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APA Guide 7th ed.

Creating a Permanent Database Link

Access the permalink for EBSCO results by selecting "Permalink" on the right

  1. Click on any title in your EBSCOhost results to get to the Detailed Record view.
  2. Click on "Permalink" on the right side.
  3. Copy and paste the URL into your course or document.

A screenshot of a citation in a JSTOR article

 

  1. Click on any title in your JSTOR results to get to the detailed view of the record.
  2. Go to the citation and look for the Remote Access URL.
  3. Copy and paste the URL into your course or document. 

A screenshot of an Ovid link

  1. Locate and select the "Email Jumpstart" link at the top of the article.
  2. Copy the Jumpstart URL and paste it into your course or document. 

A blue box highlights the "Abstracts/Details" tab in ProQuest

A blue box highlights the Document URL used for permalinking

  1. Click on the "Abstract/Details" tab of the article you want in ProQuest. 
  2. Scroll down to find the Document URL.
  3. Copy and paste the URL into your course or document. 

  1. Find the URL of the article in the address bar.
  2. Before pasting the URL into your course, you will need to add the library proxy.
  3. Once you've added the library proxy to the ScienceDirect URL, copy and paste the URL into your course or document. 

Example:

Here is the library proxy: https://ju.idm.oclc.org/login?url=

Add the library proxy to the front of the ScienceDirect URL:

https://ju.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094730X1830013