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Remote Access to Library Resources

Remote Access to Library Resources

Remotely Accessing GC Databases, Electronic Books and Journals

CUNY Central (OLS) based Library Resources

Background  to Understanding how the Proxy Works/Remotely Accessing Saved Citations

Remote Access Problems

Webex=>let the Library remotely access your desktop

 

Note:  The library proxy which is setup to be seamless and transparent; meaning from off campus the proxy detects that the user is attempting to access a resource remotely at which point the proxy serves up a web-page that requires the user to enter their active GC network username and password.

 

Remotely Accessing GC Databases, Electronic Books and Journals

 

Because the proxy service is seamless, if you have an active GC network account you do not have to perform any specific configuration task to remotely access library resources. 

Merely:

  1. Go to the library databases or GC e-Journal Finder page.
    -or-
  2. Click on a database name OR e-Journal title.
    -or-
  3. Click on a Google Scholar “Fulltext at GC” or “Find It” link.
  4. Enter GC network username/password as prompted.   Click here, to setup  your GC Network Account or renew your password.
  5. Failure? Please continue reading.

 

 

CUNY Central (OLS) based Library Resources

 

 

Background  to Understanding how the Proxy Works

The proxy login page URL is:  https://ezproxy.gc.cuny.edu
(useful to know to set preferences in add-ons such as Zotero)

 And as our database links suggests, all of our licensed resources have a proxy URL embedded in their URLs.

For example, from our Databases page:
http://library.gc.cuny.edu/#tabs-1-4

Ebsco Academic Search Complete has the URL with the proxy URL embedded int he preface of the Ebsco URL:
http://ezproxy.gc.cuny.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=a9h

 

If Saving Permanent Links for Licensed Resources (JSTOR, EBSCO, Wiley, etc.) on Campus:

If saving permanent Links on campus for licensed resources you  need to add a proxy prefix to the URL, allowing authentication, to guarantee remote access because if the embedded proxy information is not contained in their saved links you will have problems opening these persistent links off-campus. With the following formula,  remote users will be able to  access any “saved citations” or “persistent links” :

Saved Citation URL from Ebsco User Permalink functionality):

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=53843757&site=ehost-live

Proxy Service Preface URL:

http://ezproxy.gc.cuny.edu/login?url=

When working off-campus the student can access the saved citation content by combining these two URLs into:

http://ezproxy.gc.cuny.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=53843757&site=ehost-live

More examples:

JSTOR Stable URL (copy Stable URL):

http://www.jstor.org/stable/1316160

becomes:

http://ezproxy.gc.cuny.edu/login?url= http://www.jstor.org/stable/1316160

 

Wiley Online Library PDF:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8675.2010.00621.x/pdf

becomes:

http://ezproxy.gc.cuny.edu/login?url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8675.2010.00621.x/pdf

 

Proquest New York Times Full Text PDF:

http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/121750974/fulltextPDF/13307CBA2CD27277E3E/1?accountid=7287

becomes:

http://ezproxy.gc.cuny.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/121750974/fulltextPDF/13307CBA2CD27277E3E/1?accountid=7287

 

 

Remember to use Proxy Serive:

  • Graduate Center computer network account username/password are required.
  • Network Accounts are only for Graduate Center students, faculty, staff and recent graduates (1 year) only.
  • Your network account is the same login as your Graduate Center email account.
  • All network users are required to reset their account password every 180 days.
  • To reset your password click here.

 

For other concerns and questions concerning remote access,  see Problems Using the GC Proxy Server,  and the IT Support Wiki.

 

Other Library Resource Problems?

Library application issues may be addressed with the assistance of a librarian through remote desktop control.