Creating Links for Off-Campus Access to Library Resources
Question: How do I set up links to articles or other resources such as items from the library databases -
for Oncourse Web pages or other locations - so that they work from off-campus?
Answer: You need to format the links in a way that redirects them through the EZproxy server. If you don't do this, the links will work from on-campus, but not from off-campus.
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://ezproxy.iuk.edu....
- If you have addresses such as http://someaddress.com.ezproxy.iuk.edu..., this will fix them for you.
- The links generated will work from both on-campus and
off-campus.
- This tool requires JavaScript enabled in your browser to work.
