[Web4lib] question about ezproxy for selective content delivery

[Chris Gray]

At a quick glance you probably want to use "groups" within EZProxy.  Have
a look at <http://www.usefulutilities.com/support/cfg/groups.html>.

Chris

"You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me." --bumper sticker

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Karl Suhr wrote:

> Is it possible to use EZproxy for selective content delivery?
>
>   As a 'for instance': our academic library is interested in clearly
> delineating what databases are accessible to which users
> (students/faculty/staff vs. general public)  from off campus.  Right
> now, links to individual databases are routed through EZproxy and
> authenticated that way.  Would it be possible route the link to our
> databases page through EZproxy, and depending on the nature of the
> login, serve one page or another?
>
>  In other words,from off campus a student would click on 'find articles'
> on our library home page (library.semo.edu if that provides any helpful
> context), enters his/her campus id & password and is served a page to
> Proquest and all the other fee-based databases plus Pubmed etc.   On the
> other hand, a local patron clicks on 'find articles', is instructed, if
> not a student/staff/faculty, to enter 'public' and '12345' for login and
> password, and is served a page with just the 'free' databases listed. (
> Walk in use is available for all patron types, btw)
>
>   So to make a long story short? Can EZProxy do something like this? Has
> anybody implemented something like this, and if so, are there any
> caveats or gotcha's to be aware of?
>
>   I'm trying to find an alternative to, say, using little icons to
> indicate if a particular database requires a login.  Any other
> suggestions toward that goal would be most welcome, too.
>
>  Thanks,
>
> Karl
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