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Our research databases and other online materials offer a wealth of resources to which you can build hyperlinks directly in your Blackboard course.
To ensure these links work correctly, follow these instructions.
Link Articles from Your Blackboard Course
Static, stable, permanent, or persistent links allow you to hyperlink documents in Blackboard.
These links will work in course sites, websites, online bibliographies, Word documents. or any other place you can put a link.
When combined with the library’s proxy server tag, most linked resources will be available to remote users.
Note: In most cases, you cannot copy links from you browser’s address bar. Those links are not static and will not work after the browser is closed or timed out.
Databases that Provide for Static Links
- All EBSCOhost Databases
- Why search here? The EBSCOhost platform allows you to select multiple databases and search them simultaneously. This is useful for multidisciplinary research or if you’re uncertain which database is most suitable.
- What’s included? Most of the EBSCO products to which we subscribe can be searched through this portal.
- Gale Literature Resource Center
- Why search here? This is the most important database for the English program, and it is also useful for other fields in the humanities.
- What’s included? This database contains full-text author biographies, literary analyses, and reviews for a wide range of literature, conveniently sorted by resource type.
- JSTOR
- Why search here? JSTOR is a large, full-text database covering a wide range of academic subjects, including biology, history, law, mathematics, medicine, philosophy, political science, psychology, social science, and social work.
- What’s included? JSTOR contains the full text of thousands of journals, and its collections are especially strong for older or historic journals.
- NWOSU WorldCat
- Why search here? Our online catalog contains the records of the print collection held on the Alva campus as well as our digital collections available instantly through the internet. From the catalog, you can search not only NWOSU’s holdings, but libraries all over the world. You can order materials we don’t have.
- What’s included? Books, journals, DVDs, and musical recordings are included. The catalog also includes links to full-text eBooks and eJournals in our subscription databases as well as select open-access resources.
Make Links Available to Off-Campus Users
Ensure that the static URL for any electronic resource is prefixed with the library’s proxy server tag. Then use the combined URL in your Blackboard course.
- https://ezproxy.nwosu.edu/login?url=
This is the proxy server tag. It should appear in front of any link you make to exclusive material that cannot be reached through the open web.
Directions for creating static links to electronic resources are below.
If you have a questions about static links, contact Shawna Gilbert at srgilbert@nwosu.edu or 580-327-8576.
EBSCOhost Permalinks
EBSCOhost allows users to create static links to its documents, referred to as permalinks.
The link can be found in the detailed record of any EBSCOhost article.
Note: If you plan to include permalinks in Blackboard, please have your Blackboard course website open before you search for articles.
To begin:
From the Database A–Z page, select any EBSCO database.
Note: Although much of the content from EBSCOhost is available in full-text HTML or PDF format, some searches may return only abstracts. If you intend to link to the full text of an article, make sure the full text is available.
Search EBSCOhost and copy links:
Once you have selected a database, enter search terms and limiters on the Advanced Search page and click the Search button.
Advanced search in an EBSCO database. From the search results, select an article and preview the Detailed Record using the magnifying-glass icon.
Detailed record in an EBSCO database. Open the Detailed Record. On the right-hand side of page, you will see twelve icons. Click on the icon for Permalink. A URL will appear. Copy this URL and paste it wherever you wish.
Anyone attempting to access the link from off campus will need a current username and password for Self Service.
A permalink displayed in an EBSCO database. Important: Once you have pasted a link in Blackboard, check whether the proxy prefix is present. Add it if necessary. The end result should look similar to this:
Gale Links
Persistent links can be copied and pasted from citations in the Gale databases.
The Gale databases offer citation tools that can be used to acquire persistent links.
To begin:
From the Database A–Z page, select either Gale eBooks or the Gale Literature Resource Center.
Search Gale and copy links:
Enter your search terms in the available search bar or craft a more complex search using the AdvancedSearch option. Select a resource from the results.
A resource in a Gale database. After opening a resource, choose the option Get Link.
An automatically generated citation. After you have selected this option, a link should appear.
Standard citation at the bottom of a Gale resource. At this time, links copied from Gale eBooks should already contain our proxy prefix, but links copied from Gale Literature Resource Center may not. Always examine the link to make sure.
Important: Once you have pasted a link in Blackboard, check whether the proxy prefix is present. Add it if necessary. The end result should look similar to this:
JSTOR Stable URLs
JSTOR refers to permanent links as Stable URLs.
JSTOR provides full-text access to academic journals and books. Resources in JSTOR are available in PDF format. Users can search JSTOR by discipline, subject area, or journal title. JSTOR refers to a static link as a Stable URL.
To begin:
From the Database A–Z page, select JSTOR.
Search JSTOR and copy links:
Enter your search terms and limiters on the JSTOR Advanced Search page. Then select the Submit Advanced Search button.
JSTOR advanced search. After the results appear, select the title of the article you wish to link.
Search results in JSTOR. After the document opens, you should see a Stable URL for the article under the publication information. You may also see a Remote Access URL, which is the stable URL with our proxy prefix attached.
The available URLs in a JSTOR record. Copy the URL and paste it into your Blackboard course.
Important: So that the article will be accessible from off campus, ensure that the proxy prefix is present. If it is missing, you can add it manually to the stable URL. The end result should look similar to this:
WorldCat Discovery Record Links
You can create a static link directly to a record in our catalog.
To begin:
Open the catalog by selecting the option Catalog ⇒ Go to the Catalog on the library homepage.
Search the catalog and copy links:
Search the catalog to locate a record.
Select the title of the desired record to bring up its details.
A book record in the library catalog. When the record is open, the option to create a link to the record will be near the top of the page in the upper right corner.
A detailed record from the catalog. Copy and paste the link.
A static link in a catalog record.
Note: If this record is for a full-text resource in any of the databases, it is better to link directly to the resource via the database instead.
Because the catalog is openly available on the internet, links to catalog records do not require the proxy prefix. Simply copy and paste the link as is.