Research Guides: Linking to Library Resources: Links and Databases

Affordable Instructional Materials

What is the difference between Affordable Instructional Materials (AIM) and Open Educational Resources (OER)?

To the end user, they are the same; to the professor, AIM provides more options.

Affordable Instructional Materials are teaching, learning, and research resources that are either in the public domain, have a license that allows them to be used for free, or are items paid for by your library. AIM includes OER items. An example of AIM is a book purchased by your library that you put on reserve for students to use.

Open Educational Materials are resources for teaching, learning, and research that are free and openly licensed. These may be in the public domain. Sometimes the user has to pay for a print copy, but otherwise they can be used at no cost. An example of OER is the textbook Principles of Microeconomics from OpenStax

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Creating Links

A PURL, or a Persistent URL, is a stable URL that directs the user to a resource. PURLs enable students to access content available via library databases and subscriptions.

Links (PURLs) will have two parts:

Permalink or URL for the item. This will be unique to each item.
Proxy Prefix. This lets the database know the user is affiliated with UAB.

You can use the UAB Libraries Proxy Tool below to create a URL to embed in Canvas. Instructions for individual databases are below.

Links by Database

Select "Copy URL" & use

Select "Get Link" and use

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Select "Get Link". Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Select "Cite" and copy the URL in the citation. Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link" and use

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Cite" and copy the URL in the citation. Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Select "Copy URL" and use

Select "Get Link" and use

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Select "Get Link". Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link". Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste DOI URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link" and use

Select "Copy URL" and use

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste the stable URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste DOI URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Paste DOI URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link" and use

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar

http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + DOI URL

Paste DOI URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link". Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use.

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Select "Copy URL" and use.

Click "Copy URL" & use copied URL

Select "Get Link". Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Select "Copy URL" and use

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Select "Copy URL" and use

Select "Cite" and copy the URL in the citation. Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Select "Get Link" and use

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link" and use

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link" and use

Click "Copy URL" & use copied URL

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on the link icon. Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar

Click on “Show Permalink” icon twice (once to activate it and again in the record) and copy the URL. Add http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= in front of the link

Select "Share" icon and click on the link icon. Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and copy the URL

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link" and use

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Select "Copy URL" and use

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Select "Get Link" and use

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link" and use

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link" and use

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Select "Copy URL" and use

Paste DOI URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Select "Copy URL" and use

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Cite" and copy the URL in the citation. Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link" and use

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste DOI URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Select "Get Link" and use

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Select "Get Link" and use

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Open Viewer." Paste the URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + Permalink

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link". Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link" and use

Copy URL next to the DOI. Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Cite" and copy the URL in the citation. Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "share" icon and paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Copy URL next to the DOI. Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "share" and use either the link or the embed link

Select "Share" icon and paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Select "Get Link" and use

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link" and use

Select "Copy URL" and use

Select "Get Link" and use

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Select "Copy URL" and use

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Paste DOI URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link". Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Export Citation" and copy the URL in the citation. Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link" and use

Select "Get Link". Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Select "Get Link" and use

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link" and use

Copy URL next to the DOI. Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link" and use

Select "Cite" and copy the URL in the citation. Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste DOI URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link" and use

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link" and use

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Get Link" and use

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Paste DOI URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Paste DOI URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon. Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste DOI URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste DOI URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Select "Get Link" and use

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on the link icon. Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share: Copy Link" and use

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste DOI URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

Select "Get Link" and use

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Copy URL" and use

Select "Get Link" and use

Select "Copy URL" and use

Select "Get Link" and use

Use "Embed" icon for embed code or permanent link

http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste DOI URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Select "Share" icon and click on "create link." Paste the link into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste DOI URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Paste URL into "UAB Libraries Proxy Tool"

Linking to Library Resources Links and Databases

Delores Carlito

Affordable Instructional Materials

Creating Links

UAB Libraries Proxy Tool

Links by Database