Creating Persistent Links

Links to the full text of online journal articles can be included on MyDouglas or Blackboard course pages, in email messages or Word documents, on PowerPoint slides or on web pages. Online journal articles can be linked by using the databases from six search services: EBSCOhost, Gale InfoTrac, JSTOR, Project MUSE, ProQuest and ScienceDirect. The databases are available on the Library web page under Articles & Databases.

EBSCOhost

1. Conduct a search in one of the EBSCOhost databases, choosing the Fulltext limiter.
    
2. Click on the title of an article - not the HTML or PDF full text link!
    
3. Near the bottom of the citation display, after the abstract, the Persistent Link is displayed. It will look something like this:
   http://0-search.epnet.com.innopac.douglas.bc.ca:80/direct.asp?an=12970532&db=aph
    
4. Paste this URL into a document to link directly to the full text of the article. To read the article from off campus, a student will need to enter their last name and library barcode number.

InfoTrac

1. Conduct a search in one of the InfoTrac databases, choosing the Fulltext limiter.
    
2. Click on the title of an article - not the HTML or PDF full text link!
    
3. In the top address line of the browser, the InfoMark URL is displayed. It can be very long and will look something like this:
   http://0web5.infotrac.galegroup.com.innopac.douglas.bc.ca/itw/
   infomark/246/93/50639222w5/purl=rc1_EAIM_0_A115634819&
   dyn=3!xrn_1_0_A115634819?sw_aep=douglas_main
    
4. Paste this URL into a document to link directly to the full text of the article. To read the article from off campus, a student will need to enter their last name and library barcode number.

JSTOR

1. Conduct a search in JSTOR.
    
2. Click on the title of the article.
    
3. On the right side of the article, click on Item Information.
    
4. Copy the Stable URL for this article. It will look similar to this: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3791706.
    
5. Add the proxy rewrite. Without this information you will not be able to access the article from off campus. This is how it should look:
   http://0-www.jstor.org.innopac.douglas.bc.ca/stable/3791706.
    
6. Paste this URL into a document to link directly to the full text of the article. To read the article from off campus, a student will need to enter their last name and library barcode number.

Project MUSE

1. Conduct a search in Project MUSE.
    
2. Bring up the full text of the article.
    
3. Copy the URL as it appears in the address bar at the top of the browser. It will look similar to this:
   http://0-muse.jhu.edu.innopac.douglas.bc.ca/journals/river_teeth/
   v010/10.1-2.brunk.pdf.
    
4. Paste this URL into a document to link directly to the full text of the article. To read the article from off campus, a student will need to enter their last name and library barcode number.
   

Proquest

1. Conduct a search in one of the Proquest databases, choosing the Fulltext limiter.
    
2. Click on the title of an article - not the HTML or PDF full text link!
    
3. Near the bottom of the citation display, the Article URL is displayed. It will be very long and look something like this:
   http://0?gateway.proquest.com.innopac.douglas.bc.ca:80/openurl?url_
   ver=Z39.882004&res_dat=xri:pqd&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:
   journal&genre=article&rft_dat=xri:pqd:did=000000466625971&svc_
   dat=xri:pqil:fmt=text&req_dat=xri:pqil:pq_clntid=6974
    
4. Paste this URL into a document to link directly to the full text of the article. To read the article from off campus, a student will need to enter their last name and library barcode number.

ScienceDirect

1. Conduct a search in ScienceDirect.
    
2. Bring up the full text of the article.
    
3. Copy the DOI of the document you want to link. A DOI looks like this:
   10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.071
    
4. Add the proxy rewrite. Without this information you will not be able to access the article from off campus. This is how it should look:
   http://0-dx.doi.org.innopac.douglas.bc.ca/10.1016/
   j.physletb.2003.10.071
    
5. Paste this URL into a document to link directly to the full text of the article. To read the article from off campus, a student will need to enter their last name and library barcode number.

Licensing Agreement

The licensing agreements for the databases allow authorized users (Douglas College students and employees) to read, email, copy or print single copies of articles for private research or study. These copyright provisions also allow authorized users to create links to articles as long as off campus access is limited to the authorized users (which Douglas College Library ensures by requiring authentication by name and barcode number. See the off campus access instructions.)

For more information contact Christian Guillou, Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian at 604-527-5184.