Users search the satellite version of the database ensuring security and reducing the strain on the production server. Below is a sample PortFolio BestOPAC implementation on a satellite server accessing a foreign database through a firewall. Click Here for live live PortFolio installations. The Supreme Court of Canada and Statistics Canada have PortFolio running on their intranets. Client This protocol allows PortFolio OPAC users to search remote Z39.50 compliant databases using only a browser and the PortFolio interface.
Libraries select and configure the libraries or databases to be searched.
SiteCat Used with PortFolio BestOPAC, this product allows the library to catalog web sites of interest to their patrons. Hypertext links are created automatically so that patrons can browse indexes and point and click to navigate the web from the library catalog. This product allows libraries to distribute certain bibliographic and authority records in MARC format to other libraries. External users, usually other libraries, are first registered and then they may select and download bibliographic or authority records. WebExport manages access, client registration and accounting.