Perma.cc is a free service to create permanent, online, archived documents of sources cited by scholars, journals, courts and others. Perma.cc is in wide use in the legal research community, in part due to the demonstrated link rot in Supreme Court opinions. Use Perma.cc when the source you are citing does not have a permanent URL. Blog posts, news articles, working papers, and other web pages that are live documents are good candidates for archiving using Perma.cc.
A Perma Record is the preserved copy of a web page you intend to cite. A Perma Link is the unique URL you can use to direct readers to a Perma Record.
For example, this Perma Link - http://perma.cc/9265-T4NB - points to a Perma Record of the White House homepage on November 18, 2015.
Anyone can create a free account and create up to 10 links per month.
The Ontario Tech Library is Perma.cc partner. This means the Library works with departments and faculty members, to establish Perma.cc accounts for unlimited link creation. Any current Ontario Tech students, faculty or staff can request an organization account. If you have an existing Perma.cc account, we can add you to the Ontario Tech organization.
How do you sign up for a Perma.cc account?
Users will be placed into the Legal Studies folder/organization by default. Please specify if you would like to be added to another Ontario Tech folder.
When creating links with your new Perma.cc account, under "This Perma Link will be affiliated with," choose the appropriate folder/organization, such as "Legal Studies" (or any other Ontario Tech folder you are added to).
When creating links with your new Perma.cc account, under "This Perma Link will be affiliated with," choose the appropriate folder/organization, such as "Legal Studies" (or any other Ontario Tech folder you are added to).