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Sirsi/iBistro Link Ideas
iBistro allows multiple ways to link directly to holdings and collections of holdings. This page is an attempt to document some of those direct link choices by offering examples.
In most cases, the user can determine the direct links by looking at what's
linked into iBistro. For example:
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/CpJenCFFAg/NORTHVILLE/287090074/121/PUBLISHFIC
The above provides a direct link to Publisher's Weekly Fiction listings. This
link is ONLY usable when logged in. You can see two sections of the link have a
long list of LETTERS (CpJenCFFAg) and NUMBERS (287090074) that will be different
from session to session. These are SESSION COOKIES. You can create the
direct links by using either X (upper or lower case, doesn't matter) or 0
(that's ZERO, not an "OH") in place of the session cookies. So the above listed
link becomes:
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/121/PUBLISHFIC?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
However, you cannot pull links directly from iBistro and expect them to work, even if you replace the cookies. It appears there is a "code" used to designate a link as coming from outside the system. Note in the above example that 57 is added into the link. 57 will be in every single iBistro link you make. Basically add /57/ after the first 3 sections following /uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/x/x/57/. You must also plug in a "user_id" at the end. See the table above for the appropriate user_id for your library.
Want to use these for your library? Substitute anything that says NORTHVILLE with the name of your library. You can find a list of the correct Library names/codes within the Detailed info page on Book Lists listed below.
A page can be found describing this in detail for TLN libraries using
iBistro at:
http://www.northville.lib.mi.us/helpfiles/booklists/
You can find examples of Direct Holdings in Northville Reader's Advisory book
lists available online at:
http://www.northville.lib.mi.us/advisory/
and via the Children's Reading Themes at:
http://www.northville.lib.mi.us/youth/themes/
You can use ISBN or DBCN to create direct item links. Find the DBCN or ISBN
of a given item, and then use it as follows:
Item Link Example with ISBN
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/x/x/57/5?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB&library=NORTHVILLE&searchdata1=0439136369
Item Link Example with DBCN
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/x/x/57/5?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB&library=NORTHVILLE&searchdata1=AAO-4111
Direct Links to Features of the iBistro Catalog
Most of these links are short and easy to use. Include your library NAME (in most examples thsi is NORTHVILLE) and the user_id on the end (in most examples this is NORTHVILLEWEB). Some examples do NOT include a library name.
Following http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/ in some examples is "0/x/0". Anywhere you see this example, you can add your LIBRARY NAME (not the user_id) to limit the listings EXPLICITLY to your library holdings by replacing the "x". A few examples have NORTHVILLE, TLN or NOVI as examples.
Browse Subject and Kids Catalog have literally hundreds of different individual sections you can link to using the method of removing the session cookies and replacing them with x or 0... too many to list here.
My Account
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/0/x/0/57/1/1166/X?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
User PIN Change
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/0/x/0/57/29/1168/X/2?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Renew My Materials
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/0/x/0/57/29/1169/X/3/?user_id=TLNWEB
Review My Account
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/TLN/x/57/29/1167/X/1?user_id=TLNWEB
Best Selling AND Recommended Reading (Awards)
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2008?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Power Search
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/38/1179/X/BLASTOFF?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Browse Subject
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/0/x/0/57/1/26/X?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Browse Subject - Animals
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/1/80/X?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Kids Catalog
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/0/x/0/57/1/774/X?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Kids Catalog - Alpabetical
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/1/775/X?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Author Link
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/x/x/57/5?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB&searchdata1=Hemingway%20Ernest
Single Item Search Example:
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/x/x/57/5?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB&library=NORTHVILLE&searchdata1=dogs
Knowledge Portal:
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/0/x/0/57/1/1101/X?user_id=NOVIWEB
All of these use the same basic link setup with the variation being called in the 8th level of the URL with different names for the Best Seller lists (like NYFICTION or PUBLISHFIC).
New York Times Fiction Best Seller
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/121/NYFICTION?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/121/NYNONFIC?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
New York Times Children's Chapter Books
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/121/NYCHILD?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Publishers Weekly Fiction
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/121/PUBLISHFIC?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Publishers Weekly Children's Fiction
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/121/PUBLISHCHI?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Publishers Weekly Children's Picture Books
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/121/PUBLISHPIC?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
USA Today Money
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/121/USAMON?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
New York Times Business
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/121/NTBUS?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
LA Times Fiction
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/121/LATIMESFIC?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
LA Time Nonfiction
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/121/LATIMESNF?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Recommended Reading Lists Links
These links are a bit more complicated. Variations take place at the 7th level
of the URL and the list is called by the end of the URL (122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=/REC_LIST_TITLE=)
Again, you can pull this information directly from iBistro itself, and remove
the session cookies accordingly for your purposes. Again, the inclusion of
NORTHVILLE at the 5th level of the URL should enable the Library name to appear
at the top of this list, but it does not.
