What should I know about sharing links?
Answer
Los Rios library employees and LibAnswers chat operators often work with students who are enrolled in courses at more than one Los Rios college. The following information will help ensure that we provide students with URLs that result in easy, intuitive, authorized access.
Most databases, articles, videos and other licensed content
In most cases (a few exceptions will follow), you must provide links that include the proxy prefix.
The college-level EZproxy prefix is included in database links on each college's database page.
Off-campus users will pass through EZproxy and the resources they view will include proxied URLs and permalinks. But if you are on campus and visit one of the databases, you will not typically see the proxy information because you have been recognized as an authorized user based on your IP address. If you share non-proxied URLs with a user, and the user is off-campus, the user will in most cases be blocked from accessing the resource.
Check to see if a permalink is available for articles, videos and other licensed content. If you use the address that is in the browser bar (JSTOR, Gale, ScienceDirect, etc.) it is preferable to have the EZproxy information at the beginning of the URL rather than in the middle of the domain. Use the URL converter (see section below) to ensure you share a properly formatted link.
OneSearch
OneSearch (Primo VE) links do not include the proxy prefix in the URL. Instead, the college information is encoded in the view. If you would like to share a link to search results or a specific item in OneSearch with a user at a different college, please perform the search in the view from the college the student is attending. If you don't, some students will have trouble when they click links in the version of OneSearch you send them to.
Do not add the proxy prefix to OneSearch URLs.
OneSearch base URL:
https://caccl-lrccd.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01CACCL_LRCCD:[college]&lang=en
Go to the college view by replacing the value of [college] with arc, crc, flc, or scc
Films on Demand
Click on the Share button and select Embed/Link to find the permalink to Films on Demand titles. This permalink should include a wID parameter that corresponds to the college account:
https://[college]losrios.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=[value]&xtid=168585
If you don't see wID= in the URL, that's a bad thing; the user will not be able to get to the resource.
Kanopy
Kanopy links do not need the EZproxy prefix. You may copy the browser URL and share directly with any Los Rios student or employee.
Proquest databases
Proquest links, with the exception of Ebook Central, include a college-specific account ID at the end of the URL. If you are assisting someone at a different college, do the following before sharing:
- Replace the [college] value in the proxy prefix with the user's home college, or use the URL converter to correct the proxy
- Remove the accountid=[ID] string at the end of the link
Proquest sample link:
https://[college]losrios.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/magazines/critical-race-theory-debate/docview/2770951063/se-2?accountid=[ID]
The Proquest account ID is included in the following databases:
- Ethnic NewsWatch
- US Major Dailies
- NY Times with Index
- Coronavirus Research Databases
- Vogue Archive
- Black Freedom Struggle in the United States
Converting URLs
Again, with a few exceptions, it's important to provide students with URLs that include the proxy prefix, and that the proxy prefix match the student's college.
Use the URL converter to add the correct proxy prefix to the resource URL, change one college's proxy prefix to another's, or reformat a link that includes the EZproxy information in the middle of the URL.
- Choose the college of the student or employee you are assisting
- Copy the URL of the resource you would like to share
- Paste the URL into the first box
- Click Convert
- Click the Copy URL button to copy the generated URL
Bookmark this page for your reference: https://library.losrios.edu/ezproxy/url-converter/