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There are two sets of video links in catalog records; both will take you to your video. However, only the second (lowest) one will allow you to copy down a permanent url, for use in a syllabus or bibliography, for instance - see below. For best results, use Advanced Search, login with your TCU account information, click the "Catalog" button, select "Video" as Material Type, then fill in the title or other information. Sample results: Overview of the shrinking of Native American lands in the United States / [narration Joanne Shenandoah]. Chicago, IL : Encyclopedia Britannica, 2019. While you can link using the "permanent" links to the catalog records, e.g.
catalog records are sometimes reloaded, so those supposedly permanent links could change. To immediately view and sample a video, choose the "View Online" link - the top link in the catalog record:
A copyable link appears lower down (right-click and "copy link"); this link typically has "PURL" or "EZproxy" in it, which is desirable for use in syllabi or bibliographies (this "from-anywhere" permanent link will allow access via a TCU login):
Hovering over the text, the url appears thus: https://library.tcu.edu/PURL/connect.asp?AlexStVideo:https://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?MARC;5135945 |
PLEASE NOTE that "permanent" links to catalog records may not be permanent if the catalog record is replaced by a new record, which may happen from time to time. (If this occurs simply find the new record in the catalog and follow the above procedure, or locate your video within the database that offers it.)
The library's databases typically offer special links to online (streaming) videos, to provide an easy means of future access. The links are often presented as "permanent" or "durable" or "direct" urls (links) but occasionally links are obtained by clicking on the word "Share" or the phrase, "Embed/link." In Alexander Street Press Video, click "Share," then "permalink." The example below, from Paley Center Seminars, now offered within Alexander Street Press, shows several options for sharing, linking or embedding (click to enlarge).
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The most reliable of these web addresses (urls) will contain the words PURL and/or EZPROXY. Such links will work from anywhere (on- or off-campus) and from any device (TCU or non-TCU). When this type of link is clicked, a login box comes up that accepts TCU usernames and passwords, as with the example below.
http://ezproxy.tcu.edu/login?url=https://search.alexanderstreet.com/flon/view/work/1784466
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For database links that don't contain PURL or EZPROXY, the following url can be added to the url (link) for the video selection. Place this url before the database video link, with no space between. https://library.tcu.edu/PURL/EZproxy_link.asp?url= The combination of the 'EZproxy' link above, plus a non-direct video link, will look similar to this:
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