How to link to databases

See also the Copyright FAQs for University of Toronto Instructors.

animated clip: Learn to Create Durable Links to Library Databases

Do you want to link to databases from your course page? Here's how:

  1. On the library home page click on the Catalogue tab

    click on catague tab


     
  2. Enter the title of the database and click "search".

    type in title and click on search
     

  3. From the search results page, click on the title of your database to view more details.

    click on title to view more details

     

  4. Click on the "permanent link" link.

    lcick on the premanent link

     

  5. Copy this link and paste it into a document, such as Word. It can be pasted into Blackboard pages, Word documents, web pages, emails, and my.library resource guides.

    permanent link sample

    sample of word document

    If you have any questions or concerns please contact Marc Lalonde, 416-978-0885 (marc.lalonde@utoronto.ca)
     

Monday - Friday 11am-5pm.

... librarians have provided terrific sessions on finding journal articles and other resources for my graduate-level research methods courses
Ruth Childs, Associate Professor, Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology, OISE