LMC Library Guide to placing Links to Library Articles,
eBooks and Streaming Videos into your D2L Course Site
Identify LMC Library Electronic Resources that you would like to share with your class.
1. Go to the LMC webpage: http://www.losmedanos.edu/
2. Click on the Library link in the top banner or start here http://www.losmedanos.edu/library/
3. Click on the Electronic Resources link on the left side of the page.
What’s your
What type of
research about?
source are you
looking for?
A-Z list of
all resources
with a
description.
Search for specific magazine, journal or newspaper holdings
by title (ex. Scientific American.)
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4. Please contact any of your LMC librarians to get help finding resources to support your class.
 Christina Goff
cgoff@losmedanos.edu
 Christine Park
chpark@losmedanos.edu
 Kim Wentworth kwentworth@losmedanos.edu
Identify the correct link to post in your Desire 2 Learn class site.
In order for the links to work, you will need to use the "persistent link" which includes LMC’s proxy
information. This allows remote users access to view library resources. Even though they have already
logged in to D2L, remote users will be automatically prompted to log in to the library in order to gain
access to view the posted material.
Please note this screen is asking for last name and student ID or employee ID number.
(If you do not know your employee ID, look on your paycheck or ask a Library staff person to look it up
for you.)
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All electronic resources provide persistent links, but they are found in different places based on the
vendor.
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
ARTstor
Britannica
Country Watch
CQ Research
EBSCO Host Interface
EBSCO Custom
Interfaces
Electronic Resources
African American
Experience
American Indian Experience
Latino American Experience
ARTstor
Encyclopedia Britannica
Online
Country Watch
CQ Almanac Online
CQ Researcher
Academic Search Complete
America: History and Life
with Full Text
Annals of American History
BIR Entertainment
Book Index with Reviews
Business Source Elite
Communication & Mass
Media Complete
EBSCO eBook Collection
ERIC (Education Resources
Information Center)
Funk & Wagnalls New World
Encyclopedia
GreenFILE
Health Source Consumer
Edition
Health Source
Nursing/Academic Edition
Library, Information
Science & Technology
Abstracts (LISTA)
MasterFILE Premier
MAS Ultra -School Edition
MEDLINE
Military & Government
Collection
Newspaper Source Plus
Primary Search
Professional Development
Collection
Psychology & Behavioral
Sciences Collection
Regional Business News
Religion & Philosophy
Collection
Teacher Reference Center
Auto Repair Reference
Center
Consumer Health Complete
What to copy
Copy the URL from address bar.
See Librarian.
Copy the URL from address bar.
Copy the URL from address bar.
Copy the URL from address bar.
Click on the “Permalink” icon
which is the graphic of a chain link
located in the Tool Bar on the right
side of the screen. A new
“Permalink” box will open up at
the top of the page. Copy the URL
text from this box.
Copy the URL from address bar.
Copy the “Persistent link to this
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Small Business Reference
Center
Student Research Center
Facts on File
American Women's History
Online
Bloom’s Literary Reference
Online
record (Permalink)” found in the
Citation View.
Click on the “Permalink” icon
which is the graphic of a chain link
located in the Tool Bar on the right
side of the screen. A new
“Permalink” box will open up at
the top of the page. Copy the URL
text from this box.
Copy the “Persistent link to this
record (Permalink)” found in the
Citation View.
Copy the “Record URL” at the
bottom of every page.
Today's Science
World News Today
InfoBase Publishing
Films on Demand
Los Medanos College
Oxford University
Press
The Experience
“Document URL” is listed at the
bottom of the article.
Copying the URL from address bar
works, but is very long. If you click
on “Citation and Tools” from the
right column, a tiny url is provided.
To embed a video within your
course site, select the entire film
or segment you wish to embed.
Click the “Embed this video” link
directly below the video. Copy the
text listed under “Alternate
Embedded Code.” To link to
videos, copy the “Title URL” which
appears at the bottom of the
page.
Copy the URL from address bar.
Oxford Art Online
Copy the URL from address bar.
Ethnic News Watch
Copy the URL from address bar or
copy the “Document URL” from
the Indexing Details area at the
bottom of the article.
InfoTrac Newsstand
Gale
ProQuest
National Geographic Virtual
Library
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Samples of electronic resources that allow the user to copy document URL directly from the browser
address bar:
All ABC-Clio Electronic Resources
CQ Researcher
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All EBSCO Host Electronic Resources
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InfoTrac Newsstand
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Films On Demand
Copy this code for Blackboard.
Copy this code for Desire2Learn.
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Entering Content into Desire2Learn
Linking to Articles
1. Open your Desire2Learn course site.
2. Click on Course Materials pull down menu.
3. Click on Links.
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4.
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Select or create a new category for where you want your link to go.
Type in a Title for your link.
Paste the URL from the Library resource.
Click Preview to make sure it works.
Be sure to leave the open in new window box checked.
Save.
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Section 508 Compliance Info:
 ABC-CLIO Databases:
http://www.cclibraries.org/providers/508%20section/ADA%20statementABC.pdf
 Country Watch: http://www.countrywatch.com/cw_special.aspx?topic=AP508
 CQ Press: http://www.cclibraries.org/providers/508%20section/CQPress%20508.pdf
 EBSCO: http://support.epnet.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?topic=996&id=998&page=1
 Encyclopedia Britannica http://help.eb.com/bolae/Accessibility_Policy.htm
 Films on Demand
http://www.cclibraries.org/providers/508%20section/Section%20508%20CompliancyFOD.pdf
 Gale http://support.gale.com/gale/article.html?article=1168
 Oxford University Press http://www.oxfordjournals.org/help/techinfo/accessibility.html
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