Creating Persistent Links to Online Resources: EBSCOhost

In EBSCOhost databases (ex: CINAHL), the persistent links are called “permalinks.” These links will take users directly to the article. To find permalinks in EBSCOhost, follow these steps:

1. From your search results list, click on the article title.
2. On the right side of the page, under “Tools”, the Permalink icon appears as two interlocked loops. Click on this to generate the link.
3. A popup box will appear with the URL. The LibLynx proxy prefix will automatically be embedded in front of the permalink in EBSCOhost databases, so there is no need to add the prefix if it is already there.

EXAMPLE: 
https://liblynxgateway.com/aah?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=c8h&AN=149971316&site=ehost-live

In the new EBSCO user interface for CINAHL, MEDLINE and Health Business Elite databases, you can create links to share journal articles, eBooks, reports, etc. with your colleagues.

Here are the steps to creating a link to share.

1. Click the vertical three dots to the right of the record to open the Tools
2. Select Share
3. Choose Create Link
4. Copy the link to share it with your colleague.
5. Add the LibLynx proxy prefix to the beginning of the link so that it can be accessed from off network: https://liblynxgateway.com/aah?url=

EXAMPLE:

https://liblynxgateway.com/aah?url=https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=c577d8c3-92f4-3929-8af6-c826e711345e