Arkansas Health Education Proxy
Quickly access resources off-campus through the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education proxy.
Proxy Bookmarklet
Whenever you are on a site that requires licensed access, click on the "Arkansas Health Education proxy" bookmarklet. You will be asked to login, and then redirected to the "proxified" version of the site.
What is OpenAthens?
Think of OpenAthens as your digital key to Arkansas Colleges of Health Education’s academic resources. It gives students, staff, and faculty secure, off-campus access to licensed databases, journals, and more—no special software or campus connection required. Just log in with your Arkansas Health Education credentials, and you're ready to go.
Why use OpenAthens?
Due to licensing agreements with publishers, most of Arkansas Colleges of Health Education’s online academic content is limited to authorized users. OpenAthens bridges the gap by verifying your identity and granting access from anywhere, without requiring you to connect through the university’s internal network.
What’s the difference between EZproxy, OpenAthens, and VPN?
While all three systems—EZproxy, OpenAthens, and VPN—help extend access to university resources beyond the campus, they differ in how they authenticate users. EZproxy relies on IP masking to make remote users appear to be on campus. OpenAthens uses a modern, federated identity system to verify individual users through single sign-on. VPNs route your entire internet connection through the university's network, which can offer broader access but may also slow down your connection or raise security concerns for non-academic browsing.
Quick access to popular databases and journals
- NCBI PubMed
- SCOPUS
- Web of Science
- Nature
- Science
- Wiley Online Library
- JSTOR
- Springer Link
- APA PsycNET
- ProQuest databases