Agatha Award (Mystery)
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=AGATHA/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Agatha+Award+(Mystery)?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Anthony Award (Mystery)
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=ANTHONY/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Anthony+Award+(Mystery)?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Man Booker Prize (Fiction)
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=BOOKER/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Man+Booker+Prize+(Fiction)?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Caldecott Medal (Children's)
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=CALDECOTT/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Caldecott+Medal+(Children's)?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Carnegie Awards (Children's)
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=CARNEGIE/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Carnegie+Award+(Children's)?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year for Children
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=CLABOYCHI/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Canadian+Library+Association's+Book+of+the+Year+for+Children?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Coretta Scott King Award (Children)
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=CSKING/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Coretta+Scott+King+Award+(Children's)?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Edgar Award (Mystery)
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=EDGAR/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Edgar+Award+(Mystery)?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Kate Greenaway Award (Children's)
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=GREENAWAY/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Kate+Greenaway+Award+(Children's)?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction (Children's)
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=HORNBOOKF/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Boston+Globe-Horn+Book+Award+for+Fiction+(Children's)?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction (Children's)
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=HORNBOOKN/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Boston+Globe-Horn+Book+Award+for+Nonfiction+(Children's)?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Hugo Award (Science Fiction)
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=HUGO/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Hugo+Award+(Science+Fiction)?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB)
Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=KIRIYAMA/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Kiriyama+Pacific+Rim+Book+Prize?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Nebula Award (Science Fiction)
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=NEBULA/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Nebula+Award+(Science+Fiction)?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Newbery Medal (Children's)
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=NEWBERY/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Newbery+Medal+(Children's)?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
PEN/Faulkner Award (Fiction)
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=PENNFAULK/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=PEN^2FFaulkner+Award+(Fiction)?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Pulitzer Prize for Biography
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=PULBIO/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Pulitzer+Prize+for+BiographyPulitzer?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Pulitzer Prize for History
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=PULHIST/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Pulitzer+Prize+for+History?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=PULLIT/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Pulitzer+Prize+for+Fiction?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=PULNONF/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Pulitzer+Prize+for+Nonfiction?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
RITA Award (Romance)
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=RITA/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=RITA+Award+(Romance)?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB)
Spur Award (Western)
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=SPUR/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Spur+Award+(Western)?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB)
Sydney Taylor Award (Children's)
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=STAYLOR/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Sydney+Taylor+Award+(Children's)?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB)
Bram Stoker Award (Horror)
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=STOKER/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Bram+Stoker+Award+(Horror)?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB)
Today Show Book Club
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=TODAYSBC/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Today+Show+Book+Club?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
World Fantasy Award
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=WFANTASY/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=World+Fantasy+Award?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Whitbread Prize for Biography
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=WHITBIO/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Whitbread+Prize+for+Biography?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Whitbread Children's Book Award
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=WHITCHILD/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Whitbread+Children's+Book+Award?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Whitbread Prize for Fiction
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/xNORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=WHITFIC/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Whitbread+Prize+for+Fiction?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
Senior Young Reader's Choice Award
http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/NORTHVILLE/x/57/122/2006/REC_READ_LIST=YRCA_S/REC_LIST_DESC=/REC_LIST_TITLE=Senior+Young+Reader's+Choice+Award?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB
To create a Quick Search box for your library’s holdings on your web site:
<FORM NAME="login" METHOD=post ACTION="http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/x/x/57/5?"> <input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="TLNWEB"> <input type="hidden" name="library" value="TLN"> <input type="" name="searchdata1" value=""> </FORM>
<input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="TLNWEB"> <input type="hidden" name="library" value="TLN">
<input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="NOVIWEB"> <input type="hidden" name="library" value="NOVI">If you do not want to limit to only your library’s holdings and instead want to search all libraries’ holdings, you can remove that second line, <input type="hidden" name="library" value="TLN">.
Quick Search with Limit for your web site
<html> <body> <FORM NAME="login" METHOD=post ACTION="http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/x/x/57/5?"> <input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="NORTHVILLEWEB"> <input type="hidden" name="library" value="NORTHVILLE"> <select name="srchfield1" id="srchfield1"> <option value="GENERAL^SUBJECT^GENERAL^^words or phrase" selected="selected">words or phrase</option> <option value="AU^AUTHOR^AUTHORS^Author Processing^author">author</option> <option value="TI^TITLE^SERIES^Title Processing^title">title</option> <option value="SU^SUBJECT^SUBJECTS^^subject">subject</option> <option value="SER^SERIES^SERIES^Title Processing^series">series</option> <option value="PER^PERTITLE^SERIES^Title Processing^periodical title">periodical title</option> </select> <input type="" name="searchdata1" value=""> <INPUT type=submit name="SearchNow" value="Submit"><INPUT type=reset name="ResetSearch" value="Reset"> </FORM> </body> </html>Almost the same as the Quick Search alone, but adding a section with attribute names. Make you you use this text EXACTLY as listed. Even a minor typo here renders all limits null.
A working example is below:
The Incredible Amazon/Barnes & Noble to iBistro Bookmarklet
| NDL Bookmarklet |
javascript:var%20re=/([\/-]|is[bs]n=)(\d{7,9}[\dX])/i;if(re.test(location.href)==true){var%20isbn=RegExp.$2;void(win=window.open('http://ibistro.tln.lib.mi.us'+'/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/x/x/57/5?user_id=NORTHVILLEWEB&library=NORTHVILLE&searchdata1='+isbn,'LibraryLookup','scrollbars=1,resizable=1,location=1,width=575,height=500'))}
Replace the sections inherent to Northville with your library. A list of such can be found at http://tech.tln.lib.mi.us/ibistrolinks/ You can change the window spawn size, or re-design this to go to a different library catalog.