Installing bookmarklets in mobile browsers is tricky, and support on various browsers and platforms is subject to frequent change. Watch a short video on the proxy bookmarklet! While this will work for the vast majority of e-journals and e-books, there are a few resources that require a more intricate set-up to enable proxy access. Let us know if you have questions or any difficulties with this!
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If you click on this link after applying the bookmarklet, you will be redirected to the full article, rather than a sample page. Some sites, like JSTOR, may require you to locate a 'Stable URL' on the page. This can be useful for bookmarking URL's on a laptop you may use both on and off campus, or if you want to share an article with a colleague or student. If you are off campus, the library's script sends you through the proxy server instead. The scripts at the library will recognize if you're on-campus and if so, will send you directly to the resource. Now, when you're on a web page that you'd like to redirect through the Libraries' proxy server, clicking this button will automatically reload the web page.īoth the bookmarklet and the URL should work whether the user is on-campus or off. To get your browser to route you through the library proxy server, you can simply try the following:ĭrag this button up to your bookmarks toolbar in your browser: (or right-click to save it to your favorites toolbar) However, many people like to just search for a journal using Google and go directly there. This will provide off-campus users with the same access as they would have if on-campus. If you are off campus, then you need to be routed through the Libraries' "proxy server." One way to do this is to precede the URL you want with the prefix Ĭan be given the prefix and reentered as: if you have a U of M IP address, the publisher recognizes it and lets you in).
If you are on campus, access can be relatively seamless since authentication is usually established by IP address (e.g. This tool helps to convert a licensed resource URL you have viewed off campus into a UMN Libraries proxy URL. Most online journals and databases require subscriptions (which the U of M Libraries pay for) to get access.
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