Proxy Server Instructions

Many research databases and full-text electronic journals that are provided by the Kent State University Libraries and OhioLINK are restricted for use only by Kent State University students, staff, and faculty.  The remote systems that provide these databases and journals limit access to computers with Kent network addresses.

From off-campus, if you connect to these Kent State or OhioLINK computer resources via a private Internet Service Provider like AOL or EarthLink, these Kent and OhioLINK systems will not recognize your network address, so they will deny you access.

The Kent State University Web Proxy Server allows you to use restricted resources like these from your home machine, or from any other non-Kent State computer. It does so by routing your web pages through a machine on campus, so that the remote machine sees your request as coming from a Kent network address.

See the Proxy FAQ for answers to common questions about this service.

See the Kent State Proxy Server Resource List for a complete list of sites accessible via the Kent State Web Proxy Server.

Proxy Instructions