Horry-Georgetown Tech Proxy
Quickly access resources off-campus through the Horry-Georgetown Tech College proxy.
Proxy Bookmarklet
Whenever you are on a site that requires licensed access, click on the "Horry-Georgetown Tech proxy" bookmarklet. You will be asked to login, and then redirected to the "proxified" version of the site.
What is OpenAthens?
With OpenAthens, members of the Horry-Georgetown Tech College community can access licensed digital resources both on and off campus. It works behind the scenes to verify your Horry-Georgetown Tech login, giving you seamless access to the same academic materials you’d normally use while connected to the campus network.
Why use OpenAthens?
Because of publisher restrictions, online academic resources at Horry-Georgetown Tech College often require users to be on the university network. OpenAthens bypasses that limitation by using your Horry-Georgetown Tech credentials to authenticate access—so whether you're on campus or not, your access stays the same.
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
- Ovid
- Oxford Academic Journals
- Engineering Village
- Springer Link
- IEEE Xplore Digital Library