• How to Customize Scopus
• Set Up a Library Banner
• Turn on Document Delivery
• Links to Full Text
• Upload your Own Entitlements in Scopus
• Links to your OPAC or Other Databases
• Browse our Button Catalogue
• Create your own buttons

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How to Customize Scopus

In order to customize Scopus®, an Admin ID is required that will enable you to access the Admin Tool. This is a web service that empowers librarians to self-administer Scopus and ScienceDirect® accounts. With the Admin Tool, you will be able to:

• Create groups and departments within your existing IP range to monitor specific usage per department/group

• Create remote access accounts for your end users

• Customize Scopus and/or ScienceDirect article linking settings

• Customize Scopus and/or ScienceDirect by setting up your own library logos on Scopus and/or ScienceDirect (link to: set up a library banner)

If you already have an Admin ID for ScienceDirect, you can also use this as your Scopus Admin ID

To get an Admin ID:

1. To request an Admin ID, create a Personal Profile in Scopus by registering for a username.

2. Send an e-mail to your regional E-Helpdesk stating your username and asking to become the Administrator for your institute.

3. Once you receive a confirmation e-mail from our service team, you can use these details to access the Admin Tool.

For more information on the Admin tool, please visit http://www.info.admintool.elsevier.com

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Set Up a Library Banner

You can customize the User Interface by placing your banner on the top of every page stating: ‘Brought to you by [NAME INSTITUTE]’ and/or you can have your institute’s logo displayed at the bottom of every page.

Follow the steps below:

1. Login to the Admin Tool.

2. Click on Institutional Logo or Text.

   You'll then see the following screen:

   

3. Either copy a header and footer already set up in Science Direct or set up a new header or footer (text or hyperlink) on every page.

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Turn on Document Delivery

There are two options for activating interlibrary loan or document delivery services in Scopus:

1. Link to our generic Web form and a request will be sent to an e-mail address of your choice

2. Link directly to a web form of your choice

Document delivery can be turned on and off in the Pre-Defined Links section under the Scopus tab in the Admin Tool

For the first option, to link to the generic web form of document delivery, go to the Configure Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Link in the General Tab in the Admin Tool.

To link directly to your own form, the second option, go to External Link settings in the Admin Tool and choose Interlibrary/Document delivery in the list of Link categories.

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Links to Full Text

Scopus is often described as a full-text linking abstract and citation database because Scopus has taken a lot of initiatives in the area of full-text linking. In parallel with innovations such as image-based linking, Scopus has also worked to improve the quantity of full-text links offered to its users.

There are three options for linking to full text from Scopus:

1. Pre-resolved links:

    

   In order to maximize the number of full-text links, Scopus has developed its own knowledge base of links in addition to Crossref links. As a result, Scopus has more than 1100 journals with algorithmic full-text links. In this case the links are resolved using the publishers’ specific linking algorithm. These pre-resolved links are shown in the Scopus interface as ‘View at publisher’ image links. This link is independent of whether or not the end-user is entitled to the full text (subscribed to by the library). The link can either be switched on or off. And the customers can display their own images or text label for the tailor-made links to the OPAC or to other services.

   In addition to adding the best of the web via Scirus, Scopus also includes 'View on Web' links to grey literature, such as dissertations and patents. If Scopus does not have the abstract and more than ten Scopus records cite a document, a 'View on Web' link is constructed from the references. Currently, about 138,000 ‘View on Web’ links are available in Scopus. The links are harvested using an algorithm. Additionally there is a manual quality control process, as with the ‘View at Publisher’ links, so we can assure that there are no dead links.

   In the Admin Tool, you will find the pre-resolved links options in the section External Link settings in the Scopus tab.

2. Links to full text via your link resolver:

   

   

   Scopus is OpenURL-compliant and will work with any link resolver currently available in the market. The resolver’s links are always displayed and appear in the results list, in the abstract and in the references. Users will be taken to an extra entitlements screen from which they must choose the appropriate full text or alternative service.

3. Image-based linking

   

   To save time and reduce frustration, Scopus offers entitled full text linking with 1Cate, Touresolver and SFX for your users. The user is guaranteed of access to the full text of the article via your institute, the full text button will appear in the results list, above an abstract or in the references list. If no full text is available, a transparent image will be displayed instead.

   Users can also see which journals they are entitled to via the ‘subscribed’ (blue) and ‘non-subscribed’ (white) icons in Scopus.

   

   For more information about setting up entitled full-text linking on Scopus at your institute, contact our E-Helpdesk.

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Upload your Own Entitlements in Scopus

Upload your journal subscription information (entitlements data) in Scopus. Using this information, Scopus will know which journals you subscribe to and for which period, and will be able to provide enhanced linking functionality.

Extracting the entitlements data from your link resolver is the best solution because:

• It will save you time.

• The list of your entitlements will correspond to the linking information stored in the knowledge base of your link resolver. This will avoid inconsistencies between subscription information as loaded in Scopus, and as defined in the knowledge base of your link resolver.

