Library subscription database proxy errors
Hi collective wisdom,
Ever since we changed the proxy serve at our library (now using Open Athens), zbib can no longer successