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URL Deconstruction

1. Does the resource need authentication?
NO
See Example Google Scholar
YES
IP authentication? See Example Ebscohost using WAM
See Example Grove Music using EZProxy
Account number and password? See Example Silver Platter
Other See Example LexisNexis
2. Regardless of the authentication, can you pass a search directly using a field selector (part of the OpenURL syntax)?
NO
See Example Knovel
YES
Title See Example Title
Author See Example Author
ISBN See Example ISBN
Subject See Example Subject