Copyright: You can link to an article in a database or e-journal and remain copyright compliant.
Analytics: Databases keep track of how often content is accessed. Librarians use this information when making decisions about which journal and database subscriptions to renew.
Accessibility: Many databases include accessibility options such as text-to-speech and easy-to-read fonts.
Context: Many databases provide tools and additional information about articles such as keywords, and links to cited and related articles.
Find the Permalink: Copying and pasting the link from the browser address bar will not always work. Locate the permalink, which is a stable link that will not change. These links are sometimes found by clicking on the title of an article to view the detailed record.
Include the Ezproxy URL Prefix: For students to gain access to articles when off-campus, the library must route its database content through a proxy service. To link at the article level, every URL must include the EZProxy prefix. While some databases automatically attach this prefix to their permalinks, others do not. In some cases, you will have to add the prefix to the beginning of each URL manually.
Proxy Prefix: http://ezproxy.siena.edu:2048/login?url=
Best Practice: With some resources such as Wiley, Sage, Springer, & O'Reilly it is recommended that you create your persistent links while on campus. When accessing library resources from off-campus the URLS are rewritten and may cause issues when creating persistent links. For resources such as EBSCO, Proquest, JSTOR, & Saint Search that provide a persistent link with the record it is not an issue.
The proxy prefix is already attached to articles in EBSCO databases. Follow these steps to locate the permalink:
ABI/Inform Complete
Historical Abstract of the United States
New York Times Historical
ProQuest Central
Proquest International Newsstream
Proquest U.S. Newsstream
From the browser address bar
Your final link should look like this: http://ezproxy.siena.edu:2048/login?url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22000068
Locate the DOI just beneath the title & authors
Your final link should look like this http://ezproxy.siena.edu:2048/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.01.003
From the browser address bar
Your final link should look like this: http://ezproxy.siena.edu:2048/login?url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1098612X19877988
Locate the DOI just beneath the title & authors
Your final link should look like this: http://ezproxy.siena.edu:2048/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1177/1098612X19877988
From the browser address bar
Your final link should look like this: http://ezproxy.siena.edu:2048/login?url=https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wsb.902
Locate the DOI just beneath the title & authors
Your final link should look like this: http://ezproxy.siena.edu:2048/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.902
Your final link should look like this: http://ezproxy.siena.edu:2048/login?url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10211-019-00333-7
The syntax for the direct URL to a title is:
http://ezproxy.siena.edu:2048/login?url=(URL FOR THAT TITLE)/?ar&email=^u
Example:
Using the above book again as an example the link to a chapter in that book would be as follows:
http://ezproxy.siena.edu:2048/login?url=https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/introducing-python-2nd/9781492051374/ch04.html?ar&email=^u
If you don't want to link directly to an article you can always link to a record in our Saint Search. If a student is off-campus and clicks on the full-text availability they will be prompted to sign in with their Siena credentials and will be able to access the article.
