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Persistent Links

Learn how to create persistent links to articles in BGSU library databases that will work from on or off campus.

Making Sure Off-Campus Users Have Access

When you provide article URLs to your students, they have to be both PERSISTENT and PROXIED.   A persistent link will  ensure they get to the correct article.   A proxied link will enable access for off-campus users as well as users on campus.

 

  • Not all persistent URLs are proxied URLs. 
  • Proxying a URL prompts off-campus users for a login.  

 

To ensure that your links work for off-campus users, make sure that the URL has the following in it somewhere: ezproxy.bgsu.edu/login?url=

 

Create a Proxied Link

Paste a URL from a resource you are accessing through the library while on campus to create a proxied link.  The proxied link will be able to be shared with others so they can retrieve the same article or e-book.