This is true for almost all of the databases listed in Electronic Information Products . Staff and students who access the Internet from home through commericial ISPs have previously been unable to access these databases. The University of Greenwich has established a proxy server to provide Greenwich staff and students using a computer outside the University access to certain restricted web-based databases and some electronic journals.
Some products are subject to restrictions which prevent off-campus use.
The proxy server works by allowing your home PC to impersonate a PC within the University. Once you have configured the proxy connection in your web browser, any request to view a web page will be re-routed through the proxy server. When you attempt to access a restricted resource such as an electronic journal, your request will be recognised as coming from a machine within the University. In order to ensure that the service remains secure, it is not enough to simply put the address of the proxy server into your browser settings - if that was the case, anyone who knew the address of the proxy server could use our services. This would break many of our licensing agreements.