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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

linking in CREDO

EBSCO Databases & Results from the Library Homepage

Linking to Articles or eBooks in EBSCO databases

If you find material that is housed in an EBSCO database, use the link in the Tools menu to get the permalink.

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Linking to Search Results in EBSCO Databases

Following the same instructions as above, you can also link to search results from any EBSCO database. After you complete the search, click on “Share” to get the permalink to that entire search.
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Films on Demand Database
To include a link to a video that is housed in the Films on Demand database, locate the Share tool and click on Embed/Link to get the URL you’ll need to return to a specific video.

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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
Look for the words Stable URL – you may also use the URL in the Internet browser’s address bar for JSTOR.
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Newsbank Database

linking in NewsBank

Nexis Uni Database

To link to an article housed in the Nexis Uni database, locate the “Actions” link once you have clicked into the full text of an article. Select “Link to this page.”
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That will open a pop-up window which will generate the permalink to the article.

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, Moodle 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 Moodle or by email.

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