{{EBSCOhost}} creates links to resources throughEBSCOhost intended especially for use in the|id= parameter ofCS1 citation templates.
| URL | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AN=129997295 |
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| Markup | {{EBSCOhost|129997295}} |
| Renders as | EBSCOhost 129997295 |
| URL | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=a9h&AN=9505486 |
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| Markup | {{EBSCOhost|db=a9h|9505486}} |
| Renders as | EBSCOhost 9505486 |
An optional|db= parameter can be used to specify the database using the correspondingEBSCO short database name or code. This code can sometimes be found as a URL parameter like&db=a9h where "a9h" is the database code. It is sometimes, but not always, required. Please test your links to ensure that they link to the intended work.
URLs using plink contain and will display to other users the library or institution that provided EBSCO access to the creator of the link,[1][2] as do URLs starting with "https://research.ebsco.com/c/" or "https://openurl.ebsco.com/c/".[2] Such links are permitted for editor convenience, but should be avoided on Wikipedia, because they indicate institutional affiliations of Wikipedia editors, and because they may be confusing to users. In particular, the such links associated withThe Wikipedia Library (containinggam2uv) may incorrectly lead users to believe they should input their Wikipedia username and password on the EBSCO website, which is a security issue. All such links should be converted to links using accession numbers.
| URL | https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=9292649e-b60f-3b4d-badc-8f9ea3f889d2 |
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| Markup | {{EBSCOhost|plink=9292649e-b60f-3b4d-badc-8f9ea3f889d2}} |
| Renders as | EBSCOhost 9292649e-b60f-3b4d-badc-8f9ea3f889d2 |
&id=URL parameter is "ebsco:edb:143879830".{{EBSCOhost|db=edb|143879830}} →EBSCOhost 143879830.&id= URL parameter is "ebsco:a9h:9505486".{{EBSCOhost|db=a9h|9505486}} →EBSCOhost 9505486.Note that the second redirect target usespercent-encoding to express the colon (:) as "%3A". Neither the "3" nor the "A" are part of the accession number or the database code. Also be sure to find the accession number in the&id= URL parameter, not the portion of the URL near "EPDB".
A resource details page has a URL likehttps://research.ebsco.com/c/ylm4lv/search/details/7hca45zcjr . On such pages, the accession number is listed at the bottom of the page, and it should be linked asEBSCOhost 143879830
A resource viewer page has a URL likehttps://research.ebsco.com/c/gam2uv/viewer/html/4q4actwktn . The accession number is not found on this page. You can either convert the URL to a resource details page by replacing "viewer/html" with "search/details" resulting in "https://research.ebsco.com/c/gam2uv/search/details/4q4actwktn", or you can use the cite button to generate a plink. From either of these, you can use one of the above methods to find the accession number.
This template accepts up to 9 unnamed parameters, each of which is an accession number. Accession numbers can be found at the bottom of the details page for a resource.
The template supports a user-definable|leadout=.
As for allidentifiers, the access status of the linked document is not reflected in the|url-access= parameter of the citation templates. Editors may place anaccess level icon after this template, but subscription access is presumed.
these URLs direct users to the OpenURL Connection page, where... they can sign in through the preferred authentication method of the institution where the link was created.
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