Permanent links are stable and usable over time. It's important to create them to create access to electronic resources. .

Simply copy-pasting the Web addresses, or uniform resource locators (URL), won't work to create a link to electronic resources:

• Clicking on a copy-pasted link won't get you to a resource if you're on campus or if you're not logged in to VIU's electronic collection.
• Web pages can be altered due to maintenance, or removed from servers, rendering a copy-pasted link useless.

Create a permanent link if:

• You are a student creating a link to an electronic resource in a web-based project, like a website, or in a discussion forum in an online course.
• You are a faculty member creating a link to an electronically accessible course reading. A link such as this could be placed in your course website.

This full, permanent link, which includes the DOI, is made up of three parts:

Part 1: the VIU proxy server information

http://ezproxy.viu.ca/login?url=

The VIU proxy server information part of the link is the same for any resource in the VIU collection.

Part 2: the DOI prefix information

http://dx.doi.org/

The DOI prefix information part of the link is also the same for any resource in the VIU collection that has a DOI.

Part 3: the DOI itself

10.1177/1474474011428098

Enter the particular DOI of the resource you want to link.

Stable Links: This is a VIU Library guide that provides you help in making permanent links of materials from various databases. It also provides help on making permanent links to resources in D2L online courses.