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Electronic Resources Titles A - E  
 
AACR Journals Online (Address Bar)
 
  1. Locate the article you are interested in
  2. Delete "eproxyX.lib.hku.hk" if it is in the middle of the URL. Then, add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= in front of the URL. e.g.
    http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org.eproxy.lib.hku.hk/cgi/content/full/61/3/950 becomes
http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/full/61/3/950
 
3.
Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/t?SEARCH=aacr+journals+online
   
AccessMedicine (Address Bar)
  1. Locate the book or book chapter you are interested in
  2. Delete "eproxyX.lib.hku.hk" if it is in the middle of the URL. Then, add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= in front of the URL. e.g.
    http://www3.accessmedicine.com.eproxy1.lib.hku.hk/resourceTOC.aspx?resourceID=7 becomes
http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://www3.accessmedicine.com/resourceTOC.aspx?resourceID=7
  3.

Remember to test the URL after you have created it!

   
  Book titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/t?SEARCH=AccessMedicine
   
ACM Digital Library
  A) Address Bar
 
1.
Locate the article you are interested in
 
2.
Delete "eproxyX.lib.hku.hk" if it is in the middle of the URL. Then, add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= in front of the URL.
 
3.
Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
     
  B) Digital Object Identifier
 
1.
Locate the article you are interested in and go to the "full citation"
   
 
2.
Locate the DOI posted underneath the citation
   
 
3.
Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/ to the beginning of the DOI
 
4.
Copy the stable URL and paste it into your online teaching materials
 
5.
Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/tacm+digital+library/tacm+digital+library/1,1,168,B/exact&FF=tacm+digital+library&
1,168,/limit?NAME=T&VALUE=&M=w&Ya=&Yb=&L=&P=&W=&N=
   
American Chemical Society (ACS) (Digital Object Identifier)
  Find the journal title you require from the online catalogue and select the article abstract
  1. Locate the DOI in the article abstract
  2. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/ to the beginning of the DOI. The DOI 10.1021/ar030250v + in our example becomes
 
http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ar030250v
  3. Copy the stable URL and paste it into your online teaching materials
  4. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
   
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/aamerican+chemical+society/aamerican+chemical+society/1,184,1026,B/
limit?NAME=T&VALUE=&M=w&Ya=&Yb=&L=&P=&W=&N=
   
American Institute of Physics
  A) Address Bar
 
1.
Locate the article you are interested in
 
2.
Delete "eproxyX.lib.hku.hk" if it is in the middle of the URL. Then, add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= in front of the URL. e.g.
    http://www.journals.uchicago.edu.eproxy.lib.hku.hk/AJ/journal/issues/v127n1/203367/203367.html becomes
http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJ/journal/issues/v127n1
/203367/203367.html
 
3.
Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
     
  B) Digital Object Identifier
 
1.
Locate the DOI posted underneath the abstract
   
 
2.
Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/ to the beginning of the DOI to create the stable URL
 
3.
Copy the stable URL to your online teaching materials
 
4.
Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/aamerican+institute+of+physics/aamerican+institute+of+physics/
1,5,300,B/exact&FF=aamerican+institute+of+physics&1,295,
   
American Mathematical Society (Address Bar)
  1. Locate the article you are interested in
  2. Delete "eproxyX.lib.hku.hk" if it is in the middle of the URL. Then, add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=
  3. If there is a DOI you may either add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/ to the beginning of the DOI to create the stable URL
   
  4. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
     
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/aamerican+mathematical+society/aamerican+mathematical+society/
1,53,820,B/exact&FF=aamerican+mathematical+society&1,765,/limit?NAME=T&VALUE=&M=w&Ya=&Yb=&L=&P=&W=&N=
   
American Meteorological Society
  Linking via EBSCO or ProQuest. Please refer to the instruction within this web site accordingly.
   
