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Integrating Persistent Links into Course-Related
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Rita Lo
Manager, Information Commons & Library Systems
Bankier Library
Brookdale Community College
Revised August 2012
Integrating Persistent Links into Course-Related
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Outline of Presentation
What are persistent links?
Why the need to use persistent links?
How to create persistent links for off-campus access:
Step 1: Identify the links to the full-text article
Step 2: Verify / Add authentication / proxy server prefix information
Step 3: Post persistent links for students to retrieve
Proxy server authentication login
List of available subscription and licensed resources:
Examples: OPAC (online Public Access Catalog), EBSCO, InfoTrac, JSTOR,
ProQuest, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Facts on File, LexisNexis
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What are persistent links?
Permanently linked URLs that connect users directly to full-text articles by
clicking on an embedded link (including library proxy server) within a website
Enabling students to read relevant articles from within ANGEL without separate
authentication and without searching the databases themselves
Also known as “durable” or “stable”, but may not necessarily be permanent links
Useful for creating syllabi, online reading lists, bibliographies, and other
research tools
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Why the need to use persistent links?
Assist instructors in compliance with licensing and copyright law regulations that
govern the use and dissemination of subscription and licensed resources when
downloading full-text articles and making them available through a courseware
system or departmental websites
Ease of access and simplicity of verification process when viewing full-text
articles from off-campus
Eliminate the need to make multiple copies for in class distribution
Available to students 24/7
Adaptable tool to include in online courses
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How to create persistent links for off-campus access?
Persistent links for off-campus can only be accessed where authentication is
available
Proxy server provides authentication by verifying that a user (currently enrolled
students, faculty and staff) has a relationship with the Brookdale Community
College Bankier Library
If a Web page is created using persistent links and a proxy server prefix is not
included, users attempting to access full-text articles will either be denied or asked
for an unavailable password
The proxy server prefix format is as follows:
http://0-target-server.library.brookdalecc.edu/remainder-of-url
Integrating full-text articles into an ANGEL or HTML page can be implemented in
three easy steps, regardless of databases searched
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Three easy steps
Step1: Identify the link to the full-text article
Step 2: Verify or add authentication / proxy server prefix information
Step 3: Post and verify the persistent link URLs for students to retrieve
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Step 1: Identifying the link
Different names are used to identify persistent links. The vendor EBSCO uses
the term persistent link while others use bookmark, article link, durable link or
stable URL to refer to the same item.
Once a full-text article is located, search the record for the persistent link
information.
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Step 2: Verify / add proxy server prefix
The proxy server prefix contains two separate bits of information.
The first bit is the number zero follow by a dash, i.e.,
http:// becomes “http://0-”
The second bit is the name of the library server: “ .library.brookdalecc.edu”
Example:
http://0search.ebscohost.com.library.brookdalecc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=206253
21&site=ehost-live
Example 2:
http://0-find.galegroup.com.library.brookdalecc.edu/itx/infomark.do?contentSet=IACDocuments&docType=IAC&type=retrieve&tabID=T002&prodId=AIM&docId=A152513402&use
rGroupName=brookdalecc&version=1.0&searchType=BasicSearchForm&source=gale
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Step 3: Post and verify the persistent link URL
Insert the persistent links created in steps 1 and 2 into an ANGEL or HTML
page
When students click on the persistent link, they will be asked to verify by
entering their last name and their 14-digit library barcode. The assigned
barcode is located on the back of the College ID card.
Students may call the library Help Desk at 732-224-2443 should they encounter
errors such as
Inability to locate patron record
Patron record contains expired expiration date
Patron record contains invalid barcode
Etc…
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Proxy server authentication
Persistent link procedure will work both on and off-campus. Off-campus users
will be able to use the links after authentication has been established
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List of subscription and licensed resources
Databases / Indexes
OPAC
EBSCO
Infotrac
JSTOR
Facts on File
ProQuest
Lexis-Nexis
Oxford English Dictionary
Britannica Online
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OPAC - online public access catalog
Connect to the library online catalog from http://ux.brookdalecc.edu/library
Find a book, periodical or journal
From the search results screen, click on the title of the relevant citation
Click on the “Persistent link to this record is” link.
