Stable Links for Electronic Resources

To comply with copyright and meet licensing agreements, you must use the appropriate stable link to share article-level content from e-journals or databases. Do not provide a direct link or upload the PDF of a journal article into D2L or other course-related materials. 

However, some e-journal publishers do not allow full-text access to articles using stable links. Or sharing a stable link in a learning management system (i.e., D2L) or other course-related materials may be prohibited. If you encounter an e-journal platform that does not allow use of stable links for integrating into your course content, you will need to access the article using the library's online catalog. 

For example, you may see similar messages when attempting to use a stable link that doesn't allow full-text access or sharing in course content (see images below):

1. If a stable link to an e-journal article does not allow full-text access or is prohibited from sharing in your course, you will need to use the library's online catalog to create an appropriate link. 
2. Search for the e-journal by title in the library's online catalog (see image below):
3. Copy and paste the Permanent record link for the catalog record (located at the bottom of the screen). The URL will include http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record= . Use this URL as your stable link to share access to the e-journal in D2L or other course content. 
4. Let students know that the article can be accessed by clicking on any of the "Full text available from..." links (with the appropriate dates of coverage) links provided in the catalog record (see image below).