MnLINK Gateway Services

The MnPALS system is one of the server sites on the MnLINK Gateway, providing access to the libraries’ collections for all citizens of the state of Minnesota. The Gateway is a federated search and ILL system, running ZPortal and VDX from OCLC PICA (formerly Fretwell Downing). The MnPALS libraries use ZPortal to search other servers in the state and the ELM databases, but rather than using VDX for ILL, they use the ILL module in MnPALS.

PALS provides support to the Consortium of MnPALS libraries in their use of the MnLINK Gateway.