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Linking to EBSCO

Links to EBSCO databases

ebsco logoEBSCO Research Databases available through the Madison Area Technical College Libraries include: Academic Search, Alt Healthwatch, Associates Programs Source Plus, Business Source, CINAHL, Greenfile, Education databases, History Resource Center, Science Resource Center, Masterfile, PsychArticles, Literary Reference Center Plus, and many more.

EBSCO Permalinks

  • permalink or persistent link can be created to a particular article or publication in EBSCOhost databases. 
  • Off-campus users must authenticate (log in with their college username and password) to Madison College Libraries through ezproxy.

To create an EBSCO permalink that will allow off-campus access through EZproxy:

  1. Log in to EBSCOhost or an EBSCO database
  2. Locate an article or publication of interest. EBSCO permalinks usually have the EZproxy prefix https://ezproxy.madisoncollege.edu/login?url= already added. Do not use the link from the browser address bar; Click the permalink button in the right hand navigation. Select and copy the entire permalink.
  3. Note: If our EZproxy prefix https://ezproxy.madisoncollege.edu/login?url= is not already included at the start of the permalink, use the EZproxy URL Creator to append the prefix to the persistent link.
  4. Paste the entire permalink with the EZproxy prefix into your document, Blackboard, webpage, or email.
  5. Test the link.

Sample EBSCOhost Permalinks 

Link to an article: Yu-Chun, Kuo, et al. "Learning through Blogging: Students' Perspectives in Collaborative Blog-Enhanced Learning Communities." Journal of Educational Technology & Society, vol. 20, no. 2, Apr. 2017, pp. 37-50. EBSCOhost.

https://ezproxy.madisoncollege.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=cookie,ip,cpid&custid=s6246812&db=a9h&AN=122353858&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Link to a publication: Searcher

https://ezproxy.madisoncollege.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&jid=SEH

Link to an image: 1805: American explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
https://ezproxy.madisoncollege.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=imh&an=imh218454

Options:

Items and permalinks may also be emailed, or marked and saved to a folder by clicking the folder add icon. When you want to print, e-mail or save several results, you can save them to the folder, then print, e-mail or save the articles and/or permalinks from the folder. If you end your session, or it times out due to inactivity, the folder is automatically cleared unless you are signed in to your personal My EBSCOhost account (see below). A maximum of 50 items can be saved at one time.

Information about persistent links from EBSCO

My EBSCOhost personal account:

EBSCO also offers the option of setting up a personal account. Logging in to My EBSCOhost allows the user to save articles or searches with Permalinks to a personal folder. Items in the folder can be saved from session to session. Items in the folder can be printed, emailed or saved along with the Permalink URLs. Search alerts and RSS feeds can also be set up. Click on the Sign In link at top of the screen to access these features.

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