20. WAYFless URLs for ProQuest SPs
To find your organisation's ProQuest account ID, log in with your IdP and local credentials in the usual manner. Once you've clicked on any link (such as one of the subject area links), you will see a string similar to
?accountid=XXXXXX
at the end of the URL in the address bar. Appending this to any URL on the site will take you to a login page using your own IdP.
For example,
http://search.proquest.com/shibboleth?accountid=XXXXXX
Will take you to a login page that will allow you access everything on the platform you're licensed for.
Deep Linking
For a link to the top level of PIO (Periodicals Index Online), use
http://search.proquest.com/pio/shibboleth?accountid=XXXXXX
To link to a journal
http://search.proquest.com/publication/1798/shibboleth?accountid=XXXXXX
To link to the same journal in the PIO section of the site
http://search.proquest.com/pio/publication/1798/shibboleth?accountid=XXXXXX
Finally, to link to an article directly from the platform level
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1295755308/shibboleth?accountid=XXXXXX
We would recommend that libraries use database-level links on portal pages and directories, but use the generic links for documents and journals.