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What is a permalink?

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A permalink is a permanent or durable link to a resource in a database or web site. They are sometimes provided when pages are dynamically created, meaning they are generated by a database during a search and are not permanent pages. Dynamic URLs are likely to contain the following within the URL: ?, &, %, +, =, $, cgi-bin, .cgi. EBSCO, Gale, Films on Demand and WorldCat provide permalinks. Look on the the page of an article or other database resource to get a permalink (usually says permalink) rather than the using the URL in the browser window.

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