Accessing E-Resources FAQ

Shortcut "Get" URLs

For many of our databases and larger e-resource packages, you will see a shortcut "get" URL in the listing for the resource in Vera:

These "get" URLs are useful since they:

are easy to remember
will always authenticate you as an MIT user (bookmarking the native URL or going to a resource via a search engine will often not authenticate you if you are off-campus or if there are stricter than usual authentication requirements by the vendor)

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