[Eril-l] SciFinder from off campus

[Vickie Kline]

Diane,

We're having the same problems.  I tried to get on using our VPN and
SciFinder didn't recognize the IP address.    We opened a ticket with CAS.
Their answer was essentially 'tough noogies'  ('we work with VPN and
proxy...go ask your IT folk.'

Since we have a number of novice users who haven't even heard of a VPN, it
wasn't terribly helpful.

Vickie



On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 3:29 PM Diane Westerfield <
dwesterfield at coloradocollege.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
>
> Here’s another installment of “Residential College Distance Learning
> Problems.” A chemistry class is running into all kinds of issues with
> SciFinder. Registering for an account, resetting passwords for an account,
> then getting access into SciFinder itself. We use EZProxy.
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> Our campus has a VPN system which students can log into, to gain access to
> campus terminals that present a campus IP address. However it presents a
> hurdle for some (you have to install the VPN system on a device, then log
> into it, then log into the terminal, which runs a bit slowly).
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> We have a SciFinder user registration link with the correct IP ranges.
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> My question to other SciFinder subscribers with EZProxy: how do you manage
> off campus users? Are you running into these issues? I seldom interact with
> SciFinder and it seems it has been largely used from on campus in the past.
>
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> Thanks,
>
>
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> Diane Westerfield, Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian
>
> Colorado College, Tutt Library
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> diane.westerfield at coloradocollege.edu
>
> (719) 389-6661
>
>
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