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Durable Linking

How to create a permanent link to an article online

Note: To create a durable link to a database or other electronic resource (rather than to an individual article), please refer to the Database URLs page.

Usually when you look at a full-text article in a subscription database or on a publisher's website, the URL associated with the article is dynamic, meaning that if you save it and try to use it to access that article later, it will no longer work. Fortunately, many subscription databases and websites now have permanent web addresses known as persistent, stable or durable links that allow easy incorporation into a web page, Blackboard site, or email. Using durable links means that you do not need to use E-reserves, if you'd rather link directly to the article through your Blackboard site.

The list below provides instructions on how to find or create durable links for different databases and websites. Click on the vendor's name for the instructions. Also included is a list of databases that do not provide durable links at this point. For more information, contact John Russell at 346-2689.

**Every durable link must have proxy information in it so that it can be accessed from off-campus. If you are using FindText to access a publisher website or database, it will not automatically include proxy information. You will have to put proxy information in the URL. A URL will look like this if it contains proxy information: http://0-[website].janus.uoregon.edu/. If this information is not in the URL, it will not be possible to access an article from off-campus. The proxy information allows UO students, faculty and staff to verify their affiliation with the University of Oregon in order to access licensed resources.

Databases without Durable Links

LexisNexis
Elsevier Web Editions

Durable Link Instructions By Vendor

	Instructions for durable links
Publisher's website	Some publishers have directions on creating shorter links (look for "Linking to article" pages on a website) but you must make sure that the proxy information is included. If the publisher hasn't done this, you can manually insert proxy information in order to create a durable link to an article linked on a publisher's website (e.g. publishers include Kluwer, Springer, Wiley, Highwire, etc.; they are different from database vendors listed above and below). To do this, open the article or the abstract that links to the article and locate the URL at the top of the screen. For example, an Oxford University Press online article abstract looks like this: http://hwj.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/57/1/247. To make this accessible from off-campus, put a "0-" immediately following the first two slashes (//) and insert ".janus.uoregon.edu" imediately before the next slash (/). You will end up with this: http://0-hwj.oupjournals.org.janus.uoregon.edu /cgi/content/abstract/57/1/247. You can do the same thing with any article that you've retrieved from a subscription website. Always test it to make sure it works! Examples of URL's modified for off-campus access: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin /fulltext/67501620/PDFSTART becomes http://0-www3.interscience.wiley.com.janus.uoregon.edu /cgi-bin/fulltext/67501620/PDFSTART http://hwj.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/57/1/247 becomes http://0-hwj.oupjournals.org.janus.uoregon.edu /cgi/content/abstract/57/1/247 (Some article URLs are quite lengthy, especially after you add proxy information. To avoid including long URLs on Blackboard, etc., you may choose to use TinyURL.com (http://tinyurl.com), a website that creates smaller URLs that will redirect to your link. It is a free service claiming that links never expire. Keep in mind that this is a non-UO site that we have no responsibility for.)

Instructions for durable links

Publisher's website

Some publishers have directions on creating shorter links (look for "Linking to article" pages on a website) but you must make sure that the proxy information is included. If the publisher hasn't done this, you can manually insert proxy information in order to create a durable link to an article linked on a publisher's website (e.g. publishers include Kluwer, Springer, Wiley, Highwire, etc.; they are different from database vendors listed above and below). To do this, open the article or the abstract that links to the article and locate the URL at the top of the screen. For example, an Oxford University Press online article abstract looks like this:

http://hwj.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/57/1/247.

To make this accessible from off-campus, put a "0-" immediately following the first two slashes (//) and insert ".janus.uoregon.edu" imediately before the next slash (/). You will end up with this:

http://0-hwj.oupjournals.org.janus.uoregon.edu
/cgi/content/abstract/57/1/247.

You can do the same thing with any article that you've retrieved from a subscription website. Always test it to make sure it works! Examples of URL's modified for off-campus access:

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin
/fulltext/67501620/PDFSTART becomes http://0-www3.interscience.wiley.com.janus.uoregon.edu
/cgi-bin/fulltext/67501620/PDFSTART
http://hwj.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/57/1/247 becomes http://0-hwj.oupjournals.org.janus.uoregon.edu
/cgi/content/abstract/57/1/247

(Some article URLs are quite lengthy, especially after you add proxy information. To avoid including long URLs on Blackboard, etc., you may choose to use TinyURL.com (http://tinyurl.com), a website that creates smaller URLs that will redirect to your link. It is a free service claiming that links never expire. Keep in mind that this is a non-UO site that we have no responsibility for.)

Vendor	Instructions for durable links
EBSCO	At the end of the article bibliographic record (not in the actual full-text), locate the "Persistent link to this record" and copy the full URL listed here. Paste the complete URL into the web page or Blackboard site. If you link in to EBSCO through FindText, you will need to modify the first part of the URL http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx? and replacing it with http://0-search.epnet.com.janus.uoregon.edu:80 /login.aspx? to facilitate off-campus access.
EEBO	Click on the icon in the results list to see a full record. At the top of the screen will appear a "Durable Link" button. Clicking on this opens a small window with the durable link URL. Copy and paste this URL.
FirstSearch	On the article full-text screen, click the "Link Pickup" button in the upper right corner of the screen. In the middle of the screen find the "IP-address recognition URL for direct article access" and copy the provided URL. Paste the URL into the web page or Blackboard site
JStor	Go to the full-text article. Find the "Stable URL" located under the article title and copy the full URL. To allow the link to work from off-campus, modify the URL by deleting the first part of the URL http://links.jstor.org/ and replacing it with http://0-links.jstor.org.janus.uoregon.edu/ (note: the first two characters in the replacement are a zero and a dash). Make sure the new prefix is connected to the rest of the URL and paste the full newly constructed URL into the web page or Blackboard site
Ovid	When an article is available through Ovid Full Text, click on that link. In the Output bar table on the right side of the screen, click on "Email Jumpstart." The link that appears at the top of the subsequent screen is the persistent URL.
Project Muse	Copy the URL in the internet address window and paste the full URL into the web page or Blackboard site
Proquest	Find the "Document URL " at the bottom of the bibliographic article (which is also at the top of the html full text). This is the URL you should copy and paste into your website.

Maintained by John Russell, johnruss@uoregon.edu
Last Modified: 02/13/2008

Durable Linking

How to create a permanent link to an article online

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Durable Link Instructions By Vendor