How to Access Resources from Off Campus

The University Libraries subscribes to a number of resources that by contract (license) are restricted to use by faculty, staff and students currently registered or employed at UNL. As a consequence, if you are working off-campus, you will have to verify your affiliation with UNL and access these resources by proxy.

Community Users may access electronic resources from the Libraries' main page at http://iris.unl.edu. Please see Multi-Search (for the Public). In addition, Nebraska residents may access electronic resources through Nebraska Access.

Any time you attempt to use an article index or database (for example, Academic Search Premier) from off-campus, you will be presented with a proxy login screen. This screen will ask for your Last Name and your NU ID number, both of which are found on your NCard:

In this example, the last name is GAUSS and the NU ID number is 77774444. Once you have entered and verified this information, click the Submit icon and use the resource as usual.

Note: This proxy requires that cookies are enabled, so ensure that you have done this.

For further assistance, you may find the following helpful.

• Removing Browser Configuration:
  If you previously configured your browser you will need to remove this information. See How to Remove Proxy Server Configuration. For help unconfiguring your proxy, call (402) 472-2848 press 3.



• To verify your NU ID Number:
  If you are having difficulty logging into a database after entering your last name and NU ID Number, call (402) 472-9568.