Royal College of Psychiatrists Proxy
Quickly access resources off-campus through the Royal College of Psychiatrists proxy.
Proxy Bookmarklet
Whenever you are on a site that requires licensed access, click on the "Royal College of Psychiatrists 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 Royal College of Psychiatrists to connect to academic resources from anywhere in the world. After signing in with your Royal College of Psychiatrists 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?
Many of the resources provided by Royal College of Psychiatrists, such as databases and e-journals, are restricted to users on the campus network. OpenAthens allows you to access these resources remotely by securely confirming your Royal College of Psychiatrists login, so you don’t have to be on site to get what you need.
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
- Ovid
- Springer Link
- IEEE Xplore Digital Library
- UpToDate