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.

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Options for creating persistent links to articles:

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

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Option 1: Use a DOI

(What is a DOI?)

Many articles now have DOIs associated with them that can be found on publishers' web sites:

• Make a persistent URL by appending the DOI to this URL: http://dx.doi.org/
  
  This example: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2007.03.007

 

Option 2: Use Publisher-Produced persistent URLs

AccessScience

Follow the DOI instructions using the DOI listed at the bottom of the article.

 

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.

 

Annual Reviews

Select an article from a search results page to view either the abstract or full-text. Follow the DOI instructions using the DOI listed above the article title.

 

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.

 

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)

Persistent links are included in the search results lists.

 

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 (PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, MLA Bibliography, Sage Full-Text Collections)

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. Citation information is displayed and the "Persistent link to this record" is provided. NOTE: If you select an article's HTML Full-Text or PDF version instead of the Title, you will need to select the Citation icon to find the persistent link.

 

Gale Databases (Informe, MLA Bibliography, Professional Collection)

Persistent links in Gale databases are found on both article pages and search results pages, and are called "Infomarks." If a page has the Infomark icon the URL in the browser's address field is the persistent URL, and it can be copied from the browser's address box.

 

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. The search results lists will include the "Stable URL" for each article.

 

LexisNexis

Contact your library liason 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.

Comments to Miranda Novak.
Last updated: June 28, 2007. Links checked: June 28, 2007.