Hi Alex -
If you contact EBSCO EJS support, they will send you a file that you post on your proxy server, which should take care of that extra authentication piece.
I can't speak for Athens, but know that many people are utilizing this data file from EBSCO for use with EZProxy.
Good luck!
Jen Holman
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Jenifer Holman
Acquisitions Librarian
Murphy Library
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
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From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group on behalf of Alex Birchall
Sent: Tue 12/11/2007 3:17 AM
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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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