Creating/Accessing Links for Off-Campus Access to Library Resources
Question # 1: How do I create links to articles or other resources provided by the library- for Blackboard or elsewhere - so that the links work from off-campus?
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Question # 2: How do I access links to library resources from off-campus?
Answer: You have to let the system know that you are associated with the University of Tennessee. This is done by going through a ‘proxy’ server. If you do not do this, links to resources that the library pays for will work from on-campus, but not from off-campus.
This happens automatically when you go through the databases menu.
To access a particular link you can usually simply add “http://proxy.lib.utk.edu:90/login?url=” before the link.
So a URL like
http://www.jstor.org/stable/27547102 becomes
http://proxy.lib.utk.edu:90/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/27547102
For your convenience feel free to use the proxy link generator provided below.
Caveats:
Use this Link Generator to create your 'proxied' links:
- The link must be a "persistent" link. This means that the link is not generated with a session identifier. When in doubt try it, but test it a day later to make sure it still works.
- You do not need to do this for freely available sites (such as Google) or links that already begin with "http://proxy.lib.utk.edu:90/login?url="
- The links generated will work from both on-campus and off-campus.
- This tool requires JavaScript enabled in your browser to work.