Linking the VTLS Virtua catalog
2009 November 24
So I’ve been trying to figure out how to link to a specific ISBN or ISBN in VTLS Virtua web catalog. Also how to embed a keyword search in an external site in the simplest fashion possible. I can hack this for most catalogs I’ve encountered by I can’t figure it out for VTLS. Does anyone have an idea how to do either of these things?
If so can you either post a comment or contact me?
Hey Karen,
In the past, I have found OCLC to be a good source of tips and patterns for this purpose. See http://xisbn.worldcat.org/liblook2/guess.htm#supported . I note one example pattern for VTLS Virtua in the list.
Cheers, –Sebastian
That’s a successful external link. Internal links (which I’ve done) are a whole ‘nother kettle of fish.
The pattern seems to be
http://Library URL]/cgi-bin/gw/chameleon/?u1=7&elementcount=3&search=KEYWORD&function=INITREQ&t1=[ISBN]
Successful link:
http://library.cna-qatar.edu.qa/cgi-bin/gw/chameleon/?u1=7&elementcount=3&search=KEYWORD&function=INITREQ&t1=0226816265