The Oviatt Library subscribes to many online databases in order to provide quality content for CSUN students, faculty, and staff. Trends in technology and higher education have given libraries the opportunity to provide access to content online, users no long have to come to the physical library to do research. When students or faculty are off campus and they want to access ebooks, databases, or articles that are available online, they will need to authenticate or login using their CSUN ID and passwords. Because of copyright issues and licensing agreements there are different ways for faculty to share these resources with their students without breaking any laws. Permalinks are stable URLs for online resources; they may also be labeled as, persistent links/URL, document URL, or DOI (digital object identifier).
For resources available in any of the Oviatt’s subscription databases, permalinks provide a stable URL that leads users directly to a source and prompt users off campus to login. These permalinks will have the term libproxy in the URL and this is how you know that off campus users will be asked to login. If you do not see this in the web address or URL, you can create your own proxied link using the Oviatt’s Proxied Link Builder.
The following video provides more information on permalinks and how to appropriately provide access to library content for CSUN students, within the campus LMS, Moodle.
Using Library Content in an Online Environment: For Faculty
