Course Management System

Linking Course Reserves from Blackboard

1. Log into your Blackboard account and select the class.
2. From the menu on the left, choose Control Panel.
3. Under the Contents Area, choose External Links.
4. Add an External Link. You can use the following links to add your Course Reserve list to Blackboard either by replacing the instructor name or the course name. 
   • Link by Instructor: Replace "Lastname+FirstInitial" with your own last name and first initial, using "+" in between the two:http://ezproxy.library.wwu.edu/login?url=http://lis.wwu.edu/search/p?Lastname+Firstinitial

     EXAMPLE: http://ezproxy.library.wwu.edu/login?url=http://lis.wwu.edu/search/p?Smith+J

   • Link by Course Name: Replace "CourseName+CourseNumber" with your own department and class number, using "+" in between the two:http://ezproxy.library.wwu.edu/login?url=http://lis.wwu.edu/search/r?CourseName+CourseNumber

     EXAMPLE: http://ezproxy.library.wwu.edu/login?url=http://lis.wwu.edu/search/r?English+310

5. Paste the URL into the url field and enter a title for the link. Click on Submit.
6. Your link will now show up under the External Links. Make sure you test the link!

Linking to Articles in Full-text Databases

The Library will create an electronic course reserves list for you. If you want to create your own links to articles, use one of these methods:

• Use Find it!
• Use a DOI
• Use Publisher provided links: EBSCO, JSTOR, Kluwer/Springer and Emerald (MCB Emerald)
• Add a link to BlackBoard

You may link to full-text articles from Blackboard, your syllabus or a webpage. Simply capturing the location from the address bar of your browser will NOT work. It may appear to work initially, but the links are not permanent, and are not guaranteed to last through the quarter. Use one of the choices below to create permanent links to articles.

WARNING: Publishers sometimes end contracts with database vendors. When a contract ends, content is pulled from the database. If this happens to a publication you are linking to, articles may disappear from the database.

Use Find it!

• When you are searching through databases, use the [button image here] button to find articles available full-text online.
• When full-text is available, there will also be an option to "Get a persistent url to this article". Click on this option for further instructions.

NOTE: The link will provide access the Find-it window, which may offer multiple ways to get to the fulltext. It will work for off-campus users. Make sure you check the link to full-text before posting it as some resources only provide a link to the journal or the journal issue, and this may be confusing for your students.

Use a DOI

• Many articles have a DOI associated with them. 
• Make a persistent url by appending the DOI to this url:http://dx.doi.org/
• To make your article ACCESSIBLE OFF-CAMPUS, you must add the following as a PREFIX to the url: http://ezproxy.library.wwu.edu/login?url=

Your final url should look something like this: 
http://ezproxy.library.wwu.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10802-005-9009-4

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Use Publisher provided linking

Some publishers provide a method of linking directly to articles within their databases. It is important to remember to add ezproxy prefix ( noted as the last step below ) to any links created in this way or students off-campus will not be able to access it.

Ebsco

• Find the article within the Ebsco Database
• From the browse screen (multiple articles are listed by number), Go to the full record by clicking on the title.
• Scroll down toward the bottom of the full record and copy the url in field: "Persistent link to this record."
• The url should look something like this: http://ezproxy.library.wwu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/log...

JSTOR

• Find the article within JSTOR 
• Copy the url listed under the heading "Stable URL:".
• To make your article ACCESSIBLE OFF-CAMPUS, you must add the following as a PREFIX to the url: http://ezproxy.library.wwu.edu/login?url=
• Your final url should look something like this: http://ezproxy.library.wwu.edu/login?url=http://links.jstor.org/sici? sici=0014-1704%28194110%2952%3A1%3C110%3ATDCAMT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-L

Kluwer / Springer

• Find the article within Kluwer / Springer title
• From the abstract page, choose the "Linking Options" link from the right side of the page
• Copy one of the options under the OpenURL bullet (if there are no OpenURL options, use the "MetaPress direct linking" option)
• To make your article ACCESSIBLE OFF-CAMPUS, you must add the following as a PREFIX to the url: http://ezproxy.library.wwu.edu/login?url=
• Your final url would look something like:
  http://ezproxy.library.wwu.edu/login?url=http://springerlink.metapress.c...? genre= article&issn=0236-5294&volume=105&issue=4&spage=285

Emerald (MCB Emerald)

• Find the article within MCB
• Click on the article title to get to the description.
• Look for the "Article URL: " link at the bottom of the description
• To make your article ACCESSIBLE OFF-CAMPUS, you must add the following as a PREFIX to the url: http://ezproxy.library.wwu.edu/login?url=

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