Template:EBSCOhost

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{{EBSCOhost}} creates links to resources through EBSCOhost intended especially for use in the |id= parameter of CS1 citation templates.

Using accession number

Using accession number
URL	http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AN=129997295
Markup	`{{EBSCOhost\|129997295}}`
Renders as	EBSCOhost 129997295

Using accession number and database code
URL	http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=a9h&AN=9505486
Markup	`{{EBSCOhost\|db=a9h\|9505486}}`
Renders as	EBSCOhost 9505486

An optional |db= parameter can be used to specify the database using the corresponding EBSCO 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.

Using plink

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 with The Wikipedia Library (containing gam2uv) 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.

Using plink
URL	https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=9292649e-b60f-3b4d-badc-8f9ea3f889d2
Markup	`{{EBSCOhost\|plink=9292649e-b60f-3b4d-badc-8f9ea3f889d2}}`
Renders as	EBSCOhost 9292649e-b60f-3b4d-badc-8f9ea3f889d2

Finding accession numbers

Finding the accession number for a plink

Example 1

EBSCOhost a0cbfc0c-4e22-39cc-92d3-f8aa8246259c links to
https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=a0cbfc0c-4e22-39cc-92d3-f8aa8246259c
which redirects to
https://openurl.ebsco.com/c/yn66hr/openurl?sid=ebsco:plink&id=ebsco:edb:143879830
which redirects to
https://openurl.ebsco.com/c/yn66hr/EPDB%3Aedb%3A5%3A24117/detailv2?sid=ebsco%3Aplink&id=ebsco%3Aedb%3A143879830&x-cgp-token=yn66hr&link_origin=en.wikipedia.org
"yn66hr" refers to AWS Demo Customer that provided EBSCO access to the creator of the link.
The &id= URL parameter is "ebsco:edb:143879830".
Ideally, this would be linked on Wikipedia using {{EBSCOhost|db=edb|143879830}} → EBSCOhost 143879830.

Example 2

EBSCOhost 9292649e-b60f-3b4d-badc-8f9ea3f889d2 links to
https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=9292649e-b60f-3b4d-badc-8f9ea3f889d2
which redirects to
https://openurl.ebsco.com/c/gam2uv/openurl?sid=ebsco:plink&id=ebsco:a9h:9505486
which redirects to
https://openurl.ebsco.com/c/gam2uv/EPDB%3Aa9h%3A8%3A23333160/detailv2?sid=ebsco%3Aplink&id=ebsco%3Aa9h%3A9505486&x-cgp-token=gam2uv&link_origin=en.wikipedia.org
"gam2uv" refers to the The Wikipedia Library that provided EBSCO access to the creator of the link.
The &id= URL parameter is "ebsco:a9h:9505486".
Ideally, this would be linked on Wikipedia using {{EBSCOhost|db=a9h|9505486}} → EBSCOhost 9505486.

Note that the second redirect target uses percent-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".

Finding the accession number for a EBSCOhost webpage

A resource details page has a URL like https://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 as EBSCOhost 143879830

A resource viewer page has a URL like https://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.

Parameters

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 all identifiers, the access status of the linked document is not reflected in the |url-access= parameter of the citation templates. Editors may place an access level icon after this template, but subscription access is presumed.

References

^ "Why do links created with the Share tool in the New User Interface go to the OpenURL Connection page?". EBSCO Connect. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2025. 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.
^ ^a ^b "Link configuration in EBSCO's newly redesigned interfaces". EBSCO Connect. 29 October 2024. § What is an Opaque ID (OPID)?, § What does a direct persistent URL to a specific search, result, or full text item in my New EDS profile look like?. Retrieved 5 February 2025.