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What You Can Access From Off-Campus
Select your affiliation with The Ohio State University:
- OSU Students, Faculty and Staff
- OSU Libraries' Courtesy Card Holder
- OSU Alumni Association or Friends of the Libraries Member
- General Public
OSU Students, Faculty and Staff - Connecting from Off-Campus
The OSU Libraries uses proxy software for off-campus access to electronic resources. Click the Off-campus Sign-in link in the gray toolbar on the Libraries' website. Enter your name.number and password. When your OSU affiliation has been confirmed the Libraries' web page will redisplay with the phrase 'proxy.lib.ohio-state' in the middle of the URL. If the proxy phrase disappears from the URL click the Off-campus Sign-in link and the web page will redisplay with the proxy phrase. If you have problems check our EZProxy FAQThese resources can be accessed from off-campus:
- OSU Libraries' Catalog
- OhioLINK Catalog
- Big Ten Universities Catalogs
- Reference Databases
- Multi Database Search
- Journals: Print and Online via OSU Libraries' Catalog
- Online Journals via Reference Databases
Adobe Acrobat Reader may be needed to view online journal articles. OSU students, faculty and staff can download this software from the OIT Software Downloads
[Go to top of page]OSU Libraries' Courtesy Card Holders
- See Courtesy Card eligibility
- OSU Libraries' Catalog
- OhioLINK Catalog
- Big Ten Universities Catalogs
- Reference Databases and Online Journals: See Services for Alumni and Friends or contact your local public library.
General Public
- OSU Libraries' Catalog
- OhioLINK Catalog
- Big Ten Universities Catalogs
- Reference Databases and Online Journals: contact your local public library.