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Affordable Instructional Materials & Linking to Library Resources Library Books and e-Books

This guide will provide information on how to link to library resources in Canvas, copyright guidelines, and contact information for more help.

E-Book User Limits

When you use e-Books, remember that in most cases, only one person can use that book at a time.  Just like with print books, if one person is reading an e-Book, another person can't.  If you know that you will need a book to have multiple readers at the same time, please contact your subject librarian.

Creating e-Book Links

E-Books are convenient because the student does not have to be in the library to use them, they can be searched by keyword, and the student can print out only the pages needed.

Linking to an e-Book is similar to linking to an article. Most e-Book links (PURLs) you create will have two parts:

  • Permalink or URL for the book. This will be unique to each book.
  • Prefix URL (or, Proxy Prefix). This will always be the same. UAB's prefix is http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url=

For example, let's say you want your students to access this book:

DePaulo, J. Raymond, and Leslie Alan. Horvitz. Understanding Depression What We Know and What You Can Do About It. Wiley, 2002.

STEP 1: From the library catalog, go to "View Online" and select the link that will take you to the e-Book in EBSCOhost EBooks.

STEP 2: From the e-Book record, use the Permalink tool to view and copy the permalink.

Step 3: Once you have the permalink, add the prefix URL to form a new link: http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=67055&site=ehost-live

Note that some databases do not have a Permalink tool, and some e-Book URLs will not require the prefix URL. For specific database instructions, see below.

E-Book Links by Database

Database Vendor How to create the e-Book URL
AAP Red Book Online American Academy of Pediatrics http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
ABX Guide (Johns Hopkins) Unbound Medicine http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
AccessPediatrics McGraw-Hill http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
AccessPhysiotherapy McGraw-Hill http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
AGRICOLA USDA URL in address bar
AHFS Drug Information STAT!Ref (Teton) Click on link icon; for Authentication choose "Proxy" and copy link
Artech Access (UAB eBook Collections) Artech House http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Book Review Digest Plus EBSCO http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= plus Permalink
Case Files Collection (AccessMedicine) McGraw-Hill http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
ClinicalKey Elsevier http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Comprehensive Physiology Wiley http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Cross Database Search Tool for Library of Latin Texts Brepolis http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Current Protocols in Cell Biology Wiley http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Current Protocols in Immunology Wiley http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Current Protocols in Molecular Biology Wiley http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Dental Trauma Guide University Hospital Copenhagen http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Ebook Central (ProQuest) ProQuest Click on “Share Link to Book” and copy that link. Add http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= in front of the link.
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) EBSCO http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= plus Permalink
E-HRAF World Cultures HRAF Click on “Cite” and copy link. Add http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= in front of the link.
eNCPT: Nutrition Terminology Reference Manual Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Facts & Comparisons eAnswers Wolters Kluwer http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Gale Political Extremism & Radicalism in the Twentieth Century Gale Use link provided by the “Get Link” icon and add http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= in front of the link
Harrison's Online McGraw-Hill http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
HerbalGram American Botanical Council http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEEE Xplore) IEEE http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database   http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Library of Latin Texts: Series A Brepolis http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Library of Latin Texts: Series B Brepolis http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Lippincott Advisor LWW http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Lippincott Procedures LWW http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
McGraw-Hill Medical McGraw-Hill http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Methods in Enzymology Elsevier http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Monumenta Germaniae Historica Brepolis http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Nursing Collection (McGraw-Hill Education eBook Library) McGraw-Hill http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Nutrition Care Manual (NCM) Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Ovid Wolters Kluwer Open “Email Jumpstart;” copy link and add http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= in front of the link
Oxford Scholarship Online Oxford University Press http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Pediatric Nutrition Care Manual (PNCM) Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
R2 Digital Library Rittenhouse http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
SAE MOBILUS SAE International http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
ScienceDirect Elsevier http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Sports Nutrition Care Manual (SNCM) Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Springer Nature Springer http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Stahl Online Cambridge University Press http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
STAT!Ref STAT!Ref (Teton) Click on link icon; for authentication choose "Proxy" and copy link
Synthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering Morgan & Claypool http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Synthesis Lectures on Tissue Engineering Morgan & Claypool http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Thieme MedOne Education Thieme http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Thieme MedOne Neurosurgery Thieme http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
USMLE First Aid Books McGraw-Hill http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar