On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Maureen Richardson wrote:
> We are setting up WAM and I have three questions/problems
> I had assumed that if a resource could be accessed on campus with IP
> control that it could be accessed off campus using WAM. Was this naive?
I assume you are talking about technical issues rather than licensing
issues. We subscribe to some resources which are IP authenticated but
which do not allow off-campus access.
If you asked this question a week ago I would have answered "yes".
But as some of you have heard from me several times already WAM access
to the new Web of Knowledge is currently not working though IP control
on campus does work.
> I cannot get Netlibrary to work with WAM. After authentication it just
> takes me back to the Netlibrary login box with the Athens link. Has
> anyone got Netlibrary to work with WAM?
Netlibrary does work with WAM in that we can direct our off-campus users
to the Netlibrary homepage which includes our logo, where users can
view a list of all Netlibrary books they can access, and browse/view the
contents of individual books. In order to check out Netlibrary books
users must identify themselves. This used to be done by usernames and
passwords users created for themselves but we have switched to use
Athens username and password instead.
> Secondly I really would like to know which "Athens" resources definitely
> will not work using WAM. I have looked at most of your web pages but
> wonder if there is one list anywhere?
Please see above (although I hope it will be resolved soon).
> Finally I am finding that some resources are freezing my computer when
> accessed via WAM eg Emerald, Blackwell Science and Springer. Have any
> other sites had this problem?
> Many Thanks
I have no experience of Emerald, but we have no problem accessing
Blackwell Science (Synergy) or Springer titles via WAM.
Mieko
> Maureen
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> Maureen Richardson
> Electronic Resources Manager
> Learning Resource Centre
> Edge Hill College
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