For Faculty: Linking to Library Resources in Brightspace

Faculty can use these tips to create links in the Brightspace course management system to library database material: books, chapters, articles and videos.

EZProxy Migration: Summer 2024

Migrating to a New Proxy Server for Library E-resources

In an effort to improve off-campus access to the Library’s electronic resources, we will be migrating a new proxy server later this summer.

Our target go-live date will be August 23, 2024 (a week after Summer II courses wrap up). After the migration, our current EZProxy prefix (https://sunyacc.idm.oclc.org/login?url=) will be switched to (https://sunyacc.idm.oclc.org/login?url=).

Faculty who have links to library e-resources in their Brightspace courses, or elsewhere (syllabi, reading lists, etc.), will need to update their permalinks with the new EZProxy prefix mentioned above.

For assistance with updating and/or adding permalinks to library e-resources, please contact Digital Services Librarian, Emily Goodspeed at goodspeede@sunyacc.edu.

Finding Article URLs

To link to a database article in Brightspace, use the permanent URL (a non-changing web address). Contact a librarian if you cannot find the permanent link for a particular book, book chapter, article or video.

The EZ Proxy URL is already embedded in these databases' links:

  • Film on Demand automatically includes the EZ Proxy prefix in its video links. It's located under the video's description, under Embed/Link. Choose Record URL to link to the entire film, or Segment URL to link to the specific section of the video. Click the Copy button and paste it into Brightspace.
  • EBSCO databases: Search and find a specific book, e-book, article. From your results page, click on the title to go to the Detailed Record. Use the Permalink, linked at the bottom of right column in the Detailed Record. Copy and paste it into Brightspace..
  • ProQuest databases: Click on the article's Abstract/Details tab and scroll to the bottom to find the Document URL. Copy and paste it into Brightspace.. Or, click the Bookmark link at the top of the page and copy that URL. 
  • Gale: At the bottom of the article's page, in the gray "Source Citation" box, copy and paste the article's URL. 
     

Add the EZ Proxy URL into these databases' links so students can log in from off-campus:

  • ProQuest Ebook Central™ (formerly ebrary) electronic books:
    • Click the link called "Share Link to Book." Copy the URL but make sure to add the proxy prefix using the directions to the left.
    • You can also link to specific chapters: with the electronic book on the screen, click a chapter link and then click the "Share Link" link icon at the top of the chapter. Copy the link URL and add the proxy prefix.
    • Please let a librarian know which titles you are linking to. Various ProQuest Ebook Central publishers limit page printing and downloads. A librarian can check your titles with ProQuest Ebook Central to see if the titles you chose have limits, which could prevent some of your students from accessing certain ebooks. 

 

  • AVON video database. add the prefix to the URL listed under Embed/Link.  
     
  • JSTOR: The article URL is called a Stable URL, It's located near the top of the article abstract page, below the journal's cover photo and DOI number. Copy and paste it into Brightspace. and add the proxy URL. That will lead users to the abstract page; students can then click the PDF link and use the "Cite This Item" feature.  
  • ScienceDirect: When you find an article you'd like to link on Brightspace., copy and paste the DOI link [starts with https://doi.org/...] under the article title. Copy and paste the URL into Brightspace, and add the proxy URL.


What if the database has no permanent URL?:

  • Some databases do not offer permanent URLs because the information is constantly updated, such as Hoover's business database. Just:
    • direct your students to the library website or a research guide, such as the "Companies & Stock Market" guide,
    • tell then which database you'd like them to search and
    • give them the search terms you'd like them to use.  
    • Students can log on to search the database directly. 

Creating Database Links in Online Courses

Why is an EZ Proxy prefix needed? 
Article, e-book and video databases are subscription services available through the SUNY Adirondack Library's web site. They are not available to the general public from off-campus.

These databases require users to log in from off-campus with a username/password. This information must go through the EZ Proxy server software. Some databases to include it already (see list to the right). If not, just add it.

How do I add it? 

To link to a database article in Brightspace, include the proxy server URL in front of the article's permanent link URL.

SUNY Adirondack Proxy Server URL :  https://sunyacc.idm.oclc.org/login?url=

 

What will the finished URL look like? 

Below is an example of what an article's permalink would look like in Brightspace, with the EZ Proxy URL added in front of the permanent URL. It is long!

https://sunyacc.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=65444627&site=ehost-live

 

 

Linking to records in Primo (Start Your Research Here search box)

To create a permalink to a record found in Primo, click on the permalink icon (with paperclip) and copy the URL.

*records in PrimoVE do not need an ezproxy prefix

To create a permalink to a record found in Primo, click on the permalink icon (with paperclip) and copy the URL.

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