Library : Current News & Features

Are full-text articles available off-campus?

Yes.  Anytime and anywhere, Life West faculty and currently enrolled students can open full text articles in subscribed journals. 

Faculty:  Ask at the reference desk for your password.
Students:  Follow the onscreen instructions.

Using the EZProxy service:
how to get full-text journal articles off campus

Before implementation of the EZProxy service, researchers had to use a campus computer, so that publishers would automatically authorize viewing and printing the full text.

Now, the EZProxy service, in tandem with Journals AtoZ list, makes this possible from off campus as well.   

Important note:  EZProxy does not work directly from PubMed or any other online index. 
You must navigate to the journal article using the links in Journals AtoZ.

• Have the needed citations in hand
• Look up the journal title in Journals AtoZ
• If there is a link available, go to the online journal
• Navigate to the article, and choose PDF format.
• Free articles will open up on their own
• Subscription articles generate the EZProxy login screen.  Instructions are clearly posted.
• Continue to connect with other journal titles as needed.  Login is active until browser window closes.
• Please contact the systems librarian to report technical problems.  Thank you!

EZProxy login screen
Only articles from subscribed online journals will generate a login screen.
Free (open-access) articles open without any help from EZProxy.
For students, the on-screen instructions are self-explanatory.
In the rare instance that your login does not work, please contact the reference librarian. 
For faculty, ask the reference librarian for your login.

For more information, See the handout for illustrated instructions (PDF, 2 pages).