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Integrating Library Resources into Your Blackboard Courses

Research & Course Guides  ll  Databases  ll  Off-Campus Access  ll Articles ll  Thomson-Gale   EBSCOhost  ll  Blackwell Synergy  ll   Your Journals@Ovid  ll  JSTOR ll  NetLibrary Online Books  ll   Other Databases 

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  1.        Linking to JSRCC Library Research and Course Guide                                                                                       

1.  Go the JSRCC Library web site at www.reynolds.edu/library.

  1. When the Library home page appears, click on any of the Research Help links that you are

       interested in adding to your Bb course.

  1. When the online guide appears - highlight, copy (<Ctrl>+C), and paste (<Ctrl>+V) the link into your Bb course.

      JSRCC Library Guide – Finding Information on Careers

      Blackboard – Add an External Link screen

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  1. Linking to Library Databases

1.      From the Library’s home page, click on Title List under Find Information

      Research Databases.

 

2.      Scroll down to find the database link you are interested in adding to your Bb course. 

       You can also browse databases by reviewing the Popular, Description, and Subject Lists.

3.      Right-click on the database link. When a menu appears, left-click on Properties.

 

4.      When the Properties window appears - highlight, copy (<Ctrl>+C), and paste (<Ctrl>+V) the URL address in your

         Bb course.

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  1.   Off-Campus Access

1.      When using a computer off-campus, if you click on any JSRCC Library database links you will

       get a VCCS - Virginia Community College System login screen first.  Login with the same

       username and password you use for accessing any services through My JSRCC (Blackboard,

       SIS, E-mail). After you login, you will get the database search screen.

 

2.      For more information on Off-Campus Access, go to:

  http://www.reynolds.edu/library/proxy.htm

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  1.  Linking to Articles

Proxy Server and URL Prefix

The library’s licensed databases available through either consortium - VIVA (The Virtual Library of

Virginia and VCCS (Virginia Community College System) require that we control access and

restrict it to faculty, staff, and students affiliated with JSRCC.  This is accomplished by using a

proxy server for off-campus access to these databases.  To engage the proxy server, the URL

that connects the user to the vendor's database must be modified to include the proxy server

information.  When you save (bookmark) a URL for use in a reading list or class assignment, that

URL must also be modified if students are to use those links from off-campus. To engage the

off-campus proxy environment, a URL must have a prefix added that will cause the proxy server

to determine if the user must be authenticated or not.  This prefix consists of the following text:

http://ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login?url=

 

A. Thomson Gale Databases

1.      Select the article you wish to link from your Bb course.

2.      When the full article appears, click on the InfoMark link from the menu near the top of the

       screen.

 

3.      When the InfoMark screen appears - highlight, copy (<Ctrl>+C), and paste (<Ctrl>+V) the InfoMark URL link into 

       your Bb course.

4.      Add the URL prefix, http://ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login?url= in front of the InfoMark URL. 

 

Your final URL should look like this:

http://ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login?url=http://find.galegroup.com/itx/infomark.do?contentSet=IACDocuments&docType=IAC&type=retrieve&tabID=T002&prodId=

AONE&docId=A147099910&userGroupName=viva2_jsrcc&version=1.0&searchType=

SubjectGuideForm&source=gale

 

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B. EBSCOhost Databases

1.      Select the article you wish to link from your Bb course by clicking on the article title.

2.      When article record appears - highlight, copy (<Ctrl>+C), and paste (<Ctrl>+V) the Persistent link into your Bb

       course (may need to scroll down to view the Persistent link).

 

3.      Add the URL prefix, http://ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login?url= in front of the Persistent link. 

 

Your final URL should look like this:

http://ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nyh&AN=22252386&site=ehost-live

 

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 C. Blackwell Synergy Database

1.      Select the article you wish to link from your Bb course by clicking the Full Text HTML or Full Text PDF link.

 

2.      When the full article appears - highlight, copy, and paste the URL in your browser address window

       into your Bb course. 

NOTE: If you choose the Full Text Article link - highlight, copy (<Ctrl>+C), and paste (<Ctrl>+V) the link only

       up to right before the question mark (?).

 

 

 

  1. Add the URL prefix, http://ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login?url= in front of the URL link. 

Your final URL should look like this:

http://ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1399-5618.2005.00246.x

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D. Your Journals@Ovid Databases

  1. Select the article you wish to link from your Bb course by clicking on Ovid Full Text from the

          article menu on the right side of the screen.

 

2.      When the full article appears, click on the Email Jumpstart link near the top of the screen.

 

3.      When the Email Jumpstart screen appears – highlight, copy (<Ctrl>+C), and paste (<Ctrl>+V) the Jumpstart URL

       into your Bb course (you can also email the link to yourself).

 

  1. Add the URL prefix, http://ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login?url= in front of the Jumpstart URL link. 

Your final URL should look like this:

http://ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login?url=http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=00001504-200611000-00013&LSLINK=80&D=ovft

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E. JSTOR Database

1.      From the results list – highlight, copy (<Ctrl>+C), and paste (<Ctrl>+V) the Stable URL into your Bb course.

2.      Or – from the results list, click on the article title to review the article first. From the full

       article screen, click on Article Information from the menu on the top of the screen.

 

3.      When the Article Information screen appears – highlight, copy (<Ctrl>+C), and paste (<Ctrl>+V) the Stable URL into

       your Bb course.

 

 

4.      Add the URL prefix, http://ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login?url= in front of the Jumpstart URL link. 

 

Your final URL should look like this:

http://ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login?url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0014-7214%

28197604%2925%3A2%3C193%3ABOAAOF%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I

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  1.  Linking to NetLibrary Online Books

NetLibrary is a database containing over 10,000 online full-text books covering a multitude of          

 

subject areas including public domain books in literature and history. These online books can be

 

accessed via the VCCSLinc Library Catalog or through the Research Databases link from the

 

library’s web site.

 

 

To access NetLibrary from outside campus, set up your own personal NetLibrary account at

 

http://www.netlibrary.com from any Internet terminal on campus.

 

Linking to Books using the VCCSLinc Library Catalog

1.      From the catalog results list, click on the Record # for the NetLibrary book you are interested in linking

      from your Bb course.

 

 

2.      When the full record appears, scroll down and highlight (a bit difficult), copy (<Ctrl>+C), and paste (<Ctrl>+V) the URL

       above the Electronic Location field into your Bb course. You do not need to insert the proxy

       URL.

Your URL should look like this:

http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=85682

Linking to Books using NetLibrary

1.      From the NetLibrary search results screen, click on the View this eBook link for the book you

      are interested in linking from your Bb course.

 

 

2.      When the next screen appears, click on the eContent Details tab from the menu on the left.

 

3.      When the eContent Details information appears – highlight, copy (<Ctrl>+C), and paste (<Ctrl>+V) the Product ID

       number into your Bb course.

4.      You will also need to use the base or prefix URL for NetLibrary persistent linking which is:

        http://www.netlibrary.com/summary.asp?id=

      Your final URL should look like this:

       http://www.netlibrary.com/summary.asp?id=85682

 

 VI. Other Databases

  If you need assistance in creating persistent links to articles in other databases or are not sure if a particular database supports persistent links, contact Denise Woetzel at ext. 5325 or email Denise at dwoetzel@reynolds.edu.

 

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This page was created on 10/20/06, updated on 5/4/07.

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