Off campus links made even easier with LibKey.io

When you want to share a link to an article with classmates, colleagues, or your students, it’s important to make sure they can get to it regardless of whether they are on or off campus. We recommend using our off campus link generator to help with this, but sometimes the link may still not work right for any number of reasons. There’s good news, though, as LibKey.io can help!

LibKey.io is a quick way to find access to a journal article using just a PMID or DOI.

All you need to do is plug the number into the handy search box and it does all the heavy lifting to get you to the article. However, there is also another benefit to using LibKey.io: it gives you an easy link to share with others so they can get to an article easily.

When you search a PMID or DOI in LibKey.io, you will see this screen with options for getting the article:

A hidden benefit when you see this page, though, is the URL of the page can also be used as a permanent/durable link to get this article!

Not only that, the link can be shared with others in our institution and they will be asked to login if they need to. You can try this example out for yourself by clicking this link: https://libkey.io/libraries/935/10.1016/j.psychres.2009.03.031.

More information about LibKey.io can be found on our LibGuide or you can contact us if you need help.