Lake County College Proxy
Quickly access resources off-campus through the College of Lake County proxy.
Proxy Bookmarklet
Whenever you are on a site that requires licensed access, click on the "Lake County College proxy" bookmarklet. You will be asked to login, and then redirected to the "proxified" version of the site.
What is OpenAthens?
OpenAthens is a single sign-on service that lets College of Lake County students, faculty, and staff securely access the university’s online resources from anywhere. Once you're logged in with your Lake County College credentials, you can explore journals, databases, and other academic content—just as if you were on campus.
Why use OpenAthens?
Licensing deals with content providers typically limit access to users physically on campus. OpenAthens ensures that students, faculty, and staff at College of Lake County can access those same resources from anywhere, simply by logging in with their Lake County College username and password.
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
- Engineering Village
- APA PsycNET
- Wiley Online Library
- UpToDate
- ProQuest databases