field of the "All databases" section in ISI Web of Knowledge should start (title of the article in pubman should be transfered to ISI query automatically)
• if there is a match the requested record should be displayed in a new window; otherwise the message "No matches were found in ISI Web of Knowledge" should show up

disadvantage:

• only for users with an active subscription to ISI WoK

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, Connotea and Citeulike

• two possibilities:

1. one "Bookmark" icon -> via mouseover the bookmark options will be displayed
2. single icons for each bookmarking tool

• on the pubman item list the user chooses one item for detailed view
• at the bottom of the pubman item view page the user finds the possibility to bookmark the choosen article
• referring to possibility 1 the user just finds a "Bookmark" icon at the end of the page
  • via mouseover the three bookmarking tools mentioned in the heading will be displayed -> in the next step the user chooses between Delicious, Connotea and Citeulike for bookmarking the item
  • afterwards the user is forwarded to his/her user page (with a prior login) within the respective bookmark option
  • subsequently the user notices that the item has been saved to his/her personal Delicious/Connotea/Citeulike page
• referring to possibility 2 the user finds three options for bookmarking the displayed article at the end of the item view page -> Delicious, Connotea or Citeulike
  • the further workflow equals the one described above

• which of the two possibilities should be chosen:
  • choose possibility 1, if it is planned to implement other bookmark services within the next months
  • choose possibility 2, if just these three bookmark options will be provided by pubman

• how to implement:
  • Delicious implementation
  • Connotea implementation

Publication Management

Hypertext Markup Language

Identifier

Institute for Scientific Information

OpenURL Link Resolver

Web of Knowledge