Linking to Articles from Library Databases
Conant Library offers a wide array of resources and services, including access to fulltext articles and e-books, guides to course-relevant resources, and help from reference librarians. We encourage faculty to take advantage of the opportunities available for making the Library’s resources more visible and accessible for students in their online courses, syllabi, etc.
Below are some tips on how to link various resources directly from your online course pages. If you need assistance or have any questions, please contact:
Jim Douglas
E-mail:jim.douglas@nichols.edu
Phone: 1.508.213.2333 or Toll Free 1.877.266.2681
Matthew Haggard
E-mail:matthew.haggard@nichols.edu
Phone: 1.508.213.2222 or
Toll Free 1.877.266.2681
Article/Company Information Databases
Linking to Full-Text Articles
Below are explanations of how to link to an article in one of our databases which can be embedded in a syllabus or reading list. These examples are from the most frequently used full-text article databases; if you would like to link an article from a database that is not shown and need assistance, or if you have an article or item that you want converted from print to an "internet-friendly" format, please contact Jim Douglas or Matthew Haggard.
Jump to instructions for linking to a specific database:
Business Source Elite
Expanded Academic Index
General Business File
Wall Street Journal
Professional Collection
Criminal Justice Periodicals Index
Lexis Nexis
For articles from Business Source Elite:
- From the search results list, click on the title of a full-text article
- Scroll down the screen to the Presistent link to this record (See illustration below.)
- Copy and paste the persistent link into your course page.
- Copy and paste http://ezproxy.nichols.edu:2048/login?url= at the beginning of the article URL.
- Check the link to make sure it works.
- Add a note reminding/informing students they will need a username/password issued by the Library in order to access the ebook. They may contact Jim Douglas at jim.douglas@nichols.edu or Matthew Haggard at matthew.haggard@nichols.edu.
For articles from General Business File, Expanded Academic ASAP, Professional Collection and other Gale/Infotrac databases:
- Navigate to the full text of the article.
- Highlight the URL in your web browser's address box. (See illustration below.)
3. Copy and paste the entire URL into your course page.
4. Copy and paste http://ezproxy.nichols.edu:2048/login?url= at the beginning of the article URL.
5. Check the link to make sure it works.
6. Add a note reminding/informing students they will need a username/password issued by the Library in order to access the ebook. They may contact Jim Douglas at jim.douglas@nichols.edu or Matthew Haggard at matthew.haggard@nichols.edu.
For articles from LexisNexis:
Since it has no durable link technology, the next best thing, after locating a desired article in LexisNexis is to save it in a text format and then import the content into a courseware page.
- From the search results list, click on the title of a full-text article
- Looking at the screen shot below, in the far right side you’ll see the tabs for “print” and “e-mail”. Click on the “print” tab. This will re-format the article when it is shown full-text on the screen. It will strip out all of the graphics so you will get a nice, clean looking version of the article, suitable for downloading as a text file.
3. Once you have the full-text article displayed on the monitor, use the basic windows FILE/SAVE AS technique to save the article to your local or network drive. There are two IMPORTANT steps to follow here.
4. One, change the default “save as type” from HTML to TXT.
5. Two, give the save file a basic file name and give it the .txt extension (no spaces or symbols should be in the file name).
6. Insert text link into WebCT course page.
7. Check the link to make sure it works.
8. Add a note reminding/informing students they will need a username/password issued by the Library in order to access the ebook. They may contact Jim Douglas at jim.douglas@nichols.edu or Matthew Haggard at matthew.haggard@nichols.edu.
For articles from Wall Street Journal and Criminal Justice Periodicals Index:
- From the search results list, click on the title of a full-text article
- Scroll down the screen to the Document URL (See illustration below.)
3. Copy and paste the Document URL into your course page.
4. Copy and paste http://ezproxy.nichols.edu:2048/login?url= at the beginning of the article URL.
5 Check the link to make sure it works.
6. Add a note reminding/informing students they will need a username/password issued by the Library in order to access the ebook.
They may contact Jim Douglas at jim.douglas@nichols.edu or Matthew Haggard at matthew.haggard@nichols.edu.
Linking to Specific Databases
Below are links to the most commonly requested databases; copy
and paste these into your web page to give students direct access.
Important Note: To access the Library’s databases from
off-campus, users need to obtain a username/password from the Library.
