Michigan State University Libraries

Creating Stable Links to Electronic Articles

After clicking the link to the article, choose the "Copy link" option in the top yellow toolbar.

A pop-up window will come up with your URL highlighted in the center. Examine the URL given to you by Proquest. If the URL
already includes proxy1 (or proxy2).cl.msu.edu in the string, you do not need to do anything further. Use the link given to you by
Proquest to include in your course. If the link does not already include the proxy1 or proxy2 string in the URL, then add the
EZproxy string, http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=, in front of it before using it.

Click on "Article Information" to retrieve part of the stable link. The information you need is labeled "Stable URL". You MUST add
the following information in front of the Stable URL so that the link will work for off-campus users: http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=.
So, when complete, the link should look like:

http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0027-8424%2819990216%2996%3C1164%3A1S

Open the article, then click on "Link Pickup" at the top corner of the First Search page.

After clicking on "Link Pickup", the screen below displays. Use the link below the "IP-address recognition URL…"
as your stable link. If the URL already includes proxy1 (or proxy2).cl.msu.edu in the string, you do not need to do anything
further. Use the link given to you by FirstSearch to include in your course. If the link does not already include the proxy1 or proxy2
string in the URL,then add the EZproxy string, http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=, in front of it before using it.

Science Direct (Elsevier) and Cambridge:

These databases use a DOI (Digital Object Identifier). Retrieve your article and locate the DOI.
Normally the DOI is located on the full text or summary page but not visible on the pdf.
To create the stable link, begin with "http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/"
and then add everything after "doi" in your article.

These platforms use the URL in the address bar on your browser as the stable link. Retrieve your article and locate the URL. Examine the
link and if it already includes proxy1 (or proxy2).cl.msu.edu in the string, you do not need to do anything further. Use the URL to include in
your course. If the link does not already include the proxy1 or proxy2 string in the URL, then add the EZproxy string,
http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=, in front of it before using it.

Ovid

A Jumpstart URL is used to create the link. Click open the "Email Jumpstart" link at the complete reference view of the citation.

Copy the Jumpstart URL and use that as your stable link. Examine the link and if it already includes proxy1 or proxy2).cl.msu.edu
in the string, you do not need to do anything further. Use the URL to include in your course. If the link does not already
include the proxy1 or proxy2 string in the URL,then add the EZproxy string, http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=,
in front of it before using it.

After selecting your title in a Gale Cengage resource, to get the stable link, click on "Bookmark" on the left hand side of the screen
(located above the Basic Search link.

Copy the URL in the address from the full-text view of the article and place it after "http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=".
Do not take the URL from the PDF view. When complete, your link will look like:

http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1662%
2F0002-7685%282003%29065%5B0360%3AOMMFEI%5D2.0.CO%3B2

Click on the title link of the article and not the pdf view to have this format display.

Page down the record until you find the field labeled, Persistent Link to this record. This will be the stable link. Examine the
link and if it already includes proxy1 (or proxy2).cl.msu.edu in the string, you do not need to do anything further. Copy and
paste the URL in your course. If the link does not already include the proxy1 or proxy2 string in the URL, then add
the EZproxy string, http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=, in front of it before using it.

Emerald Journals

Click on the title link for the article, not the html or pdf view. The screen below should appear. Look for the field labeled Article URL,
as this is the stable link.

The stable link for the article below is: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00197850810841648. For the link to work for
off-campus users, attach the following URL in front of the stable URL link above: http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=

The completed link will appear as:
http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00197850810841648

HeinOnline

To create a stable link to an article in this resource, you have to click on the Permanent Page Link icon found in the page toolbar.