Linking Directly to an Article

If you want to save a link to an article for future use, do not cut and paste the link from the browser's address bar - it may not work over time.

Rather, you want to look for a persistent URL (PURL). This is a URL that you can always use to link back to an article. For example, it may say something like Persistent link, Document URL, or Stable URL.

Please note that:

• Not all database vendors offer persistent links.
• If the link does not start with or contain ezproxy.umuc.edu in the first part of the URL, it will not work from off campus.

Using links in citations and Webliographies

• Citing in your reference list
  Do not use a URL. Rather, substitute the name of the database containing the article.

  Example
  In APA format, you could include the following information at the end of your citation:
  Retrieved November 6, 2003, from Academic Search Premier database.

• Posting in a Webliography
  If the database vendor does not provide a persistent URL, then provide instructions for users on how to access the article in the database.

  Example
  To tell others how to locate an article in Business Source Complete, you might post the following under Description:

  Go to our home page: http://www.umuc.edu/library/

  1. Click on Articles & More.
  2. Click on "B" from the A to Z list and select Business Source Complete.
  3. If you are a remote user, please log in with your last name and library barcode or EMPLID.
  4. In the first box enter the title of the article in quotations.
  5. Click on the Search button.
  6. At the result display, click on the HTML or PDF Full Text link to access the document.

• E-mailing the article to yourself
  See E-mailing an Article to Yourself.