Please contact
Jim Douglas [jim.douglas@nichols.edu | 508.213.2333] or
Matthew Haggard [matthew.haggard@nichols.edu | 508.213.2222]
or call Toll Free 1.877.266.2681
Business Source Elite
http://ezproxy.nichols.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.epnet.com/
login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=bsh
Expanded Academic Index
http://ezproxy.nichols.edu:2048/login?url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/
itweb/mlin_c_nichols?db=EAIM
Lexis-Nexis
http://ezproxy.nichols.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.lexis-nexis.com/
universe/
General Business File
http://ezproxy.nichols.edu:2048/login?url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/
itweb/mlin_c_nichols?db=GBFM
Mergent Online
http://ezproxy.nichols.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.mergentonline.com
/compsearch.asp
If you would like to create a link to any of our other databases, please contact Jim Douglas or Matthew Haggard and we will send you the link to copy and paste into your course page.
Linking to E-Books in the Library's Collection
The Library subscribes to e(lectronic)books from two vendors, ebrary and netLibrary.
Please note: To access the Library's e-books users need- to obtain a username/password (the same can be used to access our article databases) and
- special 'readers' (software applications) from each vendor. See instructions below.
To provide links to specific ebooks from netLibrary:
- Find the book you want to link to in netLibrary.
- Click on "Details" (See illustration below).
3. Find the "Product ID" (See illustration below).
4. Copy and paste
http://ezproxy.nichols.edu:2048/login?url=
http://www.netlibrary.com/summary.asp?id= and add the Product Detail.
(In our example, the complete URL would be http://ezproxy.nichols.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.netlibrary.com/
summary.asp?id=66793)
5. Copy and paste the complete URL into your course page.
6. Check the link to make sure it works.
7. Include a note to the effect that NetLibrary uses Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the Ebooks. If this isn't installed on your machine you will need to install it before using NetLibrary. Adobe Reader is available at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
8. Add a note reminding/informing students they will need a username/password issued by the Library in order to access the ebook. They may contact Jim Douglas at jim.douglas@nichols.edu or Matthew Haggard at matthew.haggard@nichols.edu.
To Provide Links to Specific ebooks from ebrary:
Note: You (and your students) will need a special 'reader' from ebrary to view the contents of their books. This software can be downloaded from the ebrary home page at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/anysite/Download.
- ebooks from ebrary can be found by searching Conant Library's online catalog at http://www.nichols.edu/Winnebago/search/search.asp.
- After you have entered a keyword, title or subject term and conducted a search, if one or more of the results is an ebook it will have 'Online' in the Call # column and 'ebook' for type. (See illustration below.)
3. Select the ebook you want to link to by clicking on the title.
4. From the record, scroll down to the bottom of the screen. copy and paste the link under 'Web Pages or Sites" to your sourse page. (See illustration below.)
5. Check the link to make sure it works.
6. Include a note to the effect that ebrary has its own reader. This software can be downloaded from the ebrary home page at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/anysite/Download. It is a small plugin and so won't take long to download using a modem.
7. Add a note reminding/informing students they will need a username/password issued by the Library in order to access the ebook. They may contact Jim Douglas at jim.douglas@nichols.edu or Matthew Haggard at matthew.haggard@nichols.edu.
You can even link to a specific chapter within an e-brary ebook. Here's how:
- Repeat steps 1-4 above.
- Open up the book in ebrary's Reader.
- After you click on and open the chapter you want to link to, click on the InfoTools menu link and click on 'copy bookmark'. (See illustration below.)
4. Copy and paste bookmark to the end of the url: http://ezproxy.nichols.edu:2048/login?url= to form a new, longer URL.
5. Copy and paste this new URL into course page.
6. Check the link to make sure it works.
7. Add a note reminding/informing students they will need a username/password issued by the Library in order to access the ebook. They may contact Jim Douglas at jim.douglas@nichols.edu or Matthew Haggard at matthew.haggard@nichols.edu.
Linking to Guides to Resources
The Library reference staff have developed information resource guides for most disciplines/majors at Nichols College. Each guide provides an annotated list (with links) of selected print and online sources of information. Guides for specific courses can also be developed. Students often find these very useful as starting places when doing research. To see what is currently available please go to http://www.nichols.edu/library/findinfo/resourceguides/index.html
To link to one or more of these guides, go to the specific guide(s), copy the URL from the Address Box in your browser and paste it into your course page.
Linking to Research Assistance
The Reference staff at Conant Library can assist students at any stage of their research. A number of options for contacting us are available to distance education students , including e-mail, instant messaging, and phone. This information is provided at our Ask a Librarian page at http://www.nichols.edu/library/research/askalibrarian, which could be linked from a coursepage.