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OpenAthens Guide: Technical Information (Internal Use)

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Authentication Prefixes

EZproxy Prefix: http://ezproxy.liberty.edu/login?url=

OpenAthens Prefix: https://go.openathens.net/redirector/liberty.edu?url=

Ebook Central Prefix: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/auth/lib/liberty/login.action?returnURL=

(Internal Use) Deep Linking Syntax for OpenAthens Admin

{target} = vendor supports deep linking

{entity} = vendor supports WAYFless linking

Vendor-Specific Link Information

O'Reilly (Must have this prefix link structure) - https://go.oreilly.com/liberty-university/

Gale (Cengage) - u=vic_liberty

EBSCO - &authtype=shib&custid=liberty

ProQuest - accountid=12085

Gale (Cengage) - u=vic_liberty

Ovid

IF - ovftpdfs - THEN - "link was probably trynig to link to PDF - Therefore, use PDF format to replace the AN#
https://ovidsp.ovid.com?T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&AN={AN#}&PDF=y
IF - http://ovidsp.ovid.com.ezproxy.liberty.edu/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=00012272-201901000-00011&LSLINK=80&D=ovft - THEN - remove ".ezproxy.liberty.edu" - THEN - Put link through OpenAthens Link generator

EBSCO Find & Replace Solution
Find: Dmth
Replace with: Dasn

Find:3Dsite
Replace with:3Dsite%26custid%3Dliberty%26authtype%3Dip%2Cshib