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/aAmerican+Meteorological+Society/aamerican+meteorological+society/1,2,35,B/
exact&FF=aamerican+meteorological+society&1,34,/limit?NAME=T&VALUE=&M=w&Ya=&Yb=&L=&P=&W=&N=
   
American Physical Society (Digital Object Identifier)
  Find the journal title you require from the online catalogue and select the article abstract
  1. Locate the DOI in the article abstract
  2. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/ to the beginning of the DOI. The DOI 10.1103/PhysRevA.69.042503 + in our example becomes
    http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.69.042503
  3. Copy the stable URL and paste it into your online teaching materials.
  4. If there is no DOI you may copy and paste the URL provided by the publisher to your online teaching materials and add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=
   
   
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/aamerican+physical+society/aamerican+physical+society/1,14,54,B/exact&FF=
aamerican+physical+society&1,40,/limit?NAME=T&VALUE=&M=w&Ya=&Yb=&L=&P=&W=&N=
   
American Physiological Society (Digital Object Identifier)
  1. Locate the article you are interested in, right click on the URL in the browser, copy and paste it into your online teaching materials
  2. If there is a DOI you may either add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/ to the beginning of the DOI to create the stable URL
   
  3. Copy the stable URL to your online teaching materials
  4. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/aAmerican+Physiological+Society/aamerican+physiological+society/1,4,99,B/
exact&FF=aamerican+physiological+society+1887&1,96,/limit?NAME=T&VALUE=&M=w&Ya=&Yb=&L=&P=&W=&N=
   
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Digital Object Identifier)
  1. Locate the DOI underneath the article abstract
  2. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/ to the beginning of the DOI. The DOI 10.1115/1.1643090 in our example becomes
 
http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.1643090
  3. Copy the stable URL and paste it into your online teaching materials.
  4. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/aAmerican+Society+of+Mechanical+Engineers/aamerican+society+of+
mechanical+engineers/1,205,791,B/exact&FF=aamerican+society+of+mechanical+engineers&1,201,/
limit?NAME=T&VALUE=&M=w&Ya=&Yb=&L=&P=&W=&N=
 
American Society for Microbiology (Digital Object Identifier)
  1. Locate the article you would like to link with and locate the DOI on the top of the abstract, html or pdf
  2. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/ to the beginning of the DOI to create the stable URL
  3. Copy the stable URL to your online teaching materials
  4. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/aamerican+society+for+microbiology+/aamerican+society
+for+microbiology/1,10,92,B/exact&FF=aamerican+society+for+microbiology&1,74,/limit?NAME=
T&VALUE=&M=w&Ya=&Yb=&L=&P=&W=&N=
   
American Society of Civil Engineers (Digital Object Identifier)
  1. Locate the DOI posted underneath the abstract
  2. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/ to the beginning of the DOI to create the stable URL
  3. Copy the stable URL to your online teaching materials
  4. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/aamerican+society+of+civil+engineers/aamerican+society+of+civil+engineers/
1,416,1163,B/limit?NAME=T&VALUE=&M=w&Ya=&Yb=&L=&P=&W=&N=
   
Annual Reviews (Digital Object Identifier)
  1. Locate the DOI posted underneath the title
  2. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/ to the beginning of the DOI to create the stable URL
  3. Copy the stable URL to your online teaching materials
  4. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/aannual+reviews/aannual+reviews/1,1,21,B/exact&FF=aannual+reviews+
inc&1,21,/limit?NAME=T&VALUE=&M=w&Ya=&Yb=&L=&P=&W=&N=
   
  Link to the e-Book database:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/t?SEARCH=apabi
   
Berkeley Electronic Press (Persistent Link)
  1. Display the text of the required article.
  2. Copy the URL and add it to your teaching materials. e.g.
    http://www.bepress.com/snde/vol8/iss1/art2
   
  3. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= as the prefix of the URL for remote access
  4. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
BioMed Central (Persistent Link)
  Linking to an article:
  1. Locate the article you are interested in and go to the full text (the html version).
   
    or, copy the URL of the PDF file
  2. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= as the prefix of the URL for remote access
  3. Copy this URL and paste to your online teaching materials.
  4. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Linking to a journal title:
  1. Copy the URL which appears in browser when you are looking at the title page of a journal.
  2. Copy this URL and paste to your online teaching materials.
  3. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Journal titles:
  http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://www.biomedcentral.com/browse/journals/
  http://library.hku.hk/search/aBioMed+Central/abiomed+central/1,1,104,B/exact&FF=abiomed+central+ltd&1,
104,/limit?NAME=T&VALUE=&M=w&Ya=&Yb=&L=&P=&W=&N=
   
BioOne (Address Bar)
  1. Locate the article you are interested in
  2. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= in front of the URL. e.g.
    http://www.bioone.org.eproxy1.lib.hku.hk/bioone/?request=get-document&issn=0002-7685&volume=066&issue=09&page=0598 becomes
http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-document&issn=0002-7685&volume=066&issue=09&page=0598
  3. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/t?SEARCH=bioone
     
