### How does WebBridge LR work from an External Origin

In WebBridge LR, you create links from origins (for example, the Encore/WebPAC display of a retrieved bibliographic record) to target resources (for example, an online database of articles on a topic related to the bibliographic record). Both origins and resources must have "definitions" in WebBridge LR.

Millennium and WebPAC/Encore serve as WebBridge LR origins.

Millennium and Encore/WebPAC origins generate requests in response to searches or other user-selected options and pass the requests to the WebBridge LR server. You do not need to configure the Millennium and Encore/WebPAC servers to work with WebBridge LR.

Any URL can serve as a resource.

You assign origin and resource definitions to categories, and WebBridge LR creates links between the origin and all resources in the category. Filters and data tests control which links are displayed and the circumstances under which links display.

Innovative provides Millennium and WebPAC/Encore origin definitions, some resource definitions, some categories, and commonly-used filters and data tests with WebBridge LR.

The WebBridge LR server:

- 1. Receives the request
- 2. Applies category suppression rules, if you have set up rules:

  For additional information, refer to the Innovative Guide and Reference, Page # 108022: Suppressing Resources by Category.

- 3. Parses the request
- 4. Performs data tests to see if the record or the request contains the data required to retrieve the target, if you have set up such data tests
- 5. Displays the first option from the following list that contains at least one resource satisfying the request:
  - The categories that are preferred according to the suppression rules
  - Whether a resource matching the request exists in a preferred category

    If a resource matching the request exists in the preferred categories, WebBridge LR suppresses categories according to the rule and offers the resources available in the unsuppressed categories.

    If no resource matching the request exists in a preferred category, WebBridge LR ignores category suppression and attempts to find a resource in any category that is valid for the origin.

    For additional information, refer to the Innovative Guide and Reference, Page # 108022: Suppressing Resources by Category.

#### WebBridge LR searching - video example

| In this example, we will search for articles about educational reform in Google Scholar. This provides a results set of citations. We click on the Get it! @ Innovative University link to display the resolution server page that offers full-text resources. We will then the JSTOR link and view the full-text of the article.

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