E-Resource linking tools should be used as a supplementary option alongside our Reading Lists @ Liverpool platform, when you add E-Resource to Reading Lists @ Liverpool, links are generated automatically and can be updated site-wide in the event of major changes.
Any form of E-Resource links may change following system updates or platform changes, if you manually insert links in online modules these will need to be checked periodically (e.g. at normal module review phases).
Note - If you simply copy and paste URLs from the URL/address bar when browsing Library databases/collections/journals etc. this copied link often won't work later or the link may change in the future, this is because many databases use temporary/session data in URLs. To create a link please see notes below.
The DOI is a unique ID for an e-resource (usually an article) looking like 10.1103/PhysRevA.68.021801 The DOI can be made into a link using the online DOI service, e.g. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.68.021801 these links can be accessed via a UoL login or alternatively as a public DOI without reference to the UoL login or library subscriptions.
You can usually find the DOI number when you view the article details - either on the article summary page within a database or in the full-text document of the article itself (alternatively, try the Cross Ref DOI search tool to locate a DOI number).
The DOI number looks like this:
10.1108/09600039610150479
You can make the DOI number into a link using this URL format:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09600039610150479
To use a DOI with the UoL/MWS login, this requires our proxy also adding:
https://liverpool.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09600039610150479
You should test any DOI link you create. Some DOI links cannot resolve using the UoL/MWS login, this is because DOI requires a subscription to the primary publisher and we sometimes have access through a 3rd party publisher.
You can also use a DOI link neutral of the UoL/MWS login (this may be useful for including links in a dissertation, thesis or academic paper), simply look up the DOI URL on Crossref if you need a UoL-neutral DOI.
You are advised to add any books to our Reading Lists @ Liverpool platform to ensure links to Library E-Books.
Please consult the Online Librarian for other advice on permalinking to E-Books.
Note - You can also find permalink tools/options within individual databases, these links can be used to share stable links (these will not contain unstable sessional data), however the database may alter linking conventions over time and these links may stop working.
CrossRef provides a range of DOI (Document Object Identifier) tools:
Note - you can convert a public/Crossref DOI URL to a UoL-authenticated link using the tab above to 'Convert links/ Add proxy URL'.
Obtain DOI URL(s) for an individual article using single citation or a full list of references - input or copy/paste a single citation or full list of references, these will be udpated to provide a DOI (public, not UoL-linked) DOI URL: https://doi.crossref.org/simpleTextQuery
Locate a DOI on crossref (by inputting full publication details): http://www.crossref.org/guestquery/
Get publication details for an article including formatted citations: https://search.crossref.org/