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This guide will turn an article link generated by a database into one that will work from off-campus.

INSTRUCTIONS

This tool reformats a link/URL to work from off-campus by adding the PCC Library's EZproxy prefix. It also updates old (pre-2024) off-campus links with our current EZProxy prefix.

Look at the URL you're sharing to a PCC Library database, or to a specific article/video within a database. It should start with https://pasadenacc.idm.oclc.org/login?url=

If it doesn't, you need to update the URL for off-campus use. Use the tool below to make your URL off-campus friendly.

Example:

URLs that won't work off-campus: 

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3299291

https://login.ezp.pasadena.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3299291

Corrected URL after running it through the converter:

https://pasadenacc.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3299291

Create/update a proxy URL

Paste your URL in the box below.

Contact librarian@pasadena.edu for assistance with linking to articles or publications in library databases.

Thanks to Jeff Karlsen at Sacramento City College for the original code for this tool!