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How To Create A Permalink In Each Database

Normally when you link to a web page, you just copy the URL from the address bar of your browser. But when you want to link to an article in a library database, you often need to get the link from another part of the page.

Many databases generate a URL dynamically from your search, and that URL only works for the duration of your login session with that database. It won't work for anyone else, and it won't work for you if you log out and log back in. 

What you need is the permalink, sometimes called the persistent URL or PURL. Here's how to get the permalink for all of the library databases.

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Academic OneFile

  1. Click the title of the article to view article information
  2. Click the Bookmark this Document link in the box on the right side of the page
  3. Copy the Bookmark URL

Academic Video Online

  1. Sign into your Academic Video Online account
  2. Open the video or video segment
  3. Scroll down the page and click the Embed/link button under where the video plays
  4. Copy the URL given

ACM Digital Library Portal

  1. Click the title of the article to view article information
  2. Copy the URL from the browser address bar

Alexander Street Press

(including Women and Social Movements, Black Thought and Culture, In The First Person, North American Women's Letters and Diaries)

  1. Open the full-text article
  2. Copy the URL from the browser's address bar

AnthroSource

  1. Open the full-text article
  2. In the upper right corner of the page, click the icon that looks like a globe with a chainlink
  3. Copy the link given
  4. Add the library prefix to the beginning of it: http://library.esc.edu/login?url=

ARTSTOR

  1. Register for your own ARTstor account, following the instructions in ARTstor's Help documentation
  2. In the search results page, right-click the image that you want
  3. Select Display image URL and copy the URL (including the http:// part)
  4. Add the library prefix to the beginning of it: http://library.esc.edu/login?url=

Conference Board Business Knowledge Research

  1. Open the full-text article
  2. Click Cite Now
  3. Copy the URL displayed in the small window (including the http:// part)
  4. Add the library prefix to the beginning of it: http://library.esc.edu/login?url=

Ebook Central (formerly known as ebrary)

  1. Use the Ebook Catalog to locate the ebook
  2. In the search results list, click the title of the ebook
  3. At the top of the page, click MARC tags
  4. Scroll down to the row labeled 85640
  5. Copy the URL (only the part between |u and |z)

EBSCOhost

(including Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, PsycArticles, SocIndex, ERIC, Education Source Complete,  America History and Life, Historical Abstracts, Environment Complete, Communications & Mass Media Complete, etc.)

  1. In the search results list, click the title of the article
  2. To the right of the record, click Permalink
  3. Copy the URL that appears in the box labeled Permalink

Education and Information Technology Library (Ed&ITLib)

  1. Open the full-text article
  2. Copy the URL from the browser address bar (including the http:// part)
  3. Add the library prefix to the beginning of it: http://library.esc.edu/login?url=

Films On Demand

  1. Open the video or video segment
  2. Scroll down the page to locate the title or segment URL
  3. Copy the URL provided

Gale

(including ASAP, Business Insights, Academic OneFile, Gale Virtual Reference Library, etc.)

  1. Open the full-text article
  2. Click Bookmark in upper right
  3. Copy the URL provided

JSTOR

  1. Click on the article's title to view the item information page
  2. Copy the URL marked stable URL
  3. Rewrite the stable URL by adding .library.esc.edu after the ".org"
    • Before: http://www.jstor.org/stable/12345678
    • After:   http://www.jstor.org.library.esc.edu/stable/12345678

OR

If you are taken to a page that has a built in PDF viewer... Copy and paste the URL in the left sidebar of the page. It will be under the thumbnail of the journal cover and over the "Cite this item" button.

Nexis Uni

  1. Open the full-text document
  2. Click the link icon to the right of the article title. A box will appear with the highlighted permalink.
  3. Copy-paste the displayed URL as needed.
  4. Important: Nexis Uni links expire after 2 years!

Ovid Nursing + Emcare Database

  1. From the article display page, click the "Full-Featured View" link on the right side, under the title.
  2. On the right side of the next page, click "Email Jumpstart"
  3. Copy-paste the URL displayed in the pop-up window.

ProQuest

(including ProQuest Research Library, ABI/Inform, etc.)

  1. Open the full-text article
  2. Click Cite (gray box at the top right)
  3. Copy the URL from the end of the reference (leave out the "doi" at the beginning)

Sage Journals

  1. Open the full-text article
  2. Copy the URL from the browser's address bar

ScienceDirect

  1. Open the full-text article
  2. Click Export Citation
  3. Click Export
  4. Copy the URL from the citation (including the http:// part)
  5. Add the library prefix to the beginning of it: http://library.esc.edu/login?url=

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