LMC Library Guide to Placing Links to Library Articles

LMC Library Guide to placing Links to Library Articles,

eBooks and Streaming Videos into your D2L Course Site

Identify LMC Library Electronic Resources that you would like to share with your class.

1.  Go to the LMC webpage: http://www.losmedanos.edu/

2.  Click on the Library link in the top banner or start here http://www.losmedanos.edu/library/

3.  Click on the Electronic Resources link on the left side of the page.

4.  Please contact any of your LMC librarians to get help finding resources to support your class.

·  Christina Goff

·  Christine Park

·  Kim Wentworth

Identify the correct link to post in your Desire 2 Learn class site.

In order for the links to work, you will need to use the "persistent link" which includes LMC’s proxy information. This allows remote users access to view library resources. Even though they have already logged in to D2L, remote users will be automatically prompted to log in to the library in order to gain access to view the posted material.

Please note this screen is asking for last name and student ID or employee ID number.

(If you do not know your employee ID, look on your paycheck or ask a Library staff person to look it up for you.)

All electronic resources provide persistent links, but they are found in different places based on the vendor.

Publisher / Electronic Resources / What to copy
ABC-CLIO / African American Experience / Copy the URL from address bar.
American Indian Experience
Latino American Experience
ARTstor / ARTstor / See Librarian.
Britannica / Encyclopedia Britannica Online / Copy the URL from address bar.
Country Watch / Country Watch / Copy the URL from address bar.
CQ Research / CQ Almanac Online / Copy the URL from address bar.
CQ Researcher
EBSCO Host Interface / Academic Search Complete / Click on the “Permalink” icon which is the graphic of a chain link located in the Tool Bar on the right side of the screen. A new “Permalink” box will open up at the top of the page. Copy the URL text from this box.
America: History and Life with Full Text
Annals of American History
BIR Entertainment
Book Index with Reviews
Business Source Elite
Communication & Mass Media Complete
EBSCO eBook Collection
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
GreenFILE
Health Source Consumer Edition
Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
MasterFILE Premier
MAS Ultra -School Edition
MEDLINE
Military & Government Collection
Newspaper Source Plus
Primary Search
Professional Development Collection
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
Regional Business News
Religion & Philosophy Collection
Teacher Reference Center
EBSCO Custom Interfaces / Auto Repair Reference Center / Copy the URL from address bar.
Consumer Health Complete / Copy the “Persistent link to this record (Permalink)” found in the Citation View.
Small Business Reference Center / Click on the “Permalink” icon which is the graphic of a chain link located in the Tool Bar on the right side of the screen. A new “Permalink” box will open up at the top of the page. Copy the URL text from this box.
Student Research Center / Copy the “Persistent link to this record (Permalink)” found in the Citation View.
Facts on File / American Women's History Online / Copy the “Record URL” at the bottom of every page.
Bloom’s Literary Reference Online
Today's Science
World News Today
Gale / InfoTrac Newsstand / “Document URL” is listed at the bottom of the article.
National Geographic Virtual Library / Copying the URL from address bar works, but is very long. If you click on “Citation and Tools” from the right column, a tiny url is provided.
InfoBase Publishing / Films on Demand / To embed a video within your course site, select the entire film or segment you wish to embed. Click the “Embed this video” link directly below the video. Copy the text listed under “Alternate Embedded Code.” To link to videos, copy the “Title URL” which appears at the bottom of the page.
Los Medanos College / The Experience / Copy the URL from address bar.
Oxford University Press / Oxford Art Online / Copy the URL from address bar.
ProQuest / Ethnic News Watch / Copy the URL from address bar or copy the “Document URL” from the Indexing Details area at the bottom of the article.

Samples of electronic resources that allow the user to copy document URL directly from the browser address bar:

All ABC-Clio Electronic Resources

CQ Researcher

All EBSCO Host Electronic Resources

InfoTrac Newsstand

Films On Demand

Entering Content into Desire2Learn

Linking to Articles

1.  Open your Desire2Learn course site.

2.  Click on Course Materials pull down menu.

3.  Click on Links.

4.  Select or create a new category for where you want your link to go.

5.  Type in a Title for your link.

6.  Paste the URL from the Library resource.

7.  Click Preview to make sure it works.

8.  Be sure to leave the open in new window box checked.

9.  Save.

Section 508 Compliance Info:

·  ABC-CLIO Databases: http://www.cclibraries.org/providers/508%20section/ADA%20statementABC.pdf

·  Country Watch: http://www.countrywatch.com/cw_special.aspx?topic=AP508

·  CQ Press: http://www.cclibraries.org/providers/508%20section/CQPress%20508.pdf

·  EBSCO: http://support.epnet.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?topic=996&id=998&page=1

·  Encyclopedia Britannica http://help.eb.com/bolae/Accessibility_Policy.htm

·  Films on Demand http://www.cclibraries.org/providers/508%20section/Section%20508%20CompliancyFOD.pdf

·  Gale http://support.gale.com/gale/article.html?article=1168

·  Oxford University Press http://www.oxfordjournals.org/help/techinfo/accessibility.html

LMC Library Guide to Linking Articles and Embedding Streaming Videos into your D2L Course Site

Updated 9/05/2014.1