Most web browsers provide options for proxy configuration that may differ slightly from the instructions above. Please check with your Internet Service Provider for the best method to configure their web browser for proxy services or, as with AOL above, use your ISP to connect to the Internet, but configure your WiscWorld software to use this proxy service while you using this alternate method of Internet access. The UW-Madison Libraries proxy server address is proxy.library.wisc.edu and the port number is 3128 . Most licensed resources require cookies to be enabled. Right on the main Advanced screen is a section on cookies.
Some people have privacy concerns about the use of cookies.
One thing you could do is turn them on before using one of these licensed resources, then turn them off again when finished. You can also locate the cookies.txt file on your hard drive and delete it when finished. They are a way for a web server to communicate with you about your connection to their server and what preferences you have. They pass back and forth small pieces of information to help establish a session between your web browser and this web server. This session information is stored on your hard drive in a file called cookies.txt Please note that because cookies are just a text file there is no known instance for the cookies.txt file being used to transmit a virus to your computer.