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Creating Persistent Links to Online Articles and Other Library Resources

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This page provides an example of creating a persistent link to an item within any database on the Gale platform.

A few popular Gale databases are listed below, as well as a link to our A-Z list of databases, where you can find others labeled with (Gale) after their titles.

GALE Example

Step 1

Locate a desired source in the database. Click on the title.

Step 2

Click Get Link icon in the top navigation bar.

an article with the Get Link icon indicated

Step 3

In the pop-up box, click the Select button and copy the URL.

the Get Link window with the select button indicated

Step 4

Add the library proxy prefix https://www.libproxy.umassd.edu/login?url= to the front of the copied URL.

gale proxy URL example

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