Creating Persistent Links to Journal Articles
EBSCOhost | Elsevier ScienceDirect | JSTOR | OVID
EBSCOhost
To link to a full text article from an EBSCOhost database,
select the article from the result list and copy the
"Permalink":
Please make sure that Murphy Library's proxy prefix (https://libweb.uwlax.edu/login?url=) begins the link so that users can connect either on or off-campus.
The full link should resemble this: https://libweb.uwlax.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=34274420&site=ehost-live&scope=site
Elsevier ScienceDirect
To link to a full text article from ScienceDirect, add DOI to the following URL:
https://libweb.uwlax.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/

A completed persistent link should look like:
https://libweb.uwlax.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-9457(01)00034-3
JSTOR
To link to a full text article from JSTOR, add Murphy Library's proxy prefix to the stable URL for the article:
https://libweb.uwlax.edu/login?url=

Locate the stable URL from any article by selecting the link to Article Information, then highlighting the stable URL:

The completed persistent link to this article would be:
https://libweb.uwlax.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/259354
OVID
To create a persistent link to a full text article from OVID, use the jumpstart link. When viewing a full text article, select the Email Jumpstart link on the right side of the page:
The resulting jumpstart URL at the top of the page is the persistent link.
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