Linking to Library E-Resources
Most databases provide URLs for linking to a full-text article from 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. At this time, Lexis/Nexis does not have linking abilities.
To create a link to a journal article from database or on a publisher's website, you need to use publisher-produced persitent URLs.
Add the Proxy Information so that the article can be accessed from off-campus and on-campus for students using Apogee ResNet from residence halls.
You will have to put proxy information in the URL. The proxy information allows IC students, faculty and staff to verify their affiliation with Ithaca College in order to access licensed resources.
To prepend the proxy information, use the Link Generator above. It will prepend http://ezproxy.ithaca.edu:2048/login?url=. Please note that this will only work with persistent URLs.
Link Generator
Finding Persistent URLs--Examples
IC Library Catalog
Records in the IC Library Catalog now have persistent URLs near the bottom; use this URL rather than what you see in the browser window: screenshot.
ARTstor
First, you must create an account with ARTstor. From the main screen, click on the "Search & Browse for Images" link. Click on "Register", provide an email address, and create a password. Once you've registered, stable URLs will be provided for each image.
Use the login button, then search the database: screenshot
To add a link for an individual image, scroll over the thumbnail, right click on it, then choose "Display Image URL" from the little pop-up window: screenshot.
A box should appear which contains the "Image URL". Copy this URL and paste it into the document for your class: screenshot
CSA Databases (Sage Journal Collections, Bibliography of the History of Art, Philosopher's Index)
If the citation includes a Full-Text PDF, Mark the record and click on the Title Link for the article: screenshot.
Click on the Save, Print, Email Link: screenshot.
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Print Preview: screenshot.
At the bottom of the record is the FL: Full-Text Link: screenshot.
ebrary
To add a link for an individual ebook, copy the url from the address bar: screenshot
To add a link for a specific chapter or page, select "copy bookmark" from the InfoTools menu. It will be copied to your clipboard. screenshot
EBSCO Databases (e.g., Academic Search Premier)
Search and display an article. From the article display screen, click the "Citation" link towards the upper left corner of the screen. Copy the "Persistent link to this record" from the citation page; it is highlighted in this screenshot.
Paste the persistent link into the box, above.
Gale Databases (e.g., InfoTrac)
Search and display an article. From the article display screen, click the InfoMark link (icon is a blue ball with a lower case yellow "i") towards the upper left of the screen. Copy the "InfoMark URL" towards the top of the screen; it is highlighted in this screenshot.
Paste the persistent link into the box, above.
JSTOR
A stable URL is included with the citation for each article: screenshot
Literature Online (LION)
Click "Durable URL for this text": screenshot
LexisNexis
You cannot copy the URL from a LexisNexis search and expect it to work again later, or be "persistent." However, you can try this tool from LexisNexis.
ProQuest Databases
Search and display an article in ProQuest. Copy the "Document URL," located just above the Abstract on the article display screen; it is highlighted in this screenshot.Paste the persistent link into the box, above.
