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Stable Links for Electronic Resources

This is a how-to guide for creating permanent, stable links to MSU-owned full-text articles from online journals, e-books, and streaming video or other media.

Creating Stable Links in Ovid

  1. A Jumpstart URL is used to create stable links in Ovid. Click on the title of the article (see image below).
  2. On the next screen, select the 'Email Jumpstart' option on the right (see image below).
  3. An 'Email Jumpstart' pop-up should appear (see image below). Copy the Jumpstart URL.  For the article below, this is https://ovidsp-ovid-com.proxy1.cl.msu.edu/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=00005110-200911000-00010&LSLINK=80&D=ovft
  4. Since the URL includes proxy1.cl.msu.edu, this is your stable link. If this link did not include proxy1.cl.msu.edu, proxy2.cl.msu.edu, or http://ezproxy.msu.edu/login?url=, you would need to add http://ezproxy.msu.edu/login?url= to the front of the URL for it to work correctly.
  5. See Stable Links Tips & Tricks for troubleshooting suggestions if your stable link does not work as expected.

screenshot of an Ovid article from a table of contents with the title underlined in red and a red arrow pointing to it

 

screenshot of the resulting Ovid page after clicking on an article title, with the text Email Jumpstart on the right outlined with a red box with a red arrow pointing to it

 

screenshot of the Ovid Email Jumpstart screen with the URL at the top highlighted in yellow