Locate the persistent link information from the address bar, highlight, then right click
to copy the URL
Post the persistent link URL into your ANGEL or HTML website
Library OPAC does not require the first bit of proxy server prefix http://0- because the
library OPAC is available to everyone without restrictions
Examples:
http://library.brookdalecc.edu/record=b1009620~S0 (book)
http://library.brookdalecc.edu/record=b1022037~S0 (periodical)
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EBSCO databases
Connect to an EBSCO database
Find the full-text article
From the search result screen, click on the title of the relevant citation
Click on the “Detailed Record” link
Click on the “Permalink” under Tools
Highlight the URL, then right click to copy the persistent link
Post the persistent link URL into your ANGEL shell or HTML website
Example
http://0-web.ebscohost.com.library.brookdalecc.edu/ehost/detail?hid=107&sid=26187814-f60f4963-847d6943bd12ce2c%40sessionmgr114&vid=12&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db
=hlh&AN=45180660
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Select, right click, and
copy the URL
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InfoTrac/Gale Group databases
Connect to the InfoTrac/Gale Group database (such as Literature Resource
Center)
Find the full-text article or citation.
From the search result screen, click on the Full-Text with graphics or PDF pages of
the relevant article.
Click on the Bookmark link (found in the banner area at the top left of the page).
Highlight the URL, then right click to copy the Bookmark link.
Example -- > http://0-find.galegroup.com.library.brookdalecc.edu/itx/infomark.do?contentSet=IACDocuments&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=AIM&docId=A155749898&retrieveFormat=PDF&us
erGroupName=brookdalecc&version=1.0&isMultiPage=false&noOfPages=14&source=gale
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Select, right
click, and copy
the URL
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JSTOR database
Connect to the JSTOR database
Find the full-text article.
Click on the “View citation” link on the top right of the screen. The item citation
includes the Stable URL .
Highlight the URL, and then right click to copy the Stable URL.
Post the URL in your ANGEL shell or website.
Example
http://0-www.jstor.org.library.brookdalecc.edu/stable/3699524
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Select, right
click, and
copy the URL
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Facts on File
Connect to the Facts on File database
Find the full-text article you want to link to
Scroll down to the bottom of the article page to copy the Record URL
Replace the front part of the URL
http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp
With the proxy server prefix information
http://0-online.infobaselearning.com.library.brookdalecc.edu/Directlink.aspx
Post the URL in your ANGEL shell or website
Example
http://0online.infobaselearning.com.library.brookdalecc.edu/Directlink.aspx?ItemID=WE
54&SID=5&iPin=CAP270&SingleRecord=True
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Select, right
click, and copy
the URL
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ProQuest databases
Connect to a ProQuest database (e.g.,New York Times Historical Newspaper)
Find the full-text article
From the search results screen, click on the relevant citation
Click the
. Copy link in the toolbar (found in the banner area at the top of the page)
Another window will open with the “durable link “
Highlight the URL, then right click to copy the durable link
Post the durable link URL into your ANGEL or HTML website
Example
http://0proquest.umi.com.library.brookdalecc.edu/pqdweb?did=105385448&sid=1&Fmt=10&clientId=
44860&RQT=309&VName=HNP
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Select, right click,
and copy the URL
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Connect to the Encyclopaedia Britannica
Find the full-text article
From the search results screen, click on the Cite Article link (found in the banner area
at the top of the page). Or
Scroll down to find the persistent link information to the article
Highlight the URL, then right click to copy the persistent link
Post the persistent link URL into your ANGEL or HTML website
Example
http://0-www.britannica.com.library.brookdalecc.edu/EBchecked/topic/103673/Miguel-deCervantes
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Select, right
click, and
copy the URL
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LexisNexis Academic (New York Times)
Find the full-text article
Click on a document in the results list
There is a Icon Bar appear in the top right corner of your document
Click the Permalink icon
Right click the bold text and select copy shortcut
Post the URL in your ANGEL shell or website
Example
http://0www.lexisnexis.com.library.brookdalecc.edu/lnacui2api/api/version1/getDocCui?lni=53BJ8BY1-JBKK-53MD&csi=379740&hl=t&hv=t&hnsd=f&hns=t&hgn=t&oc=00240&perma=true
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Contact:
Rita Lo (732)224-2440
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