Copyright-Friendly eReading Lists
Use the following guidelines to create copyright-friendly links to course readings available in Plough Library's electronic resources.
Link Directly to Articles
- Many databases provide direct links to items, aka stable URLs, persistent links, or permalinks.
- Wherever you find one, you can use it as a shortcut to the article itself.
- Not all databases provide full text, and not all full text databases provide stable URLs.
- You will need to check any links you add to a reading list periodically to make sure they haven't changed.
Off-Campus Access
- As provided by many databases, stable URLs alone will not work from off-campus.
- For off-campus access, the EZproxy prefix (below) must precede the stable URL in the link you create.
- NOTE: EBSCOHost, the vendor providing a large number of our fulltext databases includes CBU's EZproxy prefix in their permalinks so you can simply copy-and-paste them.
- If you need to include it, the EZproxy prefix is:
http://ezproxy.cbu.edu:9000/login?url=
- The stable URL should come behind the equal sign without any break or spacing. For example:
Tips
- For your reading list, you may prefer to hide long URLs. If so, hyperlink selected text, such as the title of the article, to give the page a cleaner appearance.
- If you create a reading list in Microsoft Word, save the file as a Web Page, or in html format. The web page can then be loaded into e-courseware for students to access. (Web pages are recommended because linked Word documents (.doc format) do not work consistently when remote access is involved.)
Available Databases
American History in Video (AHIV) See VAST Academic Video Online.
EBSCOhost Databases
EBSCOHost databases with fulltext articles are Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premiere, EBSCO eBooks, ERIC, Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia, MAS Ultra, Military & Government Collection, Primary Search, PsycArticles, Regional Business News. Databases providing abstracts only include: MLA Bibliography, Philosopher's Index, PsycInfo. Be aware that in addition to articles, Business Source Premier includes country studies, industry reports, and market research--all of which include permalinks.
- Term: Persistent Link or Permalink
- EZProxy: Automatically included
- Instructions: EBSCOhost databases provide the EZproxy prefix as part of all permalinks. You do not need to edit them.
Congressional Quarterly
Databases include CQ Encyclopedia of American Government and CQ Researcher.
- Term: Document URL
- EZProxy: Must be added
- Instructions: Scroll to the bottom of the article to find the document URL.
Credo Reference
This database ncludes a variety of dictionaries, encyclopedias, and biographical material.
- Term: n/a
- EZProxy: Must be added
- Instructions: Scroll to the bottom of the article. There is no permalink so labelled, but you can copy-and-paste the URL from the provided citation, after "retrieved from."
Films on Demand
Streaming video in all disciplines.
- Term: Title URL
- EZProxy: Automatically included
- Instructions: Open the descriptive record for the video by clicking on the title. Scroll to the bottom of the page and capture the Title URL. Do not use the "embed" function; it does not work with an EZProxy prefix.
Gale Cengage Databases
Databases include Academic OneFile, Computer Database, Gale Virtual Reference Library, General Reference Center Gold, Health Reference Center Academic, Literature Resource Center. Be aware that many of these Gale databases also include multimedia records (streaming audio, streaming video, podcasts) and books, and all resources include direct links. Some Gale resources--General Business File, General Business File International, and Health & Wellness Resource Center--do not include document URLs yet.
- Term: Document URL
- EZProxy: Must be added
- Instuctions: To retrieve links for an HTML article, open the full text, find the Document URL at the bottom of the article, and copy-and-paste. You can't link directly to a PDF record, but the link to the PDF will be found in the HTML version, when a PDF is available. NOTE: lists of articles from Gale databases can be downloaded in files that include the Document URLs.
JSTOR
JSTOR contains articles from a number of journals.
- Term: Stable URL
- EZProxy: Must be added
- Instructions: Click on the "Item Information" link to find the stable URL.
LexisNexis Academic
News articles and legal documents include permalinks; company information does not.
- Term: Permalink
- EZProxy: Must be added
- Instructions: Click on the permalink icon at the upper right.
PubMed
A single abstracting database with links out to fulltext, available through subscription or available for free. Links provided at the discretion of publishers.
- Term: n/a
- EZProxy: Not required, as PubMed is free-on-the-web
- Instructions: Open the abstract, then cut-and-paste the URL from the address bar.
VAST Academic Video Online
Multidisciplinary collection of streaming videos, VAST also lets you build and save playlists from within the database (requires personal registration). Playlists can be made public (available to anyone with access to VAST or limited to anyone at CBU). For details, see their help page on Creating Playlists.
- Term: Embed/Link
- EZProxy: Automatically included
- Instructions: Click on Embed/Link above video. Popup window appears with link for easy copying.