Linking to Database Content in Moodle: Home

Spring 2025 Hours

• Monday-Thursday: 8am-8pm
• Fridays: 8am-4:30pm
• Saturdays: 1-4:30pm
• Sundays: 1-8pm

Have you ever found an article in one of our subscription databases that you want to share with your class through Moodle? 

Many of our databases provide a feature known as a persistent link (also sometimes called a permalink, static URL, or stable URL) to their content. This guide will walk you through how to use these links in your Moodle courses.

If you do not see a guide for the particular database you are wanting to link to, please contact Amanda Pippitt for assistance.

Most of these links will go directly to the resource and provide full text access right away from off-campus, but some require an additional authentication process.

If you are using a database link from off-campus and it does not provide full access to the resource, try the following:

• Look for a sign-in or login option and click on it (you may then need to look for an option that says "OpenAthens"
• Search for Millikin as an institution, and if found, select it
• This should direct you to myMillikin, where you can login and then access the resource fully