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Off-Campus
Access to Electronic Resources:
Inserting the Proxy String with a Firefox Bookmarklet
If you're often off-campus and need to get your browser to route you through the Libraries' proxy
server, you may want to try this shortcut.
Drag this button up to your bookmarks toolbar in your Firefox browser: 
You'll see a new button in your toolbar, that will look like this:
You can rename the button by right-clicking (or control + click on a Mac) and editing the bookmark's properties.
Now, when you're on a web page that you'd like to redirect through the Libraries' proxy server, clicking this button will automatically reload the web page.
Before clicking the bookmarklet button: 
After clicking the button: 
This will only work with Firefox, and only if the MIT Libraries have a subscription to
the resource. To see what online resources the MIT Libraries have
access to, consult Vera, the
interface to our electronic resources.
Problems or questions?
webmaster@libraries.mit.edu
This page was last updated on
02/28/08
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