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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, WebCT or 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 a search results page to retrieve the article citation. The article's DOI Bookmark, the persistent link, is included in the citation.
 
Art Full Text
From a search results page select the hyperlinked title of an article. Citation information is displayed and the "Persistent URL" can by copied to your clipboard by clicking the link.
 
BioOne
Follow the DOI instructions using the DOI listed on the search results screen.
 
Britannica Online
When viewing an article copy the URL from the browser's address box.
 
Cochrane library
From the search results screen click "record" to view an article's citation. Follow the DOI instructions using the DOI listed.
 
CSA Illumina
From the search results page mark the article you wish to link to, then click the "Save, Print, Email" link. In the "Save, Print, Email" window press the "Print Preview" button. If you have pop-up blocker on you'll get a message which includes a link to force the print preview window to open. At the bottom of the print preview window the full-text link is listed. DOIs are available and may be used for linking to these articles as well (See: DOI)
 
CQ Researcher
When viewing a CQ Researcher article click the "CiteNow" button. The persistent link is found at the bottom of the small windows that opens.
 
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)
Persistent links in Gale databases are found on both article pages and search results pages. While displaying a page, just click the Bookmark link in the toolbar and a separate browser window will open, allowing you to copy and paste the Bookmark into another document, add the Bookmark to your browser bookmarks, and/or e-mail it.
 
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.
 
JSTOR
Persistent links in JSTOR are called Stable URLs. From the search results list click "Item Information" to find the stable URL.
 
LexisNexis
Contact your library liaison for help constructing a link to an article in LexisNexis.
 
Oxford English Dictionary
When viewing a definition copy the URL from the browser's address box.
 
Oxford Digital Reference Shelf
When viewing an article 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 .pdf version of the article and copy the URL from the browser's address box. Another option is to follow the DOI instructions using the DOI listed above the article title.