diff --git a/app/helpers/search_helper.rb b/app/helpers/search_helper.rb
index 335aec27..ca04667c 100644
--- a/app/helpers/search_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/search_helper.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ def format_highlight_label(field_name)
     field_name.underscore.humanize
   end
 
+  def link_to_result(result)
+    if result['source_link'].present?
+      link_to(result['title'], result['source_link'])
+    else
+      result['title']
+    end
+  end
+
   def view_online(result)
     return unless result['source_link'].present?
 
diff --git a/app/views/search/_result.html.erb b/app/views/search/_result.html.erb
index fad44d90..42f20d0d 100644
--- a/app/views/search/_result.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/search/_result.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <li class="result">
   <div class="result-content">
     <h3 class="record-title">
-      <span class="sr">Title: </span><%= link_to(result['title'], record_path(result['identifier'])) %>
+      <span class="sr">Title: </span>
+      <%= link_to_result(result) %>
     </h3>
 
     <p class="pub-info">
diff --git a/test/helpers/search_helper_test.rb b/test/helpers/search_helper_test.rb
index 0ab09dd9..9e79b2a5 100644
--- a/test/helpers/search_helper_test.rb
+++ b/test/helpers/search_helper_test.rb
@@ -171,4 +171,36 @@ def setup
     }
     assert_equal ['Authors: person, sample'], applied_advanced_terms(query)
   end
+
+  test 'link_to_result returns link when source_link is present' do
+    result = {
+      'title' => 'Sample Document Title',
+      'source_link' => 'https://example.com/document'
+    }
+    expected_link = '<a href="https://example.com/document">Sample Document Title</a>'
+    assert_equal expected_link, link_to_result(result)
+  end
+
+  test 'link_to_result returns plain title when source_link is nil' do
+    result = {
+      'title' => 'Sample Document Title',
+      'source_link' => nil
+    }
+    assert_equal 'Sample Document Title', link_to_result(result)
+  end
+
+  test 'link_to_result returns plain title when source_link is empty string' do
+    result = {
+      'title' => 'Sample Document Title',
+      'source_link' => ''
+    }
+    assert_equal 'Sample Document Title', link_to_result(result)
+  end
+
+  test 'link_to_result returns plain title when source_link key is absent' do
+    result = {
+      'title' => 'Sample Document Title'
+    }
+    assert_equal 'Sample Document Title', link_to_result(result)
+  end
 end