LibGuides: Linking to Articles, E-Books, and Videos: How to Link

What Doesn't Work, and What Does.

If you want to send or post a link to an article, e-book, or streaming video from one of our research databases (or to the database itself), you usually can't just copy the URL that appears in your browser's address bar. That URL is often uniquely generated for that particular viewing or one particular computer, and/or will not work from off-campus.

Most databases will provide you with a stable URL (also called a document URL, permanent link, share link, or something similar) that can be used to access the article. Instructions for finding the stable URL are in the sections below.

Proxy Prefix

The stable URL usually needs to be preceded by https://lccproxy.lib.hawaii.edu/login?url= to work from off-campus. With some databases, this prefix is automatically added to the URL. If it is not, you will need to manually add it in front of the stable URL. The exceptions are Kanopy, Opposing Viewpoints, OverDrive, and Swank, which work differently and do not require the prefix.

To link to an article using a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), append the DOI to the end of this URL: https://lccproxy.lib.hawaii.edu/login?url=https://doi.org/___

Examples:

To create a link to an article from JSTOR, follow the directions in the sections below to find the stable URL in JSTOR.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1146851

Then add the prefix (shown below in red) in front of the URL (shown in green).

https://lccproxy.lib.hawaii.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1146851

When you send out an article link or put it into your webpage, use the whole thing as your URL.
To create a link using a DOI (such as for Science or ScienceDirect articles), add the prefix in front of the DOI URL (https://doi.org/ + the DOI).

DOI: 10.1126/science.354.6310.273
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.354.6310.273

https://lccproxy.lib.hawaii.edu/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1126/science.354.6310.273

Hint: You can use a text editing program like Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (Mac) as a scratchpad to put together your proxy links.

What Happens When You Follow the Link?

Someone who is on campus will go directly to the article, e-book, or video. Someone who is off-campus will have to log in with their UH username and password before getting to the article, e-book, or video.

Special Situation: Creating Links in Laulima

If you are an instructor and you are linking to a library resource in a Leeward CC Laulima course site, use this prefix instead: https://laulima.hawaii.edu/libproxy/lee/?

This prefix will allow students who are logged in to Laulima to access databases and resources without having to log in again.

For more information, see the Linking in Laulima tab.

What About the "2048" and "2443" Prefixes?

Links that you have already created using our old prefixes, http://lccproxy.lib.hawaii.edu:2048/login?url= or https://lccproxy.lib.hawaii.edu:2443/login?url=, will continue to work for proxying purposes. But we do recommend updating them to our current prefix as you are able to, because we've found that some networks that have especially strict security settings will block connections to URLs with special port numbers like 2048 and 2443.

If you have embedded a streaming video player in a web page or Laulima page using the old "2048" prefix, you must update the prefix as explained below.

Updating Embedded Video Player Code

If you have embedded a video player on a web page using the old "2048" proxy prefix in the code, it will no longer work. You need to update it to the current prefix, or if on a Laulima page, replace it with the Laulima prefix.

To update the prefix, 1) Add an "s" to the first "http" to make it "https", and 2) remove the :2048.

This change is necessary because web browsers no longer allow the embedding of unsecured HTTP content into secure HTTPS web pages.

EBSCOhost and ScienceDirect

You will need to be viewing an individual article or article record to follow these instructions.

EBSCOhost: When viewing the article record, click on the Permalink icon on the right side of the screen.

The link will look like this: https://lccproxy.lib.hawaii.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=94636424&site=ehost-live
ScienceDirect: A DOI link appears below the article's title and author. Precede it with the proxy prefix.

You can also link directly to a journal or journal issue in ScienceDirect by following these directions.

Other Databases

You will need to be viewing an individual article or article record to follow these instructions.

Some databases may show a different stable URL when the record is viewed while off campus than when on campus. We believe that the off-campus URLs will still work. These databases include ABI/INFORM, Dictionary of Literary Biography, ProQuest Ebook Central, eHRAF, and ProQuest US West Newsstream.

If the off-campus stable URL contains "lccproxy.hawaii.edu", you don't need to add the proxy prefix.

ABI/INFORM Complete: Click on the Abstract/Details tab, then look for the Document URL.
Academic Video Online: Click on the Share button on top of the viewer. Then click on Copy Permalink or Copy Embed Code.
Capstone Interactive Library: You can use the URL in the address bar (you have to be on-campus when you copy the address). Precede it with the proxy prefix.
Chronicle of Higher Education: You can use the URL in the address bar (you have to be on-campus when you copy the address). Precede it with the proxy prefix.
Credo Reference: Click on the Page Link button (with the chain icon) at the top of the screen.
Dictionary of Literary Biography: Click on Get Link at the top right of the page. Precede the URL with the proxy prefix.
Ebook Central: Click on the Share Link to Book link on the left side of the screen. Precede it with the proxy prefix.
eHRAF: Click on the Permalink icon at the bottom of the page. Precede it with the proxy prefix.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic: You can use the URL in the address bar (you have to be on-campus when you copy the address). Precede it with the proxy prefix.
Ethnographic Video Online: Same procedure as Academic Video Online
Facts on File History Databases: Look for the Record URL at the bottom of the page.
Films on Demand: Click on Share below the video viewer, then select the Embed/Link tab.
Flipster: You can only link to the most recent issue of each magazine. If you click on a cover image and bring up the description of the magazine, click on the Share button on the top right.
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Click on the Get Link icon at the top right of the screen. Precede the URL with the proxy prefix.
Issues and Controversies: Look for the Record URL at the bottom of the page.
JSTOR: Look for the Stable URL below the citation near the top of the screen. Precede it with the proxy prefix.
Kanopy: Click on Share/Embed below the video viewer. Do not add the proxy prefix. Kanopy works a little differently.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context: Click on Get Link at the top right of the page. Do not add the proxy prefix. OVIC works a little differently.
OverDrive: You can use the "leeward.overdrive.com" URL that appears in the address bar when you are looking at the record for a book. Do not add the proxy prefix. OverDrive works differently.
ProQuest US West Newsstream: Click on the Abstract/Details tab, then look for the Document URL. Precede it with the proxy prefix.
Science: A DOI is available for some articles. Create a DOI URL by adding the DOI after "https://doi.org/". Precede it with the proxy prefix. Example: https://lccproxy.lib.hawaii.edu/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1126/science.354.6310.273
Swank: Click on the Share menu. Choose Copy Direct Link for the URL, or Copy LMS Link for HTML link code to the video. Do not add the proxy prefix. Swank works differently.