Add NOVA Library Resources to Your Blackboard Site

Why these special instructions?  So that the links to the resources will work both on AND off campus.

 

Add a Link to Proquest, JSTOR, Films on Demand, or other Library Databases

1)      On the library databases page or the eBooks & eVideos page, RIGHT click on the name of the database you want to add.

2)      Select “Properties.”

3)      From the Address section, copy and paste the URL to Blackboard.

The URL given in the Properties window has a built-in code that will allow off-campus access.

 


Add a Link to a Specific Video (or Video Segment) in Films on Demand

1)      Find the video you want in Films on Demand*.  Click on it.

 

2)      UNDER the video player, you will see a URL for the video title or segment.  Copy the URL under the video player to your Blackboard course; it will work both on and off campus.
(NOTE: Do not use the URL in the address bar because it will not work from off campus. Also, when you copy the URL under the video player, be sure to get all the characters and be sure not to include any extra spaces at the end.)

 
*Note: Films on Demand defaults to searching by Segment. For a particular title, switch to "Search by Titles."


Add a Link to a Specific Periodical Article

Databases vary, but here are a few examples:

ACADEMIC SEARCH COMPLETE AND OTHER EBSCO DATABASES

Click on the title of the article you want, then look at the menu to the right for "Permalink." Click on Permalink, then copy and paste the given URL directly into your Blackboard page. This URL will work both on and off campus -- do NOT run it through the purltoez.htm converter.

JSTOR

1)      When you find an article you want, click on “Item Information.”

2)      Copy and paste the “Stable URL” given below the citation information into the box at http://library.vccs.edu/reference/purltoez.htm and click “Submit.”

3)      Copy and paste the Converted URL into Blackboard.

 

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS

1)      When you find an article you want, click on “InfoMark” (near the top left).

2)      Copy and paste the InfoMark URL into the box provided at http://library.vccs.edu/reference/purltoez.htm and click “Submit.”

3)      Copy and paste the Converted URL into Blackboard.

 

 

 

 

Created by A. Anderson, 6/2011