Time to update your off-campus library links!

Updates to Off-Campus Library Links
Written by
Michelle Schonken

Important Changes to Resource Links Off-Campus

We’re upgrading! The library is migrating to a cloud-based EZProxy server to improve authentication for off-campus access to our online resources. Starting Spring semester, this change will make things more secure and easier to maintain.

What Does This Mean for You?

  • If you’ve bookmarked direct database links or publisher links with the old EZProxy string in your web browser, Canvas courses, or syllabi, those links may no longer work off-campus, after January 31, 2026, when the old server will be shut down. See tips below for updating your links.
  • How to tell if your link won’t work:
    • Any URL with the old proxy prefix, proxy.hsl.ucdenver.edu, in the URL string needs to be updated.
  • If you see the new proxy prefix, cuanschutz.idm.oclc.org, in the URL, you do not need to change the link. It is using the new, correct server.
  • Also, if you are using the A-Z Database shortcut links to databases or the catalog record links to articles or books, you won’t have to change them either. They will reroute appropriately.

Getting new links by Spring semester is simple:

  • Visit the library website or A-Z Database List to find your new, updated database URLs to authenticate off-campus. Right click on the link to copy/paste instead of copy/pasting the browser URL field.
  • Search the library catalog for articles or ebooks, grab the updated permalinks, and replace your publisher URLs. These will trigger off-campus authentication and full-text access.
  • Or use the Library Link Generator to add the correct EZProxy url prefix to a plain publisher or vendor link we subscribe to. Make sure the link you enter doesn't have the old proxy prefix.
  • If you use EndNote’s Find Full-Text tool, update your settings with the updated links in the EndNote Guide instructions. Refer to the EZProxy Migration FAQ page if you use Zotero.

Check out the EZProxy Migration FAQ page or reach out to library staff via AskUs if you need any help! 

Thanks for your patience and support as we make this important upgrade.

Please contact AskUs with questions.

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