Important Tips
Always test the persistent URL you create from both on campus and off campus.
While persistent URLs are consistent, they may not be “permanent,” as databases and vendors occasionally revamp their procedures. Although this does not happen often, please check your links from time to time.
Do not add spaces to URLs.
It is a good idea to include the full citation (author/ article title/ journal/ volume/ issue/ page/ date) in your link.
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Creating Persistent URLs
Contact Al Riess, Reference and Electronic Database Librarian, with any questions or concerns (878-6320).
Persistent URLs (also called PURLs, stable URLs, persistent links, or durable links) are internet addresses that remain constant. They are provided by many library online databases for consistent access to individual full-text articles when links are needed, e.g., in course management systems such as ANGEL. Because most of these are paid-for subscription databases with licensing agreements, and are not freely available on the Web, proper linking using these persistent URLs is also important for copyright purposes.
Adding the Proxy Prefix
For the links to articles from library-subscribed databases to work from off campus locations, the Buffalo State College proxy server address MUST be attached to the beginning of the database-provided persistent URL. Our proxy server address is: http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url=
Therefore, if the persistent URL provided by the database is, for example:
http://www.ddb.com/12345, you need to copy and paste our proxy server address at the beginning so the persistent URL looks like this:
http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.ddb.com/12345
To find instructions on how to create a persistent URL for an article in the databases listed below, click on the vendor name.
Databases and Vendors
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Instructions
AnthroSource
Click on article title.
Click on “Full Text PDF” link.
Copy URL in browser address bar.
Add http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url= to beginning of this URL.
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BioOne
[Note: the library subscribes to the BioOne.1 journals only.]
Click on article title.
Click on “PDF” link.
Copy URL in browser address bar.
Add http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url= to beginning of this URL.
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CSA and CSA/Sage
[Note: CSA and CSA/Sage do not include persistent URLs in “regular” article screens, so the following procedure is necessary.]
If you see a PDF icon in the citation, check the “Mark the Record” box.
Click on article title.
Click on “Save/Print/Email” link.
At the bottom of Save/Print/Email record (this screen) you will see “FL: Full Text Link.”
Copy and paste the “Full Text Link” URL.
Add http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url= to beginning of this URL.
[Note: This link will take you to an intermediate Web page with the message “Please wait while we contact the provider.” After a few seconds, the PDF of the article will appear.]
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EBSCO Host
Click on article title.
Scroll down below citation and locate the “Persistent URL for this Record” field.
Copy and paste persistent URL (it already includes the http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url=).
[Note: This URL goes to a citation/abstract page. From there click on the PDF or “Linked full text” icon to access the article. Direct links to PDFs are not available in EBSCO Host.]
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EBSCO EJS
From the table of contents page, copy the URL given in the “Article Citation” section.
Do not copy the characters < or > which frame the URL.
Add http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url= to beginning of this URL.
[Note: This will take you to the PDF of the article.]
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Emerald Fulltext
Click on article title.
Scroll to near bottom and find “Article URL.”
Copy that URL.
Add http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url= to beginning of this URL.
This URL takes you to the article abstract.
Click on either HTML or PDF links to access article.
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FOODnetBASE
Click on book title.
Copy URL in browser address bar.
Add http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url= to beginning of this URL.
[Note: This links to a page with a book summary and a “Read It Online!” link to a PDF. Also note that the PDF is not the entire book; tables of contents/chapter listings are given, click to get one chapter at a time.]
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Gale/Cengage
Option One (fewer steps):
Click on article title.
Click on “Bookmark this Document” link.
Choose the option “Copy the bookmark URL and paste it into another document.”
Add http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url= to beginning of this URL.
[Note: This will direct users to the bibliographic record for the article, including the HTML version of the article. To access the PDF (if available) click on the PDF link that is included.]
Option Two (more steps, goes directly to PDF if available):
Click on article title.
After you get to the bibliographic record mentioned above
Click on “View PDF pages.”
Click on the “Bookmark” link (near the top, under the Gale/Cengage logo and above the beginning of the PDF )
Copy and paste the URL provided.
Add http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url= to beginning of this URL.
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HeinOnline
Click on the page number of the article you want; you will see a Web page showing the first page of the article.
Click on the “Print/Download Options” link.
Click on the “Print/Download” button in the “Print Current Section” and keep the format PDF.
Copy the URL of the PDF in browser address bar.
Add http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url= to beginning of this URL.
[Note: This will take you directly to the PDF of the article.]
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IIMP/Chadwyck
[Note: Persistent links going directly to a PDF article are not available. Also note that Butler Library has limited simultaneous logons for this database. If a link does not work, the maximum number of simultaneous users may have been reached. Try to access article at another time.]
Click on article title.
This takes you to the “Full Citation” page.
Click on “Durable Link” icon.
Copy this URL.
Add http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url= to beginning of URL.
[Note: This URL goes to the “Full Citation”/abstract page, from which you can click on the “Full Text” (HTML) or “Full Text - PDF” links to access the article.]
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IOPscience
Locate article citation from Table of Contents.
Click on “Abstract.”
Copy URL in browser address bar.
Add http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url= to beginning of this URL.
This will take you to the abstract of the article.
Click on “Full Text PDF” link on abstract page.
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Locate article citation from Table of Contents.
Click on “Full Text PDF” link.
Copy URL in the browser address bar.
Add http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url= to beginning of this URL.
[Note: This will take you to the PDF of the article.]
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JSTOR
Click on the “Article Information” link for the article you want.
Copy the URL in the “Stable URL” field.
Add http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url= to beginning of this URL.
[Note: This will take you to a page from which you can read the entire article.]
[Also note: If you use the Browse option in JSTOR—searching by journal name to find your article—the JSTOR “Stable URL” is given after the bibliographic information for the article.]
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Literature Criticism Online (Gale)
Click on article title.
Click on the “Email this Document” link.
Fill out the e-mail form and choose either the “HTML” or “Plain Text” option.
Click on the “Send” button.
Copy the URL for the article from your e-mail.
Add http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url= to beginning of this URL.
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NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service)
[Note: This database is a free government database. Full text documents available from NCJRS do not require the BSC proxy server address.]
Locate document.
Click on PDF or HTML document link.
Copy URL in browser address bar.
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Click on article or item title.
Click on “InfoMark” link.
Copy the “InfoMark” URL.
Add http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url= to beginning of this URL.
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Project MUSE
Select article from list.
If you used the “Article Search” method, click on either “HTML Version” or “PDF Version” link.
If you used the “Browse Journals” method, click on either “Access article in HTML” or “Access article in PDF” link.
Add http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url= to beginning of this URL.
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ProQuest
Click on article title.
Click on “Copy Link” icon near top of the page.
Copy and paste the URL provided (it already includes the http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url=).
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Sage Journals Online
From journal/issue “Table of Contents” page, click on PDF link.
Copy URL in the browser address bar.
Add http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url= to beginning of this URL.
[Note: This will take you directly to the PDF of the article.]
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ScienceDirect/Elsevier
Click on article title.
Click on "E-mail article" link [Note: the persistent URL does not appear on this screen, so you MUST e-mail the information to yourself.]
Fill out the e-mail form and choose either the “Formatted (HTML)” or “Plain text (ASCII)” option
Click on the “Send” button.
If you choose “Plain text (ASCII)” option:
Copy the URL for the article from your e-mail.
Add http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url= to beginning of this URL.
If you choose the “Formatted (HTML)” option:
Right click on article title in the e-mail.
Select “Copy Hyperlink” option.
Paste this hyperlink (URL) into a document.
Add http://proxy.buffalostate.edu:2048/login?url= to beginning of this URL.
[Note: Both options take you to an HTML version of the article; for the PDF version, click on the PDF tab above the article title.]
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