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Each database in Vera has an "info" link for linking to the full description on our A-Z lists.

Here's how to add an info link to a web page (or a LibGuide):

1. Go to this page:
https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/LIBVERAMETALIB/Info+URLs+for+Vera+databases;

2. Search on the page for the name of your database, such as "compendex."
(in most browsers, this is called "find in page")

3. Highlight & copy everything after the database name (including the space and hyphen), for example:
- <a target="_blank" href="http://libraries.mit.edu/info/compendex" ><font color="#ff9600" size="-2"><u>info</u></font></a>

4. On the web page or LibGuide (in HTML code view), paste that after the name of your database. It will create a small, orange link that goes to the correct "info" URL.

So it should look like this: Compendex - info (but the link will be orange).

Here's a screen shot of a list of databases with info links:
Libraries LibGuides Task Force > Database info links - how to create > info-links.png

5. FYI: Every database in Vera has an "info" link. Most databases use the same name as the "get URL." For example:
http://libraries.mit.edu/get/compendex
http://libraries.mit.edu/info/compendex

Since some databases are not on the web (CD-ROMs or local software), for those the info URLs are constructed using a behind-the-scenes Vera ID number, since that can happen automatically by the script that creates them. Here's an example:
Beilstein Crossfire: http://libraries.mit.edu/info/vera997

6. TECHNICAL DETAILS (optional reading for those who care):
Info links are created automatically by a script that updates every day, Monday-Friday. The script takes the current day's list of databases in the Filemaker Pro Vera, and creates the file that makes the info links function, as well as this list for the wiki page. Every M-F in the evening, Marion updates the wiki page and uploads the control file to our webserver. If Marion is out, Nicole does the update.

So if there is a new database entered in Vera, it won't have an info link until later in the evening after Marion updates the 2 files.

If you find any problems with an info link, send it to webmaster@libraries.mit.edu and Nicole will work with Rich to see if there is a problem in the script.