How to prevent users other than DBAs from creating database links To begin, please keep in mind that I am a very green DBA. I have done prior research and have not really found anything too promising, or maybe it just seems that way because I am still struggling in my understanding of the monster that is Oracle. So please forgive me and kindly point me in the proper direction if my question sounds arbitrary. 

Scenario: 


some users create database links into several heavy data warehouses. 
these users neglect to close or drop DB link.
users process continues to run and bogs down the DW's performance.


Goal:


prevent these users from creating database links, BUT still allow DBAs to create DB links


How could this be done? Could the answer be within OID capabilities? It seems that there could be to me, but my understanding of Oracle does not seem sufficient enough to be able to determine for sure.

UPDATE:
After investigating into user privileges, I discovered that privileges are not the problem. A remote database can be accessed with just a select statement and without a dblink. Revoking the CREATE DATABASE LINK privilege would not stop a user from accessing database B from database A. 

However, this is only true when the DB_DOMAIN = "blank" and the global name = "fooDB"

A link is required if the DB_DOMAIN = foo.com and the global name = "fooDB.foo.com"

I could not find any documentation similar to this scenario or that explains why this happens. Why do I need to create a link when the global name = "fooDB.foo.com" but not when the global name = "fooDB"?
I think you are approaching this from the wrong end. A database link includes the user ID and password to connect to the remote server; if the user ID does not exists on the remote server or is not allowed to connect, the problem does not exist. If you don't want certain users to run queries against your data warehouse, don't authorize them there.

If you check the SQL reference you will see that users require the CREATE DATABASE LINK privilege to create those links. You can revoke the privilege from some users, but that would not prevent them from connecting directly to the remote database and running their queries there.