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Linking to Sources

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Most library databases require a special URL that contains the institution’s account information. If you want to link to eBooks, eBook chapters, articles, or videos in library databases, you’ll need to use the permalink or bookmark that the database provides for you.

If you’re not sure what database the content is coming from, look at the URL: it will include words like ebsco, gale, jstor, ovid etc… to indicate which database houses the material. Permalinks and bookmarks are often in the same menu as the Database Citation Tools.

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CREDO Reference Database

To link back to any reference or encyclopedia entry, locate the Page Link or Share tools to locate the permalink options.

linking in CREDO

EBSCO Databases & Results from the Library Homepage
To link back to specific articles and eBooks, use the permalink option in the Tools menu.

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Link to a specific eBook chapter by selecting the chapter from the book’s Table of Contents, then clicking on the permalink option from within that chapter.
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Films on Demand Database
To link to a video, locate the Share tool to find the permalink and code to embed the video in a Canvas course page.

embed Films on Demand videos

Gale Databases (includes Academic OneFile, Opposing Viewpoints)
If you find material that is housed in a Gale database (i.e. Opposing Viewpoints, Academic OneFile, etc…), use the link icon to get the permalink.

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Global Newsstream Database
If you find material that is housed in the Global Newsstream Database, select All Options from the tools menu and copy the URL that is provided.
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HeinOnline Database
If you find material that is housed in the HeinOnline database, use the link icon to get the permalink.
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Copy the Off-Campus/Remote Access URL.
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JSTOR Database
You can use either the Stable URL or the
linking in JSTOR
Newsbank Database

linking in NewsBank

Nursing Education in Video
To link to Nursing Education in Videos, first select a video from the list of available titles.

Select “Embed/Link” below the video screen – from the popup, copy the URL into an email, website, Canvas course site, etc. To copy a specific segment, use the “Clips” tab and select the “Link” icon.

O'Reilly-Safari eBooks
When you locate an eBook or eBook chapter, copy the URL from the Internet browser.

Manually add https://go.oreilly.com/vermont-technical-college?state= to the beginning of that URL to turn the link into a permalink. O’Reilly-Safari refers to this as the ‘deep link.’

Example:

URL: https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/building-microservices/9781491950340//
Deep Link URL: https://go.oreilly.com/vermont-technical-college?state=https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/building-microservices/9781491950340/

OVID Database
To link to an article in the OVID Database, click on the title of that article to locate the tools menu.

Locate the “Article Tools” menu and click on “Email Jumpstart.”

Copy the “Jumpstart URL” provided.

ScienceDirect Database
The ScienceDirect database is one of the few library databases that provides persistent links to articles in your Internet browser’s address bar (just like a website) so you can easily copy and share these links in Canvas or by email.

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