Links to electronic full text
Do you need to link to an article in Canvas or in your reading list? Here we show you how to create stable links to the library’s e-resources that work both on and off campus, so that students can easily access the material.
In certain databases a DOI is used. It stands for Digital Object Identifier. Other databases have their own stable links.
To make the link work off campus, it should begin with a so-called proxy prefix (http://proxybib.miun.se/login?url=).
When you have constructed a link as in the examples below, try it to see if it works before you put it in a reference list.
The DOI System
The DOI System is used by the following full text databases
SpringerLink, ScienceDirect, IEEExplore, Oxford Journals, Cambridge Journals, Sage Journals, ACM Digital Library, Wiley Interscience, InformaWorld, BMJ Journals, ACS Publications and Emerald.
DOI links most frequently point to a web page with an abstract from which you may click through to a PDF version of the full text itself.
How to create a link:
- Start with the proxy prefix to make the link work off campus http://proxybib.miun.se/login?url=
- Add the DOI link http://dx.doi.org/
- Add the DOI as displayed in the bibliographic information about the article, for example 10.1007/978-3-540-85204-9_23.
Complete link
http://proxybib.miun.se/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85204-9_23
The EBSCO databases and Miun Discovery
DOI links cannot be used for full text in EBSCO databases. Instead, you need to use their own stable links.
Create the link as follows:
- Click on the title
- Select Share (the arrow icon)
- Choose Create link – a stable database link will be generated
- If the link should work off campus and the proxy prefix is not already included, add it:
Complete link:
http://proxybib.miun.se/login?url=https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=349f154a-0bb5-3415-bd53-ccafc2cf382a
The ProQuest databases
The following apply to ERIC, PILOTS, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, Social Services Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, Biological sciences, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I, Physical Education Index, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts och Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
How to create a link:
- Start with the proxy prefix to make the link work off campus http://proxybib.miun.se/login?url=
- Add the stable link which you will find in the full record of the article. Scroll to the bottom and copy the "Document URL".
Complete link
http://proxybib.miun.se/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/60015080?accountid=12495
Jstor
The extensive article repository called Jstor also has its own stable links.
How to create a link:
- Start with the proxy prefix to make the link work off campus http://proxybib.miun.se/login?url=
- Add the link called "Stable URL".
Complete link
http://proxybib.miun.se/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/726844
Linking to different content in Diva
Diva is both a platform for electronic publishing and for storing information about research publications. If you need to link to something for which full text is available inside Diva you should use the link called Permanent link. These will be available for doctoral dissertations and student theses that have been electronically published in Diva.
Example:
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-11250
If you find articles that are not electronically published in Diva you should look in the bibliographic record for a DOI. This can then be used to link in the same manner as previously described on this page.