Linking to Library E-Resources

To create a link to a journal article from a database or on a publisher's website, you need to use publisher-produced persistent URLs because the URL in the address bar won't work later on.

Most databases provide URLs for linking to a full-text article fro a citation list or other website. Unfortunately, every database company does it differently. This guide will lay out basic instructions for finding and using the full-text link in the major databases to which the IC Library subscribes. 

Records in the IC Library Catalog now have persistent URLs available by clicking "Link to This Record" in the yellow sidebar of an item's information page. Click this link. Copy and paste the Permanent URL from the pop up window.

1. Click the orange "Enter Here" button to get started.
2. Do a search.
3. Right click on the thumbnail of an image you want.
4. Select "Generate image URL."
5. Copy and paste the resulting URL that pops up.

To add a link for an individual ebook, copy the URL from the address bar in your browser.

To add  link for a specific chapter or page, navigate to your page and note the page number at the beginning of the parentheses:



Add &page=### to the end of the URL in your browser's address bar.

1. Search for and display an article. 
2. On the article display screen, click "Permalink" from the menu on the right side of the page.
3. Copy and paste the link that displays toward the top of the page.

Conduct a search and display an article. From the article display screen, copy and paste the link under "Document URL."

Search for and display an article. Copy and paste the URL beside "Stable URL." 

Do a search and display an article. Click "Durable URL for this text." 

 Search for and display an article. Click the "Copy Document Link" icon in the upper right of the page.

1. Search for and display an article in ProQuest. 
2. Scroll to the bottom of the page. 
3. Copy the URL beside "Document URL."