Blackwell Reference Online (Digital Object Identifier)
  1. Locate the DOI posted underneath the subject
  2. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/ to the beginning of the DOI to create the stable URL
  3. Copy the stable URL to your online teaching materials
  4. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Book titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/t?SEARCH=blackwell+reference+online
   
BMJ Journals (Digital Object Identifier)
  1. Locate the DOI posted on the top of the abstract
  2. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/ to the beginning of the DOI to create the stable URL
  3. Copy the stable URL to your online teaching materials
  4. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
   
  Journal titles:
  http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://www.bmjjournals.com/
  http://library.hku.hk/search/tbmj/tbmj/1,12,42,B/exact&FF=tbmj+journals&1,27
   
Books24x7 (Persistent Link)
  Construct your URL as follows:
  1. Add the ISBN no. to the base URL.
    The structure of the URL is:
    http://library.books24x7.com/library.asp?^B&isbn=
   
    For which the book, The grid: core technologies, with ISBN no. 0470094176, would have the following URL:
    http://library.books24x7.com/library.asp?^B&isbn=0470094176
  2. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= and followed by the item URL for remote access. e.g.
    http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://library.books24x7.com/library.asp?
^B&isbn=0470094176
  3. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Book titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/t?SEARCH=books24x7
   
Books@Ovid (Persistent Link)
  1. Persistent link can be created for some books in Books@Ovid. Use the web form provided at http://demo.ovid.com/jumpstarts/js.cgi, and select Link to a Specific books in Books@Ovid
  2. Select title from the Title list and press "finish"
   
  3. Copy and paste the URL to your online teaching materials and add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= in front of the URL for remote access
  4. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Book titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/t?SEARCH=books@ovid
   
Britannica (Persistent Link)
  1. To create a persistent link, copy the URL in the citation information at the bottom of the article page, paste to your online teaching materials.
   
  2. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= to the persistent link for remote access
  3. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
Brookings Institution Press full-text books online (Address Bar)
  1. Locate the book you are interested in
  2. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= in front of the URL. e.g.
    http://brookings.nap.edu/books/081571307X/html/index.html becomes
http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://brookings.nap.edu/books/081571307X/html/index.html
  3. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
Cambridge Journals Online (Digital Object Identifier)
  1. Locate the article you are interested in, click on abstract link and display the abstract
   
  2. Look for the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) near the top of the abstract page. You can use the DOI to create a persistent link to an ACS article.
   
  3. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/ to the beginning of the DOI to create the stable URL and our example becomes:
    http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X03001429
  4. Copy the stable URL to your online teaching materials
  5. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Journal titles:
  http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/browseJournalsAlphabetically
  http://library.hku.hk/search/t?SEARCH=Cambridge+Journals+Online
   
Canadian Journal of Mathematics (Address Bar)
  1. Locate the article you are interested in
  2. Delete "eproxyX.lib.hku.hk" if it is in the middle of the URL. Then, add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= in front of the URL. e.g.
    http://journals.cms.math.ca.eproxy.lib.hku.hk/cgibin/vault/CMB/view/cummins7524/body/PDF/cummins7524.pdf?file=cummins7524 becomes http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://journals.cms.math.ca/cgi-bin/vault/CMB/view/cummins7524/body/PDF/cummins7524.pdf?file=cummins7524
  3. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
     
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/acanadian+mathematical+society/acanadian+mathematical+society/1,6,38,B/
exact&FF=acanadian+mathematical+society&1,31,/limit?NAME=T&VALUE=&M=w&Ya=&Yb=&L=&P=&W=&N=
   
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online (Address Bar)
  1. Locate the article you are interested in
  2. Delete "eproxyX.lib.hku.hk" if it is in the middle of the URL. Then, add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= in front of the URL. e.g.
    http://ciaonet.org.eproxy.lib.hku.hk/main/focus05frm.html becomes
http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://ciaonet.org/main/focus05frm.html
  3. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
CSA Internet Database Service
  Linking varies e.g. ScienceDirect, OCLC Electronic Collections Online, ProQuest etc. Please refer to the instruction within this web site accordingly.
   
