Persistent Links

General Information

Seneca Libraries offers access to a large eLibrary (62 000+ full-text online periodicals, 75 000+ full-text online books). Although copying for class distribution is occasionally allowed (clarify with the copyright technician, copyright_technician@senecacollege.ca or x77527), sharing files through email is generally forbidden. However, sharing hyperlinks to files is permitted and encouraged. The manuals below will provide you with the necessary information to create persistent links.

Persistent links provide an advantage over the standard copy-and-paste web browser address bar links because they are stable or “persistent” over time. Web browser address links are often search session specific and become non-functional in a short period of time.

You can create direct links to a variety of online content such as:

  1. Full-text articles and citations from newspapers, magazines, journals or reference works
  2. Periodical titles (title level access to journals, magazines, newspapers)
  3. Full-text books
  4. User defined searches (a link that launches a pre-defined search which retrieves “fresh hits” each time it is clicked)
  5. Specific databases
  6. Library catalogue records (direct links to holdings information for items held in Seneca Libraries)

Your starting point is Seneca Libraries at http://library.senecacollege.ca. From here, you can access a complete list of databases through “Articles > See all databases”.

Not sure which database you are using? Check the top left-hand corner.

For example:

Ebsco database search screen displaying database name

 

 

Instructions to Obtain Persistent Links

Familiar with the vendor instructions, and only require the proxy prefix? Here it is:

http://lcweb.senecac.on.ca:2048/login?url=

ACM Digital Library Open Access Journals (DOIs)
Books 24X7 Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale)
Britannica Online Ovid
Databases (Persistent Links for Product Access) Oxford Art Online
EBSCO Databases Oxford Reference Online
Films on Demand Publication Titles (Journals, Magazines)
Gale Databases ProQuest Databases
IEEE (ASPP) Quicklaw (LexisNexis)
JSTOR Safari Books Online
LexisNexis ScienceDirect
Library Catalogue (Seneca Libraries) Taylor & Francis Journals
NBC Learn Teen Health & Wellness