Hello Alex
We use VPN software instead of EZ Proxy for remote access to non-Athens
authenticated resources. We add a note against the journal title
advising off-campus users to run a VPN session when we encounter the
situation where EJS does not offer full-text access.
Warmest regards,
Dominic Benson
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Brunel University
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Subject: Off-campus access to EBSCO EJS journal via Athens
For a few years we have been aware of the confusing issue of off-campus
access to the full-text of journals via the EBSCO EJS platform (two
titles that spring to mind are "19th Century Music" and "Diversity in
Health and Social Care").
The confusion arises because users can access content on-campus that
they cannot access off-campus, even though they have authenticated to
EBSCO EJS via Athens.
In the case of "19th Century Music", setting up a link direct to the
publisher's website via a proxy server allowed for off-campus access to
the full text, but we can't do this for all EBSCO EJS content.
If EBSCO EJS is Athens-authenticated, shouldn't users have access to the
same content irrespective of their location?
I'd be interested in learning if other's have encountered this
situation, and what they have done about it.
Many thanks.
Alex Birchall
Deputy Systems Librarian
Middlesex University
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