Proxy and federated access
Access to electronic bibliographic resources
Access all the electronic bibliographic subscription resources (e-books, electronic journals and databases) “automatically” from outside the University network, as if you were within the university network.
Resource access is available through two options: the proxy service and Shibboleth/federated authentication.
Recipients
Students, professors and technical/administrative staff.
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University Proxy Credentials: New service and password update
Following a recent system update, password management has changed as follows:
- Older passwords: Have expired and must be regenerated to restore access.
- Recent passwords: Will remain valid for another 30 days, after which they will expire and need to be updated.
Proxy access
To use the service, you must configure the device and have a valid proxy credential pair (The Proxy credentials must be specially generated and do not coincide with the Polimi credentials.).
Once generated the credentials you must configure your device:
Have you already configured the service and have any doubts? Connect to the verification page.
Shibboleth federated/institutional authentication access
A consistent subset of the resources (eg. elsevier, proquest..) is accessible from outside the Politecnico via university authentication without proxy configuration.
More info:
- This option is particularly useful if you are unable to configure the proxy
- Various editorial platforms allow the customization of the resource consultation space following access through authentication.
- You must verify the possibility of access through university authentication on each resource. Each resource has its own path and vocabulary: you may find denominations like: institutional / federated / federated shibbolet access / via your library …
Once access is found, you will be redirected to the university authentication mask - In some cases, it may be necessary to select the institution of belonging / origin, in this case select Politecnico di Milano and then access the university authentication mask
- The authentication must be repeated for each resource
- No configuration is needed
- Access to resources is disconnected from the device in use
- Some resources after authentication offer the ability to customize your consultation space with, for example, notifications, rss, lists …