Rowan-Cabarrus Library provides electronic access to millions of items, including full-text articles, e-books, journals, magazines, newspapers, streaming videos, and more. If you want to link to one of the library's electronic items, such as in a syllabus, Blackboard course site, or email, you must use a permanent link to ensure that the link will not break over time.
A permanent link -- sometimes referred to as a persistent link, stable URL, or durable link -- is a URL or web address that will consistently point to a specific online resource.
You want to make sure your link to a library resource will always work. Often the link found in your browser's address bar may work for a short period of time but stop working when you try it later, so you need to follow the steps on this page to ensure your link remains functional.
Adding a PDF of an article or book chapter directly to your Blackboard course may be a violation of copyright or the license agreement the library has with the database provider. Licensing restrictions also require that the library only provide access to current Rowan-Cabarrus students, faculty, and staff, and using a link instead of a PDF ensures that only authorized users can access the resource. Using a link instead of a PDF also provides the library with usage statistics that assist us when deciding whether or not to renew a resource.
All Rowan-Cabarrus Library electronic resources offer permanent links for each individual item. See the example tabs to learn how to locate permanent links in commonly-used electronic resources. Once you have found the permanent link for the item you are using, proceed to step 2.
The Library's proxy server URL allows Rowan-Cabarrus users to access electronic items from off-campus and must be included in the permanent URL for your link to function.
The Library's proxy server URL is: https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=
Some of the Library's electronic resources will add the proxy server URL to the item's permanent link for you.
Only complete this step if the permanent link you obtained in step 1 does not already begin with the proxy server URL.
Add the proxy server URL to the beginning of the item's permanent link to create a single URL that will function permanently.
Example permanent URL without the proxy server URL:
https://search.proquest.com/docview/21526?accountid=13601
Example permanent URL with the proxy server URL added:.
https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/21526?accountid=13601
O'Reilly supports deep linking into a title, chapter, playlist, or resource. Direct linking to a Specific Title should be constructed as:
https:/(/your-institutions-proxy-here)/login?url=(URL for that title)?ar&orpq&email=^u
Please note that "?ar&orpq&email=^u" needs to be appended at the end of every URL. This allows the authentication from EZProxy SSO to carry thru and not drop. Without this addition to the standard URL - authentication will drop.
For example:
https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/python-machine-learning/9781787125933/?ar&orpq&email=^u.
