Linking to Library Resources

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Tisch Library: Chris Strauber (617-627-2094), e-mail chris.strauber@tufts.edu

Contents

Description of the problem

Linking directly to entire books, journals, or databases

Linking directly to articles or book sections

General procedure

Procedure for publishers who use DOI

How to find the permanent URL or DOI

Link Using Citation Lists in Trunk

Description of the problem

Links to library resources work differently than links to other kinds of websites because of how our subscriptions work. Publishers want to be certain only authorized users can access their materials, so they check to see if they recognize the visitor as coming from a subscribing computer--and they include extra information in the URLs to allow them to keep track. One of the side-effects of this is that copying and pasting a link from your browser bar sometimes works, but mostly does not. Sometimes it will just not work. Sometimes it will work for students or faculty on-campus, but not off-campus. You can reliably fix these problems by following these directions.

Linking directly to entire books, journals, or databases

To link to an electronic book, journal, or database

  1. Do a title search in the library catalog
  2. Copy the URL associated with the title in the Electronic Access section of the catalog record

Additional options

For electronic journals

  1. Do a search on our electronic journal portal, E Journals @ Tufts
  2. Copy the URL associated with the title of the journal

For databases (Example: Science Direct, JSTOR, Lexis-Nexis)

  1. Do a search of our Database Finder @ Tufts
  2. Copy the link associated with the title of the database

Linking directly to articles or book sections

It is possible to link directly to articles or sections of electronic books in some (not all) library databases. Methods for creating these links will vary, but usually you will have to build a link based on information an article database or journal provides.

Many of these links will work if the student is accessing them on campus. However, when a student logs into Trunk they are not automatically logged in to the Tufts Library system. In order to ensure that students both on and off campus are able to access your articles, it is necessary to add the following prefix at the beginning of your article link:

https://www.library.tufts.edu/ezproxy/ezproxy.asp?LOCATION=

You will want to add this proxy URL (named that way because you’re sending your request for the article through a proxy, in this case the library catalog) to a stable URL for the article. What’s tricky about this is that each of our dozens of vendors has a slightly different way of creating and naming the stable URL.

Important Notes

General procedure

  1. Find the permanent URL
    2. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2256913
  2. Add the proxy URL to the front of it:
    3. https://www.library.tufts.edu/ezproxy/ezproxy.asp?LOCATION=
  3. Copy the combined URL
    4. https://www.library.tufts.edu/ezproxy/ezproxy.asp?LOCATION=http://www.jstor.org/stable/2256913

Procedure for publishers who use DOI

  1. Find the DOI
    2. 10.1088/1751-8113/40/28/S11
  2. Add the DOI to the end of this URL:
    3. http://dx.doi.org/
  3. Add the proxy URL to the front of this URL https://www.library.tufts.edu/ezproxy/ezproxy.asp?LOCATION=http://dx.doi.org/ Copy the combined URL
    4. https://www.library.tufts.edu/ezproxy/ezproxy.asp?LOCATION=http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/40/28/S11

How to find the permanent URL or DOI

ABI Inform

Use the "Document URL" found underneath the citation information

ACM Digital Library

Use the "DOI Bookmark" located under the citation information.

Acta Sanctorum

Click on the link that says "Durable URL." A pop-up window will open with the URL needed to link to the text. Copy the link.

African American Poetry

Click on the link that says "Durable URL for this text." A pop-up window will open with the URL needed to link to the text. Copy the link.

African American Song

Click on the link that says “View Static URLs”. A pop-up window will open with the URL needed to link to the text. Copy the link.

Alt Press Watch

Click on the option for the article abstract. Copy the Document URL.

American Chemical Society Publications

Use the DOI posted with the article citation on the journal table of contents page.

American Institute of Physics Online Journal

Use the “permalink” posted with the article abstract.

American Periodicals Series Online

Click on “Copy link” at the top of the article page.

American Poetry

Click on the link that says "Durable URL for this text." A pop-up window will open with the URL needed to link to the text. Copy the link.

American Society of Civil Engineers Journals

Use the “Permalink” posted with the article abstract

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Journals

Use the DOI URL underneath the article abstract.

Annual Reviews

Look for the DOI on the abstract for the article.

AnthroSource

Use the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) listed with the citation information on the abstract of the article.

Archive of Americana
 

(includes: America's Historical Newspapers, American State Papers, American Broadsides and Ephemera, Early American Imprints and Early American Imprints II

Copy the "Article Bookmark" link on the bottom of the view citation page.

BioOne

Look for the DOI on the abstract for the article.

Birds of America

Look for the DOI with the recommended citation.

Blackwell Synergy

Look for the DOI on the article abstract.

Britannica Online

Scroll down to find the article URL.

Cambridge Journals Online

Use the DOI located with the article citation.

CQ Public Affairs Collection, CQ Researcher, and CQ Weekly

Look for the document URL at the bottom of the article you wish to link.

Credo Reference

You can link to an individual reference book in Credo Reference, or an excerpt from the book.

To link to an individual book, copy the link in your browser's address window.
To link to an excerpt from a book, look for the URL listed with the citation information at the bottom of the page.

Current Protocols e-books

To link to a chapter within an e-book use the DOI listed with the citation information.

Dissertations and Theses at Tufts University

Click on the option for the article abstract. Copy the Document URL.

Early English Books Online

Click on the Durable URL button, and copy the link.

Ethnic Newswatch

Click on “Copy Link” to see the durable URL

Gale's Infotrac databases (includes: Academic Onefile, Expanded Academic ASAP, Health Reference Center, etc.)

Click on the “Bookmark” link at the top left of the page. Copy the Bookmark URL.

GenderWatch

Click on “Copy Link” to see the durable URL.

GeoScienceWorld

Use the DOI that appears at the top of the abstract.

IEEE Explore

Use the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) listed with the citation information on the abstract of the article.

Institute of Physics Electronic Journals

Use the DOI that appears at the top of the abstract.

JSTOR

Click on “Article Information” for the stable URL.

Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology

Look for the DOI on the article abstract.

Massachusetts Newsstand (includes: Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Patriot Ledger, and Telegram & Gazette)

Click on the option for the article abstract. Copy the Document URL.

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology

Look for the DOI at the bottom of the article.

MDConsult

Look for the "Bookmark URL" at the bottom of an article.

Nature

Look for the DOI near your article title.

Naxos

Click on the "Show Static URL" button. Copy and paste the link.

New York Times

Click on “Copy Link.” Copy the durable link in the pop up window.

Ovid (Journals at Ovid)
 

You can create links to many fulltext articles that you find in the Your Journals@Ovid section of Ovid.

When you find an article you want to link, click on either "Abstract" or "Complete Reference" and note the accession number at the top of the screen.

Using your keyboard and/or mouse, copy the accession number into a new Notepad file. It will look something like 00007670-200401000-00041

Again, using your keyboard and/or mouse, paste the accession number after https://www.library.tufts.edu/ezproxy/ezproxy.asp?LOCATION=ovid&ISSUE= making sure not to add any spaces, hard breaks, or returns. Your finished link will look like: https://www.library.tufts.edu/ezproxy/ezproxy.asp?LOCATION=ovid&ISSUE=00007670- 200401000-00041

If you want to link to the table of contents of a fulltext journal, paste only the beginning of the accession number, in this case, 00007670, after https://www.library.tufts.edu/ezproxy/ezproxy.asp?LOCATION=ovid&ISSUE=

Patty's Industrial Hygiene

Use the DOI under the bibliographic information to create a stable URL.

PRISMA

Click on the "URL for this record" link located under the article citation. A pop-up window will open with the URL.

Project Muse

Look for the DOI listed under the article citation.

PROLA (Physical Review Online Access)

Look for the DOI listed underneath the article abstract.

Royal Society of Chemistry Online Journals

Use the DOI at the top of the page to create a stable URL:

Sage Journals

Look for the DOI listed underneath with the abstract of the article.

Science

From the Table of Contents view, copy the link labeled Full Text or Full Text (PDF)

Science Direct

Use the DOI posted above the abstract.

Springer Link

Use the DOI near the top of the article to create a stable URL.

StatRef

Click on Get A Link and copy the resulting URL

Taylor and Francis Informaworld

Use the URL in the URL bar, which is the same as the URL provided under "Link"

Wall Street Journal

Click on “Copy Link.” Copy the durable link in the pop up window.

Wiley Interscience

Use the DOI under the bibliographic information.

Link using FindIt@Tufts (articles)

  1. click on FindIt@Tufts in a database which supports it
  2. copy the link in the popup window

Linking using Citation Lists in Trunk

Using the Citation Helper feature in Trunk you can add a list of reliable links to articles to your course site. Links created this way use our FindIt@Tufts service to provide students two-click access to articles; students who are off-campus will be prompted to log in. The directions for direct links still work, but links generated within Trunk are just as reliable and are easier to create.

Within the Resources tool, the last item on the "Add" menu is "Add a Citation List"

Select a source

Google Scholar

  1. do your search
  2. select "Import into Sakai"
  3. review the list of citations
  4. name the list

Import an RIS-formatted file

RIS is a standard format for interchanging citation information. Refworks, Endnote, Zotero, and almost all citation software can export a list in this format. Almost all library databases can do this, also

  1. download or export an RIS-formatted file from a database or your Refworks/Endnote/Zotero/etc. account
  2. import the file into Trunk
  3. review the list
  4. name the list

It's a good idea to double-check and make sure the FindIt@Tufts links work, as sometimes data is lost or garbled in transmission into Trunk. Unfortunately, if this happens it's not fixable on a case-by-case basis and it's best to use one of the other linking options.

Input manually


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