Veterinary Dental College Proxy
Quickly access resources off-campus through the American Veterinary Dental College proxy.
Proxy Bookmarklet
Whenever you are on a site that requires licensed access, click on the "Veterinary Dental College 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 American Veterinary Dental College to connect to academic resources from anywhere in the world. After signing in with your Veterinary Dental College 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?
Because of publisher restrictions, online academic resources at American Veterinary Dental College often require users to be on the university network. OpenAthens bypasses that limitation by using your Veterinary Dental College 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?
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
- IEEE Xplore Digital Library
- ProQuest databases
- Wiley Online Library
- Ovid