Lane Proxy Bookmarklet
What is it?
The Lane proxy bookmarklet gives you access to resources licensed by the
library even when you're not coming from a Lane or a Stanford IP
address. While we'd like Lane to be your gateway to our licensed content, we
recognize that links to eBooks, articles and journals come from a variety of
different sources (Google, your email, RSS reader, etc.).
- Drag this button onto your browser's Toolbar or Bookmarks Bar to install
Don't see the Toolbar or Bookmarks Bar?
- Right click on this button
- Select "Add to Favorites" (click “Continue” if you see a security alert)
- From the "Create in" menu, select “Links” (IE7) or “Favorites Bar” (IE8, IE9) to install (if you don’t see Links/Favorites Bar, see instructions below)
Don't see "Links" or "Favorites" bar?
- Right-click in a clear area near the browser address bar
- Right-click on different areas until the menu above appears
- In the menu, check a box next "Links" (IE7) or "Favorites" (IE8, IE9)
- Managing IE Favorites
- When installed, it will look like this
- At the page you would like to proxy, click the "Lane Proxy Bookmarklet" to invoke it
- If Lane licenses that content, you'll get access as if you were on campus
- No more vendor authentication screens or backtracking to Lane website ... one click and you're in!
iPhone
- Drag this button to your Safari bookmarks bar, just below address bar
- Open iTunes and sync your iPhone, making sure "Sync Safari Bookmarks" under iPhone Info tab is selected
- To invoke the bookmarklet on your iPhone, open Safari and tap the "Bookmarks" icon
- Tap "Bookmarks Bar"
- Tap "Lane Proxy Bookmarklet"
How does it work?
A bookmarklet is a combination of a browser bookmark and a JavaScript application. In other words, it's a bookmark that can be programmed to do things. The Lane proxy bookmarklet simply prepends the Lane proxy URL to the current URL in your browser. This allows you to view the URL as though you were on campus, giving you access to materials licensed for use by the Stanford academic community.
If you're not authenticated, you'll be prompted for your SUNetID and password.
Caveats
The Lane proxy bookmarklet only works with resources Lane has licensed and configured to work with our proxy server.
If invoked on a resource we do not license and/or have not yet configured, you will see an error message: The Lane proxy server cannot complete your request because this host has not been configured properly.
We make no attempt to configure our proxy server for every resource, only those we license and for which a Stanford IP address grants access.
Once installed, click "Bookmark on Lane" to bookmark any webpage.
Your saved bookmark will appear on this page. Right click this button.
Select "Add to Favorites" (click "Continue" if you see a security alert)
In "Create in" menu, select "Links" (IE7) or "Favorites Bar" (IE8, IE9) to install (if you don't see Links/Favorites Bar see instructions below).
Once installed, click "Bookmark on Lane" to bookmark any webpage.
Your saved bookmark will appear on this page.