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A PowerSearch URL takes the following forms
- Common Menu (allow users to select any or all databases)
http://find.galegroup.com/menu/start?userGroupName=<locID>
- Direct to Search Dialog (begin searching a single DB as indicated in the URL's query data) [see Release Note]
http://find.galegroup.com/menu/start?userGroupName=<locID>&prod=EAIM
- Direct to PowerSearch Dialog (begin searching multiple DB as indicated in the URL's query data)
http://find.galegroup.com/menu/start?userGroupName=<locID>&prod=EAIM_CDB_BCPM&app=TPS
This approach allows you to deploy links to PowerSearch selectively, by making links available to specific user groups or individuals for testing and review purposes, before exposing it to the larger user population.
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If you have access to your InfoTrac configuration facility (ITConfig)*, select the Location profile for your library and check the box next to "Enable PowerSearch".
For libraries using the InfoTrac common menu, links such as
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/<locationID>
will now present the user with the PowerSearch common menu, allowing access to each database in the collection, as well as cross-searching functionality. You can identify the titles you want preselected for cross-searching at the beginning of each session using the checkbox next to each title listed in the Location profile. Note that users will always be able to select or de-select these titles in the PowerSearch common menu.
Note: While in initial release, PowerSearch URLs that specify a single database, such as
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/<locationID>?db=<dbCode>
will continue to link users to the classic InfoTrac search dialog [see Release Note]. From this dialog, however, users can back-link to the new PowerSearch collection and cross-search menu. Use ITConfig to enable PowerSearch for links already deployed on your website. No changes to your existing URLs are required.
* Access to the configuration utility may be limited according to your program's implementation policy and/or contractual agreements. Contact your Gale program technical administrator for access information.
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Among the databases licensed through the Montana statewide agreement, the following may be cross-searched using the new PowerSearch platform:
| Database Name | DB Code (prod=) |
| Business and Company ASAP | BCPM |
| Computer Database | CDB |
| Expanded Academic ASAP | EAIM |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library | GVRL-0 |
| General Reference Center Gold | GRGM |
| Health Reference Center Academic | HRCA |
| InfoTrac OneFile | ITOF |
| InfoTrac Custom Newspapers | SP01 |
| Junior Edition | STOJ |
| Student Edition | STOM |
| LegalTrac | LT |
| Professional Collection | SP02 |
The following titles are also available through the statewide licensing agreement, and will appear on the TGPS common menu, but are not yet cross-searchable:
| Business & Company Resource Center | BCRC |
| Discovering Collection | DC |
| Health & Wellness Resource Center | HWRC |
| Junior Edition - K12 Interface | K12J |
| Student Edition - K12 Interface | K12S |
| Kid's InfoBits | ITKE |
| What Do I Read Next | WDIRN |
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