How can faculty create a link to an article in an e-journal or to an ebook from their GauchoSpace course site. What is the best link to use?

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 In order for your students to have access from off campus, the best practice is to use a proxy-prefixed link to the resource.  There are a variety of ways to do this:

  • Use the permalink to the resource record in UC Library Search.  Look for the “permalink” icon just below the call number.  Links to e-resources from UC Library Search will ask the students to log into the proxy server before taking them to the full text.

  • Access the electronic resource while using the proxy server.  Use the “permalink” or other link sharing tool at the e-journal or e-book site.  The link it provides should include the prefix for the UCSB proxy server in the URL.

  • Make your own proxied link by adding this prefix just before “http” or “https” in an unproxied link:  https://proxy.library.ucsb.edu/login?url=

    • Sample unproxied link to Academic Search Complete:  http://uclibs.org/PID/126936

    • Sample proxied link to Academic Search Complete:  https://proxy.library.ucsb.edu/login?url=http://uclibs.org/PID/126936

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  • Last Updated Sep 13, 2023
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