Westchester Community College Proxy
Quickly access resources off-campus through the Westchester Community College Foundation proxy.
Proxy Bookmarklet
Whenever you are on a site that requires licensed access, click on the "Westchester Community 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 Westchester Community College Foundation students, faculty, and staff securely access the university’s online resources from anywhere. Once you're logged in with your Westchester Community College credentials, you can explore journals, databases, and other academic content—just as if you were on campus.
Why use OpenAthens?
Many of the resources provided by Westchester Community College Foundation, 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 Westchester Community College 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
- ProQuest databases
- Springer Link
- UpToDate
- IEEE Xplore Digital Library
- Engineering Village