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configuration:external_content [2023/11/09 18:58] – [Book Covers] demiankatzconfiguration:external_content [2023/11/09 19:15] (current) demiankatz
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 **NOTE:** For using icons instead of covers for records please refer to the comments for getThumbnail() in the [[development:architecture:record_driver_method_master_list|Record Driver Method Master List]]. **NOTE:** For using icons instead of covers for records please refer to the comments for getThumbnail() in the [[development:architecture:record_driver_method_master_list|Record Driver Method Master List]].
  
 +===== Book Previews =====
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 +VuFind® can be configured to display previews of book content. See the [[configuration:book_previews|Book Previews]] page for more details.
 ===== Item Reviews ===== ===== Item Reviews =====
-The review tab on the resource view page can display review content from a 3rd party provider.  Currently in VuFind® this is based on an ISBN number so it only works on Books.  Eventually we would like to expand this to have review content on all resource types where content is available Currently, VuFind® offers connections to Amazon.com or Syndetic Solutions for review content.+The review tab on the record view page can display review content from a third-party provider.  Currently in VuFind® this is based on an ISBN number so it only works on Books. This could be expanded in future to support additional identifiers if third-party services offer such capabilities. Currently, VuFind® offers connections to Syndetic Solutions (and a couple of more specialized sources) for review content.
  
 ===== Item Excerpts ===== ===== Item Excerpts =====
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 ===== Author Biography ===== ===== Author Biography =====
  
-VuFind® has a web page for every author that is in the collection.  The Author web page provides biographical information about the author so the user is able to establish some context about who the author is.  Currently, VuFind® provides content from Wikipedia.com.+VuFind® has a web page for every author that is in the collection.  The Author web page provides biographical information about the author so the user is able to establish some context about who the author is.  Currently, VuFind® can be configured to provide content from Wikipedia.com. Local authority data can be applied to improve the accuracy of matching between local results and Wikipedia entries. 
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 +===== Additional Search Results ===== 
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 +In addition to augmenting records in your index, there are many third-party sources of complete search results. See the [[configuration:third-party_content|third-party content]] page for details on some of these.
  
 ===== Future Development ===== ===== Future Development =====
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