Here’s an easy step-by-step guide to using Perma

Login here: perma.cc

Find something you’d like to cite.

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Copy the page link.

Paste the link into Perma and press the blue infinity button.

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Perma creates a copy of the webpage exactly as it is today, and gives you a link that will always point to this content, no matter what happens in the future.

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In this case our Perma link is created as: http://perma.cc/YN3R-AMT7.

When you visit that link in the future, you’ll always see the same content displayed.

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Use this link forever to point back to the original article. Fast and easy!