Smith library proxy shortcut

Below are instructions for adding a browser shortcut for off-campus journal article access. If you directly go to an article webpage (for example, via its link in an emailed table of contents), you won’t be able to see the full article (if it’s not open access). But, this shortcut will quickly give you full access with a single click, if Smith has a subscription that covers it. 

 

After creating the bookmark, when you navigate to a journal article webpage, just click the “Smith journals” button in your favorites bar and the URL will be automatically changed to what it would be if you navigated to the journal from the libraries homepage. You will be prompted to login using your standard Smith credentials, if you haven’t done so recently. 

 

In Safari,

• Navigate to any webpage (it doesn’t matter which, it just can’t be a blank window)
• From the Bookmarks menu, choose “Add Bookmark”
• Make sure you are adding to “Favorites” and give the bookmark a name (e.g., “Smith journals”)
• Right-click (on Mac) or press-and-hold (on iOS) on the “Smith journals” bookmark in your Favorites bar and choose “Edit Address”
• Replace the URL that appears by pasting in the following:

javascript: var url = location.href; var i = url.indexOf('/',8); var newbeg = url.substring(0,i);newbeg=newbeg.replace(/\./g,'-');window.location = newbeg + '.libproxy.smith.edu' +url.substring(i);

• Right-click on your Bookmarks Bar and choose “Add Page…”
• In the Edit Bookmark window that appears, give the bookmark a name (e.g., “Smith journals”) and in the URL field, paste: 

javascript: var url = location.href; var i = url.indexOf('/',8); var newbeg = url.substring(0,i);newbeg=newbeg.replace(/\./g,'-');window.location = newbeg + '.libproxy.smith.edu' +url.substring(i);