Integrating the Library into Canvas

This page will show you how to find the the information to place the link to the article directly in Canvas. Below are two examples, one for an EBSCO database and one for JSTOR. If you need assistance with find the information to link directly to an article in Canvas, please contact your Subject Librarian.

If you have the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) for a specific article, you can use this format for a persistent URL to the article: 

http://libproxy.wustl.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/XX.XXXX/XXXXXX  

(Insert the DOI in place of the XX in the URL.)

Example:  http://libproxy.wustl.edu/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2013.0037

1. Find your Article in an Ebsco database, such as Academic Search Complete. 

2. Once you've opened up the article record, locate the Permalink Button on the right side of the screen.

3. Once you click the Permalink Button, highlight, copy, and paste the link into your course. 

4. Follow the instructions in the Integrating Library Resources into Your Course Tab to copy the link into your content. EBSCO includes the proxy prefix in the URL, so you can simply copy and paste the complete URL into Canvas.  

1. Find your article on JSTOR. Click the title link to see the article details.

2. Highlight the link in the location as shown. This is the stable link. Copy this link to your clipboard.

3. Follow the instructions in the Integrating Library Resources into Your Course page to copy the link into your content. The link should be in the following format: http://libproxy.wustl.edu/login?url=XXXX where the XXXX is the stable link that you copied from JSTOR.