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Linking to Electronic Resources: Creating Durable Links: ClinicalKey Durable Links

Guide to creating links to full-text journal articles and e-texts which are part of Himmelfarb Library's electronic collections. Links can be used in Blackboard as well as in other course materials.

ClinicalKey Durable Links

ClinicalKey links which display /#!/ in the URL are not stable and will not deliver the user consistently to the desired content.  

To create durable links to ClinicalKey content, identify the alphanumeric content identifier in a displayed url:

https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/book/3-s2.0-B9780323531139000157

For book chapters, journal articles, and clinical overviews, append the alphanumeric content code to the following durable ClinicalKey link:

https://proxygw.wrlc.org/login?url=https://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/

Examples: 

For books, append the alphanumeric content code to the following durable ClinicalKey link:

https://proxygw.wrlc.org/login?url=https://www.clinicalkey.com/dura/browse/bookChapter/

Example: https://proxygw.wrlc.org/login?url=https://www.clinicalkey.com/dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2.0-C20201044902

For journals, identify the 8-digit ISSN number displayed url:

https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/browse/journal/0002838X/1-s2.0-S0002838X24X60013

Next, append the alphanumeric content code to the following durable ClinicalKey link:

https://proxygw.wrlc.org/login?url=https://www.clinicalkey.com/dura/browse/journalIssue/

Example: https://proxygw.wrlc.org/login?url=https://www.clinicalkey.com/dura/browse/journalIssue/0002838X

ClinicalKey for Nursing Durable Links

ClinicalKey for Nursing links which display /#!/ in the URL are not stable and will not deliver the user consistently to the desired content.  

To create durable links to ClinicalKey content, identify the alphanumeric content identifier in a displayed url:

https://www.clinicalkey.com/nursing/#!/content/book/3-s2.0-B9780323482554002745

For book chapters, journal articles, and clinical overviews, append the alphanumeric content code to the following durable ClinicalKey for Nursing link:

https://proxygw.wrlc.org/login?url=https://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/

Examples: 

For books, append the alphanumeric content code to the following durable ClinicalKey for Nursing link:

https://proxygw.wrlc.org/login?url=https://www.clinicalkey.com/nursing/dura/browse/bookChapter/

Example: https://proxygw.wrlc.org/login?url=https://www.clinicalkey.com/nursing/dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2.0-C20201044902

For journals, identify the 8-digit ISSN number displayed url:

https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/browse/journal/0002838X/1-s2.0-S0002838X24X60013

Next, append the alphanumeric content code to the following durable ClinicalKey link:

https://proxygw.wrlc.org/login?url=https://www.clinicalkey.com/nursing/dura/browse/journalIssue/

Example: https://proxygw.wrlc.org/login?url=https://www.clinicalkey.com/nursing/dura/browse/journalIssue/15597768