How To Create URL Links To Specific Articles, Cases or Statutes For Use In Blackboard

1. For each resource you want to link to, you need to know the URL of the specific case, statute or article.  Follow the instructions below to ascertain the URL of the resource you wish to link to.

2. If a resource has multiple URLs, it is recommended that you link to a pdf rather than a non-pdf version of a document.  Therefore, only link to Lexis or Westlaw as a last resort.

3. You must prepend the Ezproxy prefix URL to all links you create to fee-based resources (except for Lexis and Westlaw).  This prefix enables the NYU EZProxy Server authentication prompt to pop up when the link is clicked, so that off campus users can authenticate themselves with their NetID and password and be able to use licensed resources off-campus.
   
   The Ezproxy prefix is : https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=
    

4. What is a DOI?  The Document Object Identifier is a unique number assigned to articles, which is used in the creation of URLS.  Many of the URLs you create will use this number.

5. Add the link to Blackboard.

Access World News
Baywood Journals
BE Press (Berkeley Electronic Press)
Blackwell Synergy
Business Source Premier
Cambridge Journals Online
EbscoHost
e-Duke Scholarly Collections
Haworth Press Journals
Hein Online
InformaWorld
IngentaConnect
JSTOR
Kluwer Journals Online
Lexis
MetaPress
Oxford University Press
Periodical Archives Online
Project Muse
Proquest
Sage Fulltext Collections
Sage Journals Online
ScienceDirect
SpringerLink
Taylor & Francis
University of Chicago Online Journals
Westlaw

After you have ascertained or created a URL, and copied it, you need to create a link to that URL in your  Blackboard Course:

• Go to your Blackboard Course, then click on
   Control Panel
   External Links
   URL
• Enter the name of your link in the name box
• Paste the URL you have copied into the URL box
• Make sure the "Smart Text" box is checked
• Check "Yes" to make the External Link visible
• Check "Yes" if you want to launch the item in an external window
• Check "Yes" if you want to track the number of views
• Choose any date restrictions on the display of this item
• Submit it

For further instructions on creating the link in Blackboard, see the Blackboard FAQ.

 Access World News

1. Find article

2. Display article in HTML

3. Scroll to end of article and follow instructions to bookmark the article

4. Make sure to prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=  to the URL.

Baywood Journals

Click on "Linking Options" (see below).  Copy and paste the Open URL for Electronic ISSN to create your link, making sure to prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=  to the URL.

BE Press (Berkeley Electronic Press)

A "recommended citation" for this article can be found at the bottom of the abstract page.  Copy and past this URL, making sure to prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=  to the URL.

Business Source Premier

When looking at the page which provides the article title, author, source, subjects, etc.,  the "persistent link to this article" is the URL which can be copied and pasted into a hyperlink. Make sure to prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=  to the URL.

Cambridge Journals Online

On the Table of Contents page of the issue,  the doi is listed for each article. prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/ to the numbers and letters after the doi.

EbscoHost

On the Articles in Issue page, the URL to use for linking is in the Citation Section.  Prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url= to the URL.
 

e-Duke Scholarly Collections

From the  article abstract, prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/ to the numbers and letters after the doi.   See Cambridge example, above.

Haworth Press Journals

From the Journals tab  prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/ to the numbers and letters after the doi. .  See Cambridge example, above

Hein Online

While viewing the article, right click on the link icon on the upper right of the page (permanent link to this page), then left click on Copy link location.   Prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url= to the URL.

Informaworld

From the Volume and issue tab  prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/ to the numbers and letters after the doi..  See Cambridge example, above

IngentaConnect

From the article abstract page, expand Linking Options on the right side of the page, then click on DOI.  When a new page appears, the DOI will appear several lines below the abstract.  Prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/ to the DOI numbers.

JSTOR

From the Issue Table of Contents page, the stable (persistent) URL for each article is listed. Prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=  to the URL.

Kluwer Journals Online

While viewing the pdf of the article, the URL that displays in the address box ( can be copied and pasted into a hyperlink.  Make sure to prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=  to the URL.
 

Lexis

Note: Students will be prompted for a Lexis password before proceeding to the document.

URLs to Lexis documents  MAY NOT be copied and pasted from the address box of the page when you are viewing the document.  They are constructed using a template, into which you plug in the elements of a Lexsee command, for cases and articles, or a Lexstat command, for statutes, as follows:

1. Go to: http://web.lexis.com/intranet/

2. Click on the Link Generator tab

3. Click the Get button, then click Go

4. Click Next Step

5. Click Get Link

6. Type your citation in the Get By Citation box, click Get

7. Your case, statute, etc. will appear at the bottom of the screen

8. Click Full so that your link will be to the full text

9. Click on the Copy with Cite link (you may have to scroll down to see it).  A new box will pop up

10. Right click on the link and left click Copy link location.

11. You can now past this link into Blackboard

DO NOT  prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=  to Lexis URLs.

MetaPress

Click on the article title.  Prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/ to the numbers and letters after the doi..  See Cambridge example, above

Oxford University Press

The first page of the pdf contains the DOI.  Prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/ to the numbers and letters after the doi.  See Cambridge example, above

Periodicals Archive Online

Navigate to your article title.  Click Bookmark This Page.  Prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url= to the URL.

Project Muse

While viewing the pdf the doi is located at the bottom of the first actual article page.  Prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/ to the numbers and letters after the doi.  See Cambridge example, above

ProQuest

When in Document View, click on Copy Link.  Prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url= to the URL provided.

Sage Full Text Collections

Click on the article title.  From the Browse Tab, scroll down the page until you see the doi.   Prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/ to the numbers and letters after the doi.  See Cambridge example, above

Sage Journals Online

Navigate to an article abstract.  The doi is listed above the title.  Prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/ to the numbers and letters after the doi.

ScienceDirect

Click on the article title.  the doi is listed above the title.  Prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/ to the numbers and letters after the doi.

SpringerLink

Click on the article title.  The doi is at the top of the page.   Prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/ to the numbers and letters after the doi.  See Cambridge example, above

University of Chicago Online Journals

From the issue table of contents, click on Citation.  The doi is listed above the title.  Prepend https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/ to the numbers and letters after the doi.

Westlaw

Note: Students will be prompted for a Westlaw password before proceeding to the document

1. Go to http://integrationsolutions.westlaw.com/customize/wizards/USDefault.wl

2.      Click the “to a document” link

3.      Enter the citation in the Citation box

4.      Enter the words “Link to document on Westlaw” in the Link Text box

5.      Click the Create Link button
You should see html code that looks like this:
<A HREF="http://www.westlaw.com/find/default.wl?cite=455fsupp43&FindType=F&ForceAction=Y&SV=Full&RS=ITK3.0&VR=1.0"> Link to Westlaw</A>

6.         Highlight only that portion of the text between the quotation marks, then click on Edit, Copy.