LibGuides: Linking to Database Content in Moodle: Ovid

Ovid Journals

Staley Library subscribes to the following Ovid-hosted journals (Journals@Ovid):

Persistent Links in Ovid- Method 1

1) Go to the specific journal's website (links provided in the box to the left), search/locate the article you wish to link to and click on the title.

2) On the new page, click on "cite" and find the APA citation for the article

Copy the URL in the last part of the citation (the URL beginning https://doi.org/....) (highlight, then ctrl + c, or right click + "copy"). Do not copy the link in the browser bar.

3) In another tab, sign in to myMillikin and open your Moodle course. Click "turn editing on."

4) In the desired week/section of your Moodle course, click the option to "Add activity or resource."

Next, choose "URL" from the list of options.

5) On the next screen, type in the information for the article in the "name" and "description" blanks (you may wish to copy and paste the citation from the database).

For example:
Ng, Yeow, FNP-BC, NP-C, CPC, FAANP, Mayeux, Jack & DNP, FNP-C. (2021). Initiating pre-exposure prophylaxis: What primary care providers should know. Nurse Practitioner, 46, 17-22. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NPR.0000757076.21006.50

6) To get the best link for the Moodle box labeled "external URL,"

First, open a new browser tab to this website: https://go.openathens.net/generate/millikin.edu/71974512
Second, paste the specific article's URL, as copied from the APA citation in step 2) into the box labeled "enter your links." (if Millikin University isn't already selected in the organisation box, search for and select it.)

Look for the newly generated "OpenAthens" link and click the "Copy" button next to it:

Copy and paste this URL into the Moodle external URL box. The final URL, in this example, would look like this: https://go.openathens.net/redirector/millikin.edu?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1097%2F01.NPR.0000757076.21006.50

You must add the OpenAthens link to Moodle if you want students from off-campus to access the article.

7) Click "save and return to course." Test the link to make sure it works.

Persistent Links in Ovid- Method 2

1) Go to the specific journal's website (links provided in the box to the left), search/locate the article you wish to link to and click on the title.

2) On the new page, look for the long number after the word "Accession". This will be up at the top of the screen near the other information about the specific article:

Copy the number (highlight, then ctrl + c, or right click + "copy"). For example 00006216-202107000-00005.

Do not copy the word "accession." Do not copy the link in the browser bar.