Linking from Brightspace: Home

This guide provides instructions for finding the persistent links to items such as journal articles or e-books, for frequently-used library databases.  If you need help with a resource not listed here, Ask a Librarian.

When you're viewing a journal article on publisher pages such as Sage, Springer, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley, the URL in your Internet browser is automatically persistent.

• CQ Researcher
• Credo Reference
• Ebook Central
• EBSCO databases
• Films on Demand
• Gale Reference
• HeinOnline Academic
• JSTOR
• Kanopy Streaming Video
• Naxos Music Library
• North Carolina Newspapers
• OneSearch
• ProQuest databases
• Statista

1. In your search results, click on the title of the desired e-reference article
2. Scroll to the bottom of the report and find the article's ready-made citation
3. Copy the URL from this citation and paste it into your Brightspace page

Includes Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, Communication and Mass Media Complete, Humanities International Complete, PsycArticles, etc.

1. In your search results, click on the title of the desired article
2. In the Tools menu at right, click on Permalink
3. Copy the URL that pops up and paste it into your Brightspace page

1. In your search results, click on the title of the desired e-reference article
2. Click the "Cite" button next to the search menu
3. Copy the URL from the end of the citation and paste it into your Brightspace page

1. In your search results, click on the title of the desired article or item
2. Click the "Permanent Link to This Page" icon above the article
3. Copy the URL that pops up and paste it into your Brightspace page

1. In your search results, click on the title of the desired article
2. On the left side of the page, look for the link labeled "Remote Access URL." (Do not use the link labeled "Stable URL," as this link may not work from off campus).
3. Copy this link and paste it into your Brightspace page

1. In your search results, click on the title of the desired video
2. The URL in your Internet browser bar is a persistent link.  Copy it to Brightspace

1. In your search results, click on the title of the desired article.
2. Click on the "Copy Link" button in the toolbar above the article.
3. The URL that pops up is a persistent link.  Copy it to Brightspace.

1. In your search results, click on the title of the desired report or statistic
2. The URL in your Internet browser bar is a persistent link.  Copy it to Brightspace

To connect your students from Brightspace course pages to content available online through Meredith's library (such as journal articles, e-books, or streaming videos), you should use persistent links.

All library databases allow for persistent links, which are designed to always connect the user directly to the desired content.

Two important things to know:

1) Because of database license agreements, you should never download an article or ebook from a database as a PDF and upload it to Brightspace.  Instead, insert a persistent link to the item into your course page.

2) You can create your own persistent URL for any library content by pasting a particular "prefix" before the regular URL.  This ensures that students can access the content from off-campus.  The form of the URL should be:

https://login.proxy108.nclive.org/login?url=[regular URL]

1. In your search results, click on the title of the desired report
2. Scroll to the bottom of the report and look for the link labeled "Document URL"
3. Copy this link into your Brightspace page

To link to an entire e-book:

1. In your search results, click on the title of the desired e-book
2. On the left side of the screen, click the Read Online button
3. The URL in your Internet browser bar is a persistent link.  Copy it to Brightspace.

To link to a book chapter:

1. In your search results, click on the title of the desired e-book
2. In the Table of Contents, click on the title of the desired chapter
3. The URL in your Internet browser bar is a persistent link that will take you to the first page of your selected chapter.  Copy it to Brightspace.

To link to an entire video:

1. In your search results, click on the title of the desired video
2. Click the "Share" button below the video player
3. Click "Embed/Link" and find the Record URL
4. Copy this link and paste it into your Brightspace page

To link to a segment of a video:

1. In your search results, click on the title of the desired segment.  Alternatively, from the page with the full video, click the desired Segment title in the list on the right
2. Click the "Share" button below the video player
3. Click "Embed/Link" and find the Segment URL
4. Copy this link and paste it into your Brightspace page

1. In your search results, click on the title of the desired recording
2. The URL in your Internet browser bar is a persistent link.  Copy it to Brightspace.

1. In your search results, find the title of your desired item
2. Click on the "Permanent Link" icon next to the title 
3. Copy this link and paste it onto your Brightspace page

Includes ABI/INFORM, ProQuest Central, ProQuest Research Library, Historical New York Times, etc.

1. In your search results, click on the title of the desired article
2. Click on the "Abstract/Details" tab
3. Scroll down to the Document URL
4. Copy and Paste the URL into your Brightspace page

Watch this video for step-by-step instructions on how to add content from the library website to a course page in Brightspace.

Hit the Full Screen button on the video player to see the video in a larger window.