Research Guides: How to Create Stable URLs: Introduction

Quick Links

SLU Library EZproxy URL

For faculty and librarians -

The EZproxy prefix is required to access subscribed resources from off campus.

Add this proxy prefix to the beginning of article links, ebook links, database links, and ejournal links.

Right click on the link and copy it. Then paste it in front of the "http://... for the article.

https://ezp.slu.edu/login?url=

Linking to SLU Libraries' Subscribed Resources

Linking to Saint Louis University Libraries' subscribed articles/ejournals/ebooks is advantageous on syllabi, in Canvas and in eReserves because

For most journals and ebooks, linking to journals, articles, and ebooks is legal (no copyright issues) - One exception is the Harvard Business Review, whose publisher requires a copyright fee for linking directly to any of their articles.
Creating a pdf of a subscribed article to upload to a course management system like Canvas is not always allowed by our license. For copyright please use the a stable URL.
If you upload an article to Canvas, or another course management system for your students to read, it is counted as ONE use of that journal. If you provide the link to that same article and ask your class of 30 to read that article, that will be counted as THIRTY uses. This helps with the libraries usage statistics that we use to analyze subscriptions.

EBSCOhost
These instructions also apply to SLUth-Search Plus. EBSCOhost databases include the EZproxy prefix in all Permalinks.
Gale
Gale databases use Bookmark icons. Whether the EZproxy prefix is included in the URL depends upon whether you are on or off campus.
HighWire/Oxford/Sage
Stable URLs are created by copying the URL in the Location Bar. Whether you have to remove the ".ezp.slu.edu" from the URL and add the EZproxy prefix, http://ezp.slu.edu/login?url= depends upon if you are on campus or off campus when obtaining the link.
JSTOR
Stable links for JSTOR articles appear on the cover page for each article. Please add the EZproxy prefix, http://ezp.slu.edu/login?rul= to the front of each URL.
Journals@Ovid
You will need to add the EZproxy prefix, http://ezp.slu.edu/login?url= for off-campus access.
LexisNexis Academic
Instructions for creating Permalinks for LexisNexis articles. You must add the EZproxy prefix to all Permalinks - http://ezp.slu.edu/login?url=
Project Muse
Each page in Project Muse provides a box to email a stable link to that journal, journal issue, or article. Please add the EZproxy prefix, http://ezp.slu.edu/login?url= to the beginning of each link.
ProQuest
You will need to add the EZproxy prefix only to the journal link. http://ezp.slu.edu/login?url=
PubMed Central
Articles are available for you to use, but please abide by the PMC Copyright Notice.
ScienceDirect
Remember to place http://ezp.slu.edu/login?url= in front of any link you create for access to ScienceDirect journal or article for off-campus access.
SpringerLINK
EZproxy prefix required for off-campus access. Please add http://ezp.slu.edu/login?url= to all URLs.
Taylor & Francis Online
This system uses the OpenURL model for linking.
Walter de Gruyter Online
Please add EZproxy prefix to your created URL. http://ezp.slu.edu/login?url=
Wiley Online Library (Wiley-Blackwell)
Please add EZproxy prefix to your URL. http://ezp.slu.edu/login?url=
Help creating stable URLs for articles
Please contact your subject librarian.

Credits

How to Create Stable URLs guide originally created by Georgia Baugh, Electronic Resources Research Librarian, 2012.