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Standards and Guidelines: Deep Linking to Periodicals and Articles

Always test your links in an incognito or private window before sharing them.

Please note that most of these instructions can also be applied to articles.

If a journal is available in multiple databases, choose the best date spread or access option for the deep link.

Deep Linking to Periodicals

Deep Linking to EBSCOhost

EBSCOhost Databases

You can deep link to periodicals and articles within the EBSCOhost databases.

Click on the Share icon at the top of the page, and then click Create link.

Deep link example: https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=e10cec48-5379-3aff-8a14-1ae29d81aba1

Alternatively, you can copy the URL of the periodical or article.

Deep Linking to Flipster

Flipster

You can deep link to periodicals or issues.

Copy the URL at the periodical or issue level. All characters from ? after the number are unnecessary and can be deleted, e.g. https://flipster.ebsco.com/c/zmmt2w/details/3940567?backTo=%2Fc%2Fzmmt2w%2Fbrowse

If you are logged into a TAFE NSW computer, the link will take you directly to the periodical or issue.

If you are using your personal device, you will be asked to log in with your TAFE credentials.

Deep link example: https://flipster.ebsco.com/c/zmmt2w/details/3933866

Deep Linking to PressReader

Please note that deep linking to PressReader is not available because the links are not stable.

Cannot Find the Deep Linking Instructions You Are Looking For?

Please note that deep linking instructions are not available for all eResources. If you cannot find the instructions you are looking for here, please check the Library Technology Services website LTS > Procedures > eResources - Deep Linking .

Deep Linking Instructions Via the LTS Website

This page contains instructions for deep linking to eResources from EBSCO, Emerald Insight, Oxford Reference, ProQuest, Gale, ClinicalKey for Nursing, and Cambridge University Press.

Deep Linking to ProQuest Central

ProQuest Central

You can deep link to periodicals and articles on ProQuest Central. At the periodical or article record, click the Copy URL icon to copy and paste the permanent link provided.

Deep link example: https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/improving-self-regulation-resiliency-skills/docview/3095613679/se-2?accountid=81668

Deep Linking to A+ Education

A+ Education
Deep Linking to Periodicals

Copy the periodical URL from the URL field and remove all characters before the word 'journal' https://search.informit.org/journal/ausjec

Add the prefix: https://search.informit.org/action/ssostart?idp=auth.tafensw.edu.au&redirectUri=%2F

Deep link example: https://search.informit.org/action/ssostart?idp=auth.tafensw.edu.au&redirectUri=%2Fjournal/ausjec

Deep Linking to Articles

Copy the article URL from the browser and remove all characters before 'doi' https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.941026651803800

Add the prefix: https://search.informit.org/action/ssostart?idp=auth.tafensw.edu.au&redirectUri=%2F

Deep link example: https://search.informit.org/action/ssostart?idp=auth.tafensw.edu.au&redirectUri=%2Fdoi/10.3316/informit.941026651803800

Deep Linking to NewsBank

NewsBank

Copy the NewsBank URL from the browser. 

This NewsBank URL needs to be URL- encoded. The easiest way to do this is by using an AI tool. Open the Edge browser and launch Copilot (Ctrl + Shift +.). In the Copilot message box, type 'URL- encode' and then paste the NewsBank URL.

Copilot will return the URL- encoded NewsBank URL.

Open Notepad, paste the NewsBank authentication prefix followed by the URL- encoded NewsBank URL.

Authentication prefix: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/shibboleth?entityID=https://aafidp.tafensw.edu.au/idp/sibboleth&nburl=

NewsBank encoded URL: 

https%3A%2F%2Finfoweb.newsbank.com%2Fapps%2Fnews%2Fbrowse-pub%3Fp%3DAUNB%26t%3Dpubname%253ASHMA-EEDT%2521Sydney%252BMorning%252BHerald%25252C%252BThe%252B%252528Australia%252529%26action%3Dbrowse%26year%3D2025

Deep link example: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/shibboleth?entityID=https://aafidp.tafensw.edu.au/idp/shibboleth&nburl=https%3A%2F%2Finfoweb.newsbank.com%2Fapps%2Fnews%2Fbrowse-pub%3Fp%3DAUNB%26t%3Dpubname%253ASHMA-EEDT%2521Sydney%252BMorning%252BHerald%25252C%252BThe%252B%252528Australia%252529%26action%3Dbrowse%26year%3D2025