Deep links / Permalinks
Higher Education from Cambridge University Press now supports deep links (also known as permalinks) as an addition to a textbook's table of contents. Instructors or learning designers can use these links to direct users straight to an eTextbook chapter so that students can be taken as quickly as possible to the desired content.
To see our deep links on on the table of contents for any given textbook, you must be registered as an instructor. Instructor status can be set on registration, or updated in a user's account settings .
Once approved as an instructor, deep links will become visible on the table of contents listings of a book. We offer two ways for you to gather the links for use.
Once you have added the deep link to the content of your choice, your student will be guided to the content dependent on on their device or access rights.
Below are some frequently asked questions to help with this feature.
Deep Links - FAQ
Does a deep link grant access to the textbook?
No, the user accessing the link will still need to have access to the book either through their institution or via a personal entitlement to be able to open the book. However, if a user is found to not have access, they will be redirected to the book landing page or given messaging to assist.
What happens if a student clicks on a deep link on a mobile device and does not have Cambridge Spiral installed?
If the student does not have the Cambridge Spiral app installed they will taken to the appropriate store page.
What happens if a student clicks on a deep link on a desktop computer?
They will be taken to a signposting page and will be able to choose to open the eTextbook in the desktop Cambridge Spiral application or the web reader. They will also be able to select an option to learn how to download and install the desktop Cambridge Spiral application.
What happens if a student is not logged into the application, or does not have the book added to their offline bookshelf, or do not have the book downloaded?
They will receive messaging at each of these stages to help them.
When I click try to open the deep link using my desktop Cambridge Spiral application, nothing happens.
Please ensure you have the Spiral application installed on your Mac or Windows computer. You can download the desktop applications from our Cambridge Spiral Information page .