TOW: Adding library articles to your Moodle course

Trinity’s Library provides access to a rich collection of online journal articles and other materials you may want to assign to your students. Most of the databases in which these articles are found provide a handy URL that you can easily plug into your Moodle course. This method of providing course readings can eliminate the hassle of uploading pdf files, and it also leads students directly to the journal database where they can browse further.

The terms databases commonly use are Stable URL, Permanent URL, or Permalink. The example below is taken from an article record in JSTOR, which uses the first term.  Just copy the URL link, and add it to your Moodle course (Go to “Add and Activity or Resource,” then select “URL” at the very bottom). Now your students will be able to access the article directly in JSTOR.

Many of the library subscription databases come from the vendor Ebsco, and therefore share the same user interface. The second example is taken from the Ebsco database Wilson Omnifile. In the record view, look for the right-hand menu of options where “Permalink” is listed.

Trinity’s Research librarians are very familiar with our database interfaces and collections. Please feel free to contact them for any assistance with our research collections.