CSIRO Publishing (Digital Object Identifier)
  1. Locate the DOI posted underneath the abstract
  2. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/ to the beginning of the DOI to create the stable URL
  3. Copy the stable URL to your online teaching materials
  4. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/a?SEARCH=csiro+publishing
   
Digital National Security Archive (Address Bar)
  1. Locate the article you are interested in
  2. Delete "eproxyX.lib.hku.hk" if it is in the middle of the URL. Then, add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= in front of the URL. e.g.
    http://nsarchive.chadwyck.com/home.do becomes
http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://nsarchive.chadwyck.com/home.do
  3. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/t?SEARCH=digital+national+security+archive
   
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journal (Address Bar)
  1. Locate the article you are interested in
  2. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= in front of the URL. e.g.
 
http://www.nexusjournal.com/Fletcher-v5n2.html becomes
http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://www.nexusjournal.com/Fletcher-v5n2.html
  3. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
Early English Books Online (Persistent Link)
  1. Locate the book you are interested in, click the icon
  2. CTRL C and copy the durable URL to your online teaching materials
 
  3. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= as the prefix of the URL for remote access
  4. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Book titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/tearly+english+/tearly+english/1,5,32000,B/exact&FF=tearly+english+books+online&1,66363
   
Ebrary (Address Bar)
  1. Locate the article you are interested in
  2. Delete "eproxyX.lib.hku.hk" if it is in the middle of the URL. Then, add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= in front of the URL. e.g.
 
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/hkulibrary/Doc?id=10075736 becomes
http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/hkulibrary/Doc?id=10075736
  3. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Book titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/t?SEARCH=ebrary
   
EBSCOhost Research Databases
  To create persistent links to individual articles in any EBSCO databases, there are two options:
   
  A) Persistent Link
 
1.
Find the article of interest
 
2.
Click on the article title to retrieve the complete record
   
 
3.
Scroll down to find the Persistent link to this record
   
 
4.
Copy the URL, and paste it into your online teaching materials
 
5.
Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= to the persistent link for remote access
 
6.
Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  B) Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
 
1.
Some articles have the DOI and please add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/ to the beginning
of the DOI to create the stable URL
 
2.
Copy the stable URL to your online teaching materials
   
 
3.
Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/t?SEARCH=academic+search+premier
  http://library.hku.hk/search/t?SEARCH=Mas+Ultra
   
EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service (Persistent Link)
 
1.
After locating the citation for the article in Ebsco EJS, copy the link underneath the citation and add it to your teaching materials
 
 
2.
Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= to the URL for remote access
 
3.
The resulting link is:
 
http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=EGTE6X3B13WR51LXDC08
  4. Copy the stable URL to your online teaching materials
 
5.
Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/tebsco/tebsco/1,18,411,B/exact&FF=tebscohost+electronic+journals+service&1,377,
   
Economist Intelligence Unit on the Internet (Address Bar)
  1. Locate the article you are interested in
  2. Delete "eproxyX.lib.hku.hk" if it is in the middle of the URL. Then, add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= in front of the URL. e.g.
    http://www.eiu.com/report_dl.asp?issue_id=1979612383&mode=pdf becomes
http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://db.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=issue&eiu_issue_id=464173046
  3. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/t?SEARCH=Economist+Intelligence+Unit+on+the+Internet
   
EMBO Journal and EMBO Reports (Digital Object Identifier)
  1. Locate the DOI posted above the abstract
  2. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/ to the beginning of the DOI to create the stable URL
  3. Copy the stable URL to your online teaching materials
  4. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
Emerald Fulltext (Digital Object Identifier)
  1. Locate the DOI posted above the abstract
  2. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/ to the beginning of the DOI to create the stable URL
  3. Copy the stable URL to your online teaching materials
  4. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Journal titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/temerald/temerald/1,16,169,B/exact&FF=temerald+fulltext&1,146,
   
Engineering Village 2 (Digital Object Identifier)
  Some full-text articles in this database are linked out to ScienceDirect and Kluwer Online
  1. Locate the DOI posted above the abstract
  2. Add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://dx.doi.org/ to the beginning of the DOI to create the stable URL
  3. Copy the stable URL and paste it into your online teaching materials.
  4. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
ENGnetBASE (Address Bar)
  1. Locate the article you are interested in
  2. Delete "eproxyX.lib.hku.hk" if it is in the middle of the URL. Then, add http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL= in front of the URL. e.g.
    http://www.engnetbase.com.eproxy.lib.hku.hk/books/490/0440framefm.pdf becomes
http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?URL=http://www.engnetbase.com/books/490/0440framefm.pdf
  3. Remember to test the URL after you have created it!
   
  Book titles:
  http://library.hku.hk/search/tENGnetBASE/tengnetbase/1,2,172,B/exact&FF=tengnetbase&1,170,
   
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