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Library Support for Simmons elearning: Linking to Course Reserves and Fulltext Articles

The Simmons Library provide two ways to connect to fulltext articles from your Simmons elearning Course page:

  1. You can create a link to course reserves page maintained by the Libraries' Access Services staff.
  2. You can create direct links to articles yourself, which can be embedded in a syllabus or reading list

To link out from your Simmons elearning Course page to your library course reserves page:

If you have materials on reserve in the Library and would like to make it easy for your students to view the list from your Simmons elearning course page, you can link out to these materials from the front page of your Simmons elearning course. Students click on a "Library Reserves" icon, which links them directly into the reserves listing for your course. There, they can see what books, photocopied materials or electronic copies you've placed on reserve for them and whether they are available. If there are electronic reserve materials on your list, your students can view or print them directly.

Here are step-by-step directions for linking course reserves to Simmons elearning.

For Simmons elearning (version 3.8):

First, visit your course reserves page in the library's online public access catalog (OPAC). You can search for your course reserves either by clicking on "Professor" and typing in your last name, or by clicking on "Course" and typing in the name or abbreviation of your course. When your course comes up, highlight the URL and copy it. Please remember to include "http://".

Next, open up your Simmons elearning course page. There will be one of two scenarios:

A) You will need to create a new "Library Reserves" icon because you do not see one on your page.

B) There is already a "Library Reserves" icon, so you must customize it so that it links directly to your course reserves page.

To create a new "Library Reserves" icon:

1. From the course homepage's navigation bar, click "Add Page or Tool."

2. In the column labeled "pages," click "URL."

3. Follow the prompts: Type a title for the link to Library Reserves. (An appropriate title would be "Library Reserves").

4. Where it says "Address," delete http:// and paste the entire URL that you copied earlier.

5. Where it says "Decide where to show the link to this item," you must decide whether you want the link to appear on the navigation bar, on the homepage, or on both. Check the boxes that are appropriate.

6. If you choose to show the link as an icon on the homepage, then you need to either let Simmons elearning choose a default icon for you or "Browse..." to select your own.

7. Look for the category of icons you prefer to use, either "Simmons elearning_casual_trans," or "Simmons elearning_formal." Click on the triangle next to the one you want, and from the list that drops down, select "notext." (A "no text" icon allows you to add your own title with minimal confusion.) Many faculty are using the icon in the following location: /wct_files/icons/Simmons elearning_casual_trans/notext/references.gif.

8. Once you find the icon you want, click on it and click "Pick" in the upper left corner.

9. Click "Add" to add this link to your course.

10. When you return to your course homepage, click on the "Library Reserves" link to test that it takes you to the course reserves page for the course that you are currently viewing in Simmons elearning.

To customize a "Library Reserves" icon that already exists:

1. While viewing your Simmons elearning course homepage, click "Designer Options" at the top of the page.

2. Click the radio button next to the link for "Library Reserves."

3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Edit link" on the right side of the page, then click "Go."

4. In the box next to "URL (Required)," highlight all of the text already there and then paste the URL that you copied when you found your course reserves list from the online public access catalog.

5. Scroll down and click "Update."

6. When you return to your course homepage, click on the "Library Reserves" link to test that it takes you to the course reserves page for the course that you are currently viewing in Simmons elearning.

If you have questions or need assistance with this process, please call the Access Services Department in the Beatley Library at 617.521.2782.

How to create direct links to articles yourself, which can be embedded in a syllabus or reading list

The Simmons Library have the copyright permission and technological ability to allow you to make links in your Simmons elearning Course pages to full text articles (many with images) from thousands of scholarly journals and popular magazines, covering many subject areas. You can link directly to articles from these Library databases. Once you get the permanent/durable link using the directions below, create the html code for the link and paste in the article's URL: <a href="paste link here">Title of article</a> Rest of citation.

Books24x7 (E-book collection of more than 20,000 titles)

  • Search in the library's online catalog for the book to which you want to link.
  • On the book's catalog page, click the "Access Books24x7 online version of this title" link, then click on the title of the book, to navigate to the table of contents page.
  • If you wish to link to the table of contents, simply copy the URL from the browser's location box.
  • If you wish to link to a specific chapter, click on the chapter number, then copy the URL from the browser's location box.

CSA ILLUMINA Databases (PsycBOOKS)

  • Access a CSA database through the library's Website.
  • Search for the article to which you want to link.
  • In the search results list, click "View Record" below the citatation for the reading to which you want to link.
  • Click the "Save, Print, Email" link.
  • On the "Save, Print, Email" screen, click the "Print Preview" button.
  • Copy the URL displayed at the bottom of the "Print Preview" screen, following the label "Full-Text Link".

Ebrary (Academic Complete e-book collection of more than 38,200 titles)

  • Access Ebrary through the library's Website or online catalog.
  • Search for the book to which you want to link.
  • In the search results list, click on the title of the book, to navigate to its title page.
  • If you wish to link to a page other than the title page, use the contents list appearing to the left of the book image to navigate to the desired page.
  • Click the "InfoTools" button, on the button bar appearing above the book image, then click "Copy Bookmark" in the InfoTools dropdown list.

