Off-Campus Access (Proxy)
Off-campus access to over 125 library databases, 20,000 full-text electronic journals, and 13,000 electronic books and reference sources is available through the SCSU library proxy. All of these resources for locating or accessing articles, electronic books, and statistical data services can be used from any location at any time. No browser modifications are required and the proxy works well with most Internet service providers.
When you are conducting research from off-campus and link to an online library service from the Library Web site or the MnPALS library catalog or use a link to a full-text article from an online course syllabus, you will be prompted to logon using your HuskyNetID (username) and password. This logon is required only once during each online session, no matter how many databases or full text sources you use.
Linking to Full-Text Articles
For faculty whose students link to full-text articles in LR&TS online subscription databases from off campus:
The new proxy service software that provides access to LR&TS online database subscription services from off-campus is easier to use and offers more consistent access. However, off-campus users – including those linking through D2L or course pages -- must modify old links to make the URLs compatible with the new proxy software.
Once the links are modified, they will work for on-campus and off-campus users alike.
To modify a link:
For most links, you need to insert "http://libproxy.stcloudstate.edu/login?URL=" directly in front of the persistent URL for the page to which you want to link.
Given the link address "http://xxx.xxxx.xxx/yyyy," the new link would be "http://libproxy.stcloudstate.edu/login?URL=http://xxx.xxxx.xxx/yyyy ," where "xxx.xxxx.xxx" is the base URL for the full-text page, and "yyyy" is everything that follows the initial single slash "/" after the base URL.
The links shown below are examples of properly modified URLs that allow SCSU faculty, staff or students to access specific full-text articles from common online database subscription services from on or off campus, and assure the vendor of a user's relationship with SCSU.
Example 1: The amended URL for a link to the article "What’s in a slur?" found in Project MUSE would be: http://libproxy.stcloudstate.edu/login?
URL=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_speech/v078/78.1henderson.html
Example 2: The amended URL for a link to the article "Multiculturalism takes root" found in EBSCO Academic Search Premier would be: http://libproxy.stcloudstate.edu/login?URL=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
direct=true&db=aph&AN=9187923&site=ehost-live
Example 3: The amended URL for a link to the article "Unobtrusive Mobilization by an Institutionalized Rape Crisis Center" found in JSTOR would be: http://libproxy.stcloudstate.edu/login?
URL=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0891-
2432%28199906%2913%3A3%3C364%3AUMBAIR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-R
Note: JSTOR uses SICI serial item and contribution identifier to create persistent links. The SICI is available from a link to the Citation/Stable URL at the top of the full text page.
Example 4: The amended URL for a link to the article “Belief in a just world: research progress over the last decade” found in ScienceDirect would be: http://libproxy.stcloudstate.edu/login?
URL=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00072-7
Note: ScienceDirect uses DOI (digital object identifiers) to create persistent links to articles. The DOI is adjacent to and just above the article title on the full text display.
Help
If you have problems connecting to a library database, an electronic journal, or an electronic book, or are prompted for anything other than your HuskyNetID and password, please contact the HelpDesk (320-308-2077 or helpdesk@stcloudstate.edu) or AskRef (320-308-4755 or askref@stcloudstate.edu). There are some limited times, often on Sunday mornings, when a site will be unavailable due to server or network maintenance.
