Note: To improve readability the OpenURL elements on this page have been broken out into separate lines. When creating actual OpenURL's the data should not contain any linefeeds or carriage returns.
Version 1.0
Following are sample article-level and title-level links with example meta data highlighted:
Article-level Link
http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?
ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004
&res_id=xri:pqm
&rft_val_fmt=ori/fmt:kev:mtx:journal
&genre=article
&jtitle=Lancet
&issn=0140-6736
&atitle=Models of Malaria
&date=2003-03-08
&volume=361
&issue=9360
Title-level Link
http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl
?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004
&res_id=xri:pqm
&rft_val_fmt=ori:/fmt:kev:mtx:journal
&jtitle=Lancet
&issn=0140-6736 (dash is optional)
&genre=journal
The OpenURL Version 1.0 metadata elements supported by ProQuest are listed in the table below.
|
Element
|
Description
|
Data Format
|
Required
|
|
issn
|
ISSN (dash is optional)
|
numeric
|
Required(1)
|
|
jtitle
|
Journal title
|
Alphanumeric
|
Required(1)
|
|
atitle
|
Article title
|
Alphanumeric
|
Optional
|
|
date
|
Date of publication
|
Numeric
|
Optional(3)
|
|
volume
|
Volume that article is located in
|
Alphanumeric
|
Optional(2)
|
|
issue
|
Issue that article is located in
|
Alphanumeric
|
Optional (2)
|
Notes:
1. ISSN or jtitle must be provided.
2. For best results when linking to newspapers do not populate volume / issue information
3. For best results when linking to journals send only the year of publication. For best results linking to newspapers send the full publication date.