Ebsco Databases (Academic Search Complete; Business Source Premier; CINAHL; ERIC; Health Business FullTEXT; MEDLINE)

  • Go to http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.simmons.edu/login.asp?profile=web.
  • Locate the article.
  • Copy the URL displayed following the label "Persistent link to this record (Permalink)". You can confirm that the URL includes the special coding which authenticates off-site users by verifying that the code begins with "http://0-".
  • In Simmons elearning, create the html code for the link and paste in the article's URL: <a href="paste link here">Title of article</a> Rest of citation.

Gale Databases (General Reference Center (Magazine Index); Expanded Academic ASAP; Contemporary Authors; Contemporary Literary Criticism; General Business File ASAP; Health Reference Center Academic)

  • Go to http://0-infotrac.galegroup.com.library.simmons.edu/itweb/mlin_b_simmcol.
  • Search for the article to which you want to link.
  • Click on the title of the article in the search results list.
  • Click "Bookmark this Document" below the citatation for the article.
  • Highlight the URL displayed in the window that pops up, and then copy it by keying CTRL-C. You can confirm that the URL includes the special coding which authenticates off-site users by verifying that the code begins with "http://0-".

JSTOR (Full-text backfiles of many core scholarly journals, some dating back to the 1800s)

  • Go to the main JSTOR page and perform a search for a topic or for an article title.
  • Click "Article Information" below the citatation for the article to which you want to link.
  • Copy the URL displayed following the label "Stable URL". You can confirm that the URL includes the special coding which authenticates off-site users by verifying that the code begins with "http://0-".
  • In Simmons elearning, create the html code for the link and paste in the article's URL: <a href="paste link here">Title of article</a> Rest of citation.

NetLibrary (Full-text access to over 4,000 current books and 3,500 public domain books)

  • Go to http://0-www.netlibrary.com.library.simmons.edu.
  • Search for the book to which you want to link.
  • Right-click "View this eBook," and select "Copy Link Location" or "Copy Shortcut".
    • Note: You cannot link to a specific chapter within a NetLibary book.

OVID

  • Search for the article to which you want to link.
  • Click the "Abstract" link for the article in the search results list.
  • Copy the Accession Number displayed on the abstract page.
    • Note: an OVID Accession Number will look something like this: 00006199-200809000-00005
  • Append the Accession Number to the end of this URL: http://0-gateway.ovid.com.library.simmons.edu/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&AN=
  • Note: You can find additional directions at http://0-www.ovid.com.library.simmons.edu:80/site/help/features/jumpstart.htm

Oxford Art Online and Oxford Music Online

  • Go to http://0-www.oxfordartonline.com.library.simmons.edu/subscriber/ or http://0-www.oxfordmusiconline.com.library.simmons.edu/subscriber/.
  • Locate the full-text of the article.
  • When you are viewing the page to which you want to link, simply copy the URL from the browser's location box.
    • Note: a linkable URL in Oxford Art or Music Online will look something like this: http://0-www.oxfordartonline.com.library.simmons.edu/subscriber/article/grove/art/T015638 -- it must end in a five or a six digit number. If you have a longer URL, truncate the end.
  • In Simmons elearning, create the html code for the link and paste in the article's URL: <a href="paste link here">Title of article</a> Rest of citation.

Project Muse (Full-text backfiles of scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences)

Proquest Databases (ABI/INFORM Global; ProQuest Newspapers; ProQuest Education Journals; Nursing & Allied Health Source; ProQuest Psychology Journals)

  • Go to http://0-proquest.umi.com.library.simmons.edu/pqdweb? -- contact Megan Fox at fox@simmons.edu or 617-521-2742 to obtain a password.
  • Search for the article to which you want to link.
  • Click the "Citation" link.
  • Copy the URL displayed following the label "Document URL". You can confirm that the URL includes the special coding which authenticates off-site users by verifying that the code begins with "http://0-".

ScienceDirect

  • Access a ScienceDirect journal through the library's online catalog.
  • Search for the article to which you want to link.
  • In the search results list, right-click the PDF icon below the article citation, and select "Copy Link Location" or "Copy Shortcut".

Wilson Databases (Library Literature & Information Full Text)

  • Go to http://0-vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.library.simmons.edu/hww/jumpstart.jhtml.
  • Search for the article to which you want to link.
  • Click on the title of the article in the search results list.
  • Following the "Persistent URL" label, click either "Click to copy the HTML full text article link" or "Click to copy the PDF full text article link".
  • Copy the URL displayed in the dialog box that pops up, by keying CTRL-C. You can confirm that the URL includes the special coding which authenticates off-site users by verifying that the code begins with "http://0-".

 

Please contact a librarian if you need assistance with database searching.
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Updated by Paul Engelberg - November 13, 2008

 

Page updated: November 13, 2008

 

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