Dynamic Search Queries

Purpose
This page helps to create dynamic links from terms which need further explanation. It creates links to various external Websites. All examples allow you to link to a specific term.

Google search

%22 = " for phrase search
+ = blank for separating words
num=30 = 30 results per page

Example:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22heuristic+evaluation%22&num=30&sa=Google+Search

Webster

You need to replace "retina" with the term you want to link to. Test it!

Example:
http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=retina

Encyclopædia Britannica

You go to the Encyclopædia and search, then copy the provided link in the footer.

Example:
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=64925

Mesh

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2002/MB_cgi?term=Retina&field=entry

You go to:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2002/MBrowser.html and search for the term in order to create the link above. You need to click one more time on the term in the result set because the URL stays the same on the primary search result screen.

On-Line Medical Dictionary

http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?query=retina

You go to: http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/ and search for the term in order to create the link above.

Medline

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9854927&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r

You go to PubMed in order to find the PMID which needs to be replaced in above's link.

Digital Photography Review

http://www.dpreview.com/learn/glossary/

Just pick the term from the overview and copy the link.

About.com: About > Arts & Entertainment > Photography

http://photography.about.com/library/glossary/blglossary.htm

Just pick the term from the overview and copy the link.

Photography Glosssary

You will have to go to the glossary, find the term and then search the surce code for the chanor name which needs to be replaced in the example link below. Attention: You also need to change the filename if it is not between "m" and "o."

Example:
http://www.profotos.com/education/referencedesk/glossary/glossarymthruo.shtml#nodalp

Webopedia

You need to go to Webopedia, search and copy the resulting URL.

Example:
http://www.pcwebopaedia.com/TERM/d/dot.html