E-Reserves creating
persistent URL links
@ DOROTHY H. HOOVER LIBRARY
This guide is intended to help teaching faculty to create links to full text articles from licensed OCAD
University databases. Note that most license agreements permit instructors to link to articles as long as
there is a proxy prefix added to the stable URL address; this combination allows students to access
individual articles from off campus.
If you need any assistance in constructing persistent links to content you have located in any of the library
databases, please contact Topher Elliott (telliott@ocadu.ca). Provide us with the bibliographic citation as
well as the database name. Library staff will ensure that the link is valid for both on and off campus access.
The modified URL can be cut and pasted into a word document and embedded in the citations added to the
bibliography of readings accompanying a syllabus. If configured in this manner, once a student logs into
MyCourses, there will be no need to log in again to access the full text article. Note that all databases with
full text articles (in HTML or PDF formats) generally do not allow instructors to download copies for posting
on a course management site such as Canvas, so it is important to use the modified URL structure
described below. See Reserves Print or Electronic guide more information.
If the bibliography is not loaded on MyCourses, but
sent via email or other means, students will be
prompted to log in using the standard OCAD
University username/password
To Create URL
The below procedure works for most databases
except those using DOI standards, or Direct Object Identifiers (for ex. Wiley Online Library);
see p. 6 of this handout for procedures to link a DOI using the proxy prefix.
1. access stable URL (or permanent link, permalink, persistent URL, stable link)
 example:
http://jph.sagepub.com/content/9/4/203
2. add proxy prefix before the URL with no spaces between the two
 proxy prefix example
http://ezproxy-library.ocad.ca/login?url=
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combined URL example; note:
 there is no space between Proxy prefix and permanent URL link
 there are two occurrences of the protocol (http://...)
http://ezproxy-library.ocad.ca/login?url=http://jph.sagepub.com/content/9/4/203
proxy prefix
stable URL for full text article
To Find Stable URLs
Many databases use different procedures, but the examples
below highlight the most frequently used protocols
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Art Full Text (EBSCO)
1. access article record
2. click Permalink
3. cut and paste URL that
appears in window
1. access article record
2. click Permalink
3. cut and paste URL that
appears in window
CPIQ (Canadian Periodical Index Quarterly)
1. access article record
2. scroll down to bottom of
record
3. cut and paste Document
URL
CBCA (Canadian Business and Current Affairs)
1. access article record
2. scroll down to bottom of
record
3. cut and paste Document
URL
 NOTE: OCAD U proxy
prefix is automatically
added to URL
JSTOR
1. access article record
2. cut and paste Article
Stable URL
 Note: PDF version is
accessible
Project Muse
1. access article Summary
2. cut and paste URL from
summary page
DOI format URLs
ACM Digital Library
ACM uses Direct Object
Identifiers (DOI): use the
following for all DOI addresses:
1. go to article record
2. cut and paste DOI number
only
3. between proxy prefix and
DOI add the following:
http://dx.doi.org/
 example:
http://ezproxy-library.ocad.ca/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1243441.1243472
proxy prefix
required URL
DOI
SAGE Journals Online
1. access Full Text (PDF)
2. cut and paste DOI number
only
3. between proxy prefix and
DOI add the following:
http://dx.doi.org/
 example:
http://ezproxy-library.ocad.ca/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0169796X0802400304
proxy prefix
required URL
DOI
Non-Standard DOIs
Wiley Online
1 cut and paste DOI number only from results
page; eg.
 10.1111/1467-8330.00237
add
to theofend
of DOI: eg.
Wiley Online uses DOI (digital object identifier)2 but
the/pdf
method
constructing
the
 10.1111/1467-8330.00237/pdf
3 before the DOI number insert the following:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/; eg.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.11
11/1467-8330.00237/pdf
4 Insert the proxy prefix in front of URL
 example:
http://ezproxy-library.ocad.ca/login?url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8330.00237/pdf
proxy prefix
required Wiley URL
DOI
/pdf
To Find Stable URLs for E-Book Chapters
1. click book title
2. cut and paste URL from Table
of Contents page
3. find start page of the chapter
using:
 table of contents OR
 paging through to find table
of contents in the full text
version
EBRARY
Example:
4. add page number to URL
by using first number
from brackets
 example (103 of 329)
 use 103
5. add &page=103 to end
of URL
 example:
http://ezproxy-library.ocad.ca/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1243441.1243472&page=103
book URL
chapter page
SCHOLARS PORTAL BOOKS
1. locate book
2. use table of contents to access
chapter
3. cut and paste URL browser
display
BETA TESTING
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ALWAYS test the link from on-campus to verify that it works
ALWAYS test the link from off-campus in order to ensure that students can
access the link from off-campus.
If you need any assistance in constructing persistent links to content you
have located in any of the library databases, please contact Daniel Payne
ext. 217 (dpayne@ocadu.ca). Provide us with the bibliographic citation as
well as the database name. Library staff will ensure that the link is valid for
both on and off campus access.
Daniel Payne, Head Instructional Services
 (416) 977-6000 ext. 217
 dpayne@ocadu.ca
May 2012
To Insert Hyperlink
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To create an embedded link in MS Office Word:
highlight the Title of article (or text that will be hyperlinked)
select Insert tab
click Hyperlink icon to open window
cut and paste full URL into Address box
click OK button
Once completed linked
URLs can be accessed on
PCs by:
 holding CTRL key
 left click with mouse