OBTAINING PERSISTENT LINKS TO FULL TEXT ARTICLES

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1 OBTAINING PERSISTENT LINKS TO FULL TEXT ARTICLES OVID FULL TEXT 1. Find the article you are interested in. 2. Click on the Jumpstart link that appears on the right-hand side of the page: 1

2 3. Either the link to yourself, or copy and paste the Jumpstart URL into a text editor. 4. Replace everything before and including the first four numbers (in the case above, 3036) with So for the above example T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN= &LSLINK=80&D=ovft is a persistent link to the article above. 5. Test all links before posting them via , on course webpages, etc. 2

3 OBTAINING PERSISTENT LINKS TO BOOK TITLES OVID BOOKS 1. Choose the Books tab and click on Link to create a persistent link to the All Books result list. 3

4 2. Copy-and-paste the URL in the Comments field into a text editor. 3. Replace everything before and including the first four numbers (in the case above, 3036) with So for the above example T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=browsecontent&BROWSEOPT=browseTitles%7c%7c%7c 1&D=books&CHAR=All&BOOK_FORMAT=book is a persistent link to the list of all 26 books above. 4. Test all links before posting them via , on course webpages, etc. LINK TO SPECIFIC BOOK TITLES 1. To create a persistent link to a specific book, copy the URL by right-clicking the hyperlink and selecting Copy link location or Copy shortcut : 4

5 In the case of Assessment: An Incredibly Visual Pocket Guide, that link location would be b/ovidweb.cgi?&S=JIELFPKBGLDDGBJGNCKKNADCFCGPAA00&FTS+Content=S.sh.15074_ _ _ _ _ _70%7c1%7c%2fb ookdb%2f %2f1st_edition%2f3%2fpg%280%29&returntobrowsebooks=bro wse+content%3ds.sh.15074_ _ _ _62%7c0%7c1 2. Replace everything before and including the first four numbers (in the case above, 3037) with So for the above example b/ovidweb.cgi?&S=JIELFPKBGLDDGBJGNCKKNADCFCGPAA00&FTS+Content=S.sh _ _ _ _ _ _70%7c1%7c%2fboo kdb%2f %2f1st_edition%2f3%2fpg%280%29&returntobrowsebooks=browse +Content%3dS.sh.15074_ _ _ _62%7c0%7c1 is a persistent link to that particular title. 3. Test all links before posting them via , on course webpages, etc. 5

6 OBTAINING PERSISTENT LINKS TO PUBLICATION TITLES ALL JOURNAL TITLES Persistent links to publication titles are made available through the libraries Journal Title Finder service. This type of link will allow users to view all of the libraries holdings to specific titles, including print. There are two options for creating these links. OPTION #1 1. Replace XXXXXXXX with the ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) for the publication in this base URL: lity=1&sfx.ignore_date_threshold=1 2. ISSNs for can be found in a number of places including: Journal Title Finder, library databases, the library catalogue, and Serials Directory. 3. Test links prior to posting via , on course webpages, etc. OPTION#2 1. Persistent links to publication titles can be found using the library catalogue. Search the library catalogue, choose Journals and ejournals for the Quick Limits and click Search. 6

7 2. Click the Journal title from the result list and then click the find it online link. 3. The link will open in a new tab. Click on Save this link. 4. The link will open in another tab. Copy and paste the link into a text editor. 7

8 5. Test links prior to posting via , on course web pages, etc. 8