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Linking Library Resources in Canvas

This faculty-oriented guide provides directions on how to link to library online resources in your Canvas course. This guide includes detailed directions on how to create persistent links to content in the library's article databases.

Persistent Linking Instructions for EBSCO databases (Discover and any other EBSCO database)

Follow these steps to create persistent links to articles in any EBSCO database:

  1. Search Discover on the library homepage or any EBSCO database (e.g. ATLA Religion, MLA International Bibliography, PsycINFO) from the Library Databases page.
  2. Find an article you want to use.
  3. Click on an article title to pull up the complete article record.
  4. Click on the Share icon (a curved arrow) on the upper right side of the article record.
  5. Click on Create link.
  6. Click Copy to clipboard. 
  7. Paste the URL in your Canvas course, email message, online syllabus, etc.
  8. Add the remote access prefix (https://blume.stmarytx.edu/login?url=) before the beginning of the persistent link.

Example Persistent Link:

https://blume.stmarytx.edu/login?url=https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=e466a87b-4ffb-3592-b66f-391d4e3bfc0a