Persistent Link Information for Engineering Village Databases

Frequently Asked Questions

These instructions will create persistent links that work both on and off campus.

Instructions:

1. Connect to a Engineering Village database from the Library's database page
2. Conduct a search
3. From the search results list,choose the relevant article, click on the Detailed link, then scroll to find the DOI
4. To convert a DOI to a URL, precede it with the following:

http://dx.doi.org/

For example: 10.1659/0276-4741(2007)27[24:MCICAN]2.0.CO;2

Becomes: http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/0276-4741(2007)27[24:MCICAN]2.0.CO;2

Now add the UofL Library's proxy to your permanent link.

For example: http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/0276-4741(2007)27[24:MCICAN]2.0.CO;2

Becomes: http://0-dx.doi.org.darius.uleth.ca/10.1659/0276-4741(2007)27[24:MCICAN]2.0.CO;2

5. Copy and paste this link into your document.

Note: For further information, contact your subject librarian or use our Ask Us service.

To ensure that you will always be able to find your online materials again, copy the complete citation below the URL. The complete citation information should include: author, title, publication, volume and issue number (if applicable), copyright year and page numbers. Make note of where the article was found. [Retrieved from database provider and database name].

Engineering Village Databases

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 Content Revised: November 19, 2009
 Content Created: November 8, 2007