Orangeburg-Calhoun Tech Proxy
Quickly access resources off-campus through the Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College proxy.
Proxy Bookmarklet
Whenever you are on a site that requires licensed access, click on the "Orangeburg-Calhoun Tech proxy" bookmarklet. You will be asked to login, and then redirected to the "proxified" version of the site.
What is OpenAthens?
OpenAthens provides a simple and secure way for students, faculty, and staff at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College to connect to academic resources from anywhere in the world. After signing in with your Orangeburg-Calhoun Tech account, you’ll have full access to the university’s licensed content—without needing to use a VPN or change device settings.
Why use OpenAthens?
Licensing deals with content providers typically limit access to users physically on campus. OpenAthens ensures that students, faculty, and staff at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College can access those same resources from anywhere, simply by logging in with their Orangeburg-Calhoun Tech username and password.
What’s the difference between EZproxy, OpenAthens, and VPN?
EZproxy, OpenAthens, and VPNs all offer ways to access restricted academic resources off-campus, but they work in very different ways. EZproxy uses IP-based authentication, rerouting your connection so it appears as though you're on the university network. OpenAthens, on the other hand, uses identity-based authentication—meaning you log in once with your institutional credentials, and it grants access based on who you are, not where you're connecting from. VPNs simulate a campus environment by creating a secure tunnel to the university’s internal network, which can be more resource-intensive and less user-friendly.
Quick access to popular databases and journals
- NCBI PubMed
- SCOPUS
- Web of Science
- Nature
- Science
- APA PsycNET
- ScienceDirect
- JSTOR
- Oxford Academic Journals
- UpToDate