1. Subscribed/Non subscribed information in Source browse

   Scopus displays the subscription status using a subscribed / non subscribed icon and can sort journals by subscription status.

   

   
   

2. Conditional display of links

   It is possible to display links under a condition, based on your entitlements, for example

   • To display OPAC links only to subscribed journals

     

   • To display links to your own Inter library loan pages, only for articles that you do not subscribe to

     Note:   This functionality is not supported by the "order document" feature.

3. To display entitled full text links only.
   

   Note:    The entitlements check will be based on the uploaded subscription data.

   

   
   

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Please provide your sales contact with entitlement data in Excel or ACSII format:

• ISSN (required)

• Subscription start date (yyyy or mm/yyyy or mm/dd/yyyy) Please indicate 0000 if there is no subscription start boundary date

• Subscription end date (yyyy or mm/yyyy or mm/dd/yyyy) Please indicate 9999 if there is no subscription end boundary date

Example:

• 0029-6554,1994,2099 i.e. subscription to journal with ISSN 0029-6554, starting in 1994, ending in 2099

• 0029-8549,0000,9999 i.e. subscription to journal with ISSN 0029-8549, no start/end date limitation

Note:

If you provide us with a file containing only ISSN numbers (required) you will be able to display Subscribed/Non Subscribed icons or to display some links conditionally (for example: links to your OPAC only for the ISSN numbers provided).



• To display 'View at a Publisher' buttons conditionally
  
  
  The ‘View at Publisher’ feature is created by combining CrossRef’s DOIs (Digital Object Identifier), and Scopus’ unique database of algorithmic links from publishers who don’t have access to CrossRef. All of these links are carefully maintained by a Scopus in-house specialist, who is committed to ensuring comprehensiveness as well as currency. Scopus also provides algorithmic links to CrossRef titles for periods which are not covered by CrossRef.
  
  Contact the Scopus E-helpdesk who will display the ‘View at Publisher’ button based on your institution's entitlements. Once activated, your users will be able to seamlessly link to Open Access titles and all subscribed content.
  

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  Links to your OPAC or Other Databases

  With Scopus, it’s possible to activate up to two outward links to additional/external services, such as your library catalogue/OPAC, a free Web or federated search engine or even to another (subscribed) database. These Quick Links can be displayed at both the abstract level and the journal level.

  A template URL has both a fixed and a variable part. The variable part can change according to the metadata received from Scopus thus resulting in a resolved link to the chosen service, i.e. Scirus, Ulrich's, your OPAC, etc.

  The services to which you choose to link must be able to support template URLs. To find out if your system supports these URLs, please contact your library system vendor.

  Examples of outward links from Scopus

  

  
  

  You can set up a link to Scirus (or another free Web search engine) so that a search is performed on the first author of a particular article. The results will open up in Scirus in a new window.

  
  

  

  
  

  You can set up a link to Ulrich's (requires a separate subscription) in order to provide your users with supplementary information about a particular journal in Scopus.

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  Browse our Button Catalogue

  Buttons are available in various languages to help you customize the Scopus links.

  If you would prefer to use your own buttons, please refer to our guidelines.

  For support or to request the addition of a button in a specific language, please contact E-Customer Service.

  Button Categories:
  
  Link Resolvers | Journal Services | Document Delivery | Library Catalogues | Search Engines | Databases
  
  Collective Catalogues of Libraries | Full-text Platforms | Federated Search Engines | Scopus Loading Images

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  Create your own buttons

  If you can't find an appropriate button in our catalogue, please follow these guidelines when creating your own buttons for use in Scopus:

  • Size of image
    The images used in Scopus are 101 x 15 pixels.

    This size will be enforced by the HTML code. This means that if the image you supply has a different size, it will be scaled to fit the size as specified above.

    To avoid that your button looks stretched: or squeezed:

    We recommend that you make buttons that are exactly 101 x 15 pixels:

  • Text
    Scopus buttons use Verdana, text color blue (#085AA5), 11 px, bold, not anti-aliased ().

    Using this font, you can fit approximately 15 characters in:

    Note:    Feel free to modify these text requirements if needed (e.g. not using bold text).

  • Buttons
    Use the following specifications to make your button like this:

    Note:  Feel free to use the above empty example as a basis for your button(s).

    • Background s

      Buttons have background color with a gradient from #FFFFFF (top) to #E9EBE9 (bottom).

    • Borders

      • Top and Left: 1 pixel #999999

      • Bottom and right: 1 pixel #666666

      • Every corner: 1 pixel transparent

    • Inner bevel:

      • Top and left: 1 pixel #FFFFFF

      • Bottom and right: 1 pixel #CACACA

  • Image links
    For image links, the image must contain a graphic or short text label that provides a clear description of what the underlying target of the link is.

  • Alt tag
    Each image must also include an "alt" tag for site accessibility purposes. This tag explains to users what the button will do, for example: "View Full-Text", "Look in Library Catalogue".

  • Image format
    Images can be in either .gif or .jpg format, and will be displayed on a white background.

  • No animated images are permitted

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