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Linking to Electronic Journals and Individual Articles

Some electronic journals allow direct linking to individual articles or journal titles for course web sites. This may be as simple as copying the URL displayed by the browser, or may require constructing a new URL. Follow the instructions below exactly to create stable links. Reserves staff at the Health Sciences Libraries use these same steps to create links for electronic reserves.

Creating a URL that works from Off-Campus

Logging in to a campus web site or portal with a UW NetID does not automatically mean that any resources a user tries to access will be available from off-campus. The user will have to log into the proxy server, use our bookmarklet, or use a link that has been proxied. The easiest way to make sure that a restricted, UW-licensed resource is available to all UW students faculty, staff and students from both on- and off-campus is to proxy the url.

To create a URL that will force the user through the proxy server, prepend http://offcampus.lib.washington.edu/login?url= to the actual URL.

For example, if to make the link for ProQuest Databases (http://www.umi.com/pqdauto) available from off-campus, the URL will look like this: http://offcampus.lib.washington.edu/login?url=http://www.umi.com/pqdauto

More information is available at http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/ezhelp.html.

URLs and access restrictions for electronic resources change frequently. The instructions below are accurate as of April 10, 2008. Be sure to check links at least once a quarter to make sure they are still functioning. If not, or if you have any other questions, email hsl at u.washington.edu or call (206)221-3418.

Linking to Journal Titles

  • Find the desired journal in the UW Libraries Catalog.
  • Right click on the direct link to the journal.
  • Select "copy shortcut" from the dialog box to copy the stable url of the journal.
  • Paste this url in the desired application.
  • Wherever possible, this URL will provide a direct link to the individual journal. However, in some cases, it will link to a package of journals.
  • Note: This URL may look significantly different than the URL displayed in the browser after connecting to the journal.

Linking to Journal Articles

The method of linking to individual articles depends on which package a journal belongs to, as outlined below.

JSTOR

  • Connect to JSTOR and find the desired article.
  • Copy the URL displayed by the browser when viewing the article. This url looks like:
    http://www.jstor.org/fcgi-bin/jstor/viewitem.fcg/00221546/di962212/96p0152h/0?config=jstor&frame=frame&userID=805f7a4f@washington.edu/01cc99331a0050257216&dpi=3
    It is stable, but can by shortened for clarity and ease of use.
  • Delete all of the characters at the end of the URL, starting with the question mark (?).
  • The shorter version of the stable URL will look like this:
    http://www.jstor.org/fcgi-bin/jstor/viewitem.fcg/00221546/di962212/96p0152h/0

MD Consult

  • Connect to MD Consult and find the desired article.
  • Copy the Bookmark URL from the end of the article. This is the field that looks like:
    /das/journal/view/N/10046989?source=HS,MI
  • Add this URL to the root MD Consult URL:
    http://home.mdconsult.com/start_session?autologin=true&user=univwash&password=generic&targeturl=
  • The stable URL will look like this:
    http://home.mdconsult.com/start_session?autologin=true&user=univwash&password=generic&targeturl=/das/journal/view/N/10046989?source=HS,MI

Ovid Full-Text Journals

  • Connect to the Ovid journal via the HealthLinks e-Journals page.
  • Click on the Complete Reference for the article.
  • Copy the accession number from the beginning of the citation. This is the field that looks like:
    Accession Number: 0000xxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxxx
    Note: There is a period following the Accession Number. Do not copy the period, just the number.
  • Add the accession number to the generic Journals@Ovid URL following AN=:
    http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&AN=&NEWS=N
  • The stable URL will look like this:
    http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&AN=0000xxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxxx&NEWS=N

ScienceDirect

  • Connect to ScienceDirect Journals and find the desired article.
  • Journals that are part of the UW Libraries subscription are marked with a green page icon green page icon to the left of the title. While it is sometimes possible to connect to an article from a non-subscribed journal, the link is not always stable.
  • Copy the URL displayed by the browser when viewing the article.

Springer LINK

  • Connect to Springer LINK and find the desired article.
  • Copy the URL displayed by the browser when viewing the article.

Linking to Journal Issues

The method of linking to individual issues depends on the source of the journal as outlined below.

JSTOR

  • Connect to JSTOR and find the desired issue.
  • Copy the URL displayed by the browser when viewing the article. This url looks like:
    http://www.jstor.org/fcgi-bin/jstor/listjournal.fcg/00221546/di962212?config=jstor&frame=frame&userID=805f7a4f@washington.edu/018dd5531e00504121fd&dpi=3
    It is stable, but can by shortened for clarity and ease of use.
  • Delete all of the characters at the end of the URL, starting with the question mark (?).
  • The shorter version of the stable URL will look like this:
    http://www.jstor.org/fcgi-bin/jstor/listjournal.fcg/00221546/di962212

MD Consult

  • Not possible to create stable links to journal issue tables of contents.

Ovid Full-Text Journals

  • Connect to the Ovid journal via the HealthLinks e-Journals page.
  • Find the title by clicking on the Browse Journals icon, clicking on the Browse Journals by Name icon, and then scrolling through the alphabetical list.
  • Click on the Issue List for the journal.
  • Click on the Table of Contents for the desired issue.
  • Copy the accession number from the URL for the table of contents. This is the part of the address that looks like:
    AN=0000xxxx-xxxxxx000-00000.
  • Add the accession number to the generic Journals@Ovid URL following AN=:
    http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&PAGE=toc&D=ovft& AN=&NEWS=N
  • The stable URL will look like this:
    http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&PAGE=toc&D=ovft&AN=00000xxx--000000000-00000&NEWS=N

ScienceDirect

  • Connect to ScienceDirect Journals and find the desired issue.
  • Journals that are part of the UW Libraries subscription are marked with a green page icon green page icon to the left of the title. It is also possible to create a stable link to a journal issue table of contents that is not part of our subscription.
  • Copy the URL displayed by the browser when viewing the issue table of contents.

Springer LINK

  • Connect to Springer LINK and find the desired issue.
  • Copy the URL displayed by the browser when viewing the issue table of contents.