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Suzanne Johnson-Varney
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Persistent URLs and Off Campus Access

You may want to add links to articles and other materials from the Clark Memorial Library databases to your Blackboard site. Please use the persistent and proxied URLs and, for example, not simply upload a PDF of an article.

Persistent links take the user directly to the desired content and proxied links make the material accessible to those on campus or off campus. A proxied link passes students who are on campus directly to the resource.  If a user is off campus, they are asked to authenticate.  One URL serves both sets of users.

If links to articles or other content from the library databases do not have the proxy prefix, students will not be able to access these materials.

Do you need help adding links for library resources to your Blackboard Course?

Library liaisons can help you link directly to content with persistent and proxied URLs.

You can also use the form below to create proxied URLs.

Please contact a librarian if you need help!

1. Copy and paste your source URL here:
2. Click Create link button below:
3. Copy and paste the resulting link into Blackboard:

Library Information for Distance Learning Students

Each subject guide has a tab leading to a library Distance Learning guide. If you are teaching a distance learning course, we encourage you to take a look at this page as it may have answers to questions students ask you.