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We recently started offering this using our library system as a proxy server. Our problem now is how to find out which e-journal publishers/ hosts allow off-site access (and to which category of users). It is also difficult to indicate to users which electronic journals can be accessed off-campus, especially when access is not from the library catalogue (e.g. links from databases). We don't have the resources to maintain multiple links to e-journals and only provide links via aggregators if they are the only route available to us. BTW, am I correct in assuming that ingenta does not allow direct linking to individual articles? If it is possible, instructions must be well hidden. On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Frank Norman wrote: > Yes, this is becoming an issue here too. I've asked quite a few > publishers (mostly learned societies who publish via Highwire) > about the possibility of having password-controlled access to cater > for off-campus use. They have all replied that they cannot provide > this but that I should setup a password-controlled proxy server to > facilitate off-campus use. > > Have other sites gone down this route? Mieko ----- Mieko Yamaguchi [log in to unmask] Technical Services Manager/System Coordinator +44 (0)1248 382970 Main Library, University of Wales Bangor, UK +44 (0)1248 382979 (Fax)