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Linking to Articles

The Libraries subscribe to a number of databases that have stable Internet addresses for full-text articles. Links to articles can be included in web pages, Moodle courses, or in email.

Off-campus access: To make an article accessible off-campus to current CSB/SJU students, faculty, and staff add http://ezproxy.csbsju.edu/login?url= to the beginning of the URL.

 

Options for creating persistent links to articles:

  1. Use a DOI
  2. Use Publisher-produced persistent URLs

Option 1: Use a DOI

(What is a DOI?)

Many articles now have DOIs assigned to them:

doi example

 

Option 2: Use Publisher-Produced persistent URLs

ACM Digital Library
Select an article from the search results page to retrieve the article citation. The article's DOI Bookmark, the persistent link, is included in the citation.
 
BioOne
Select an article from the search results page to retrieve the article citation. The article's DOI Bookmark, the persistent link, is included in the citation.
 
Britannica Online
When viewing an article copy the URL from the browser's address box.
 
Cochrane library
When viewing an article copy the URL from the browser's address box.
 
CQ Researcher
When viewing a CQ Researcher article use the "Email a link back to..." drop-down and choose the part of the report you'd like to email. Fill out the form and the URL will be emailed to you.
 
EBSCOhost (Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, CINAHL)
From a search results page select the hyperlinked title of an article. Use the "Permalink" option from the "Tools" section on the right-hand side for the persistent URL.
 
Gale Databases (Informe, MLA Bibliography, Professional Collection, Virtual Reference Library)
From a search results page select the hyperlinked title of an article. Use the the Bookmark this Document link in the toolbar to get the persistent URL.
 
Grove Dictionary of Music and Grove Dictionary of Art
View the full text version of the article and copy the URL from the browser's address box.
 
IngentaConnect
View the full text version of the article and copy the URL from the browser's address box.
 
Journals@Ovid a.k.a. Ovid Nursing Journals
  1. Find an article and display the article citation.
  2. Copy the Accession Number found the top of the article. Example: 00001975-200304000-00001
  3. Paste the Accession Number at the end of the following link:
    http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&AN=
    EXAMPLE: http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&AN=00001975-200304000-00001
JSTOR
Persistent links in JSTOR are called Stable URLs. From the search results list click "Summary" to find the stable URL.
 
LexisNexis
View the full text version of the article and use the button to bring up the URL.
 
Oxford Reference Online and the Oxford English Dictionary
When viewing an article or a definition copy the URL from the browser's address box.
 
Project Muse
View the full text version of the article and copy the URL from the browser's address box.
 
ProQuest (Religion, Nursing, New York Times, GenderWatch, Ethnic NewsWatch)
From the search results page select an article to view it's citation information. The "Document URL," the persistent link, is included. NOTE: The Document URL will not be displayed in the PDF form of an article.
 
ScienceDirect
View the full text version of the article and copy the URL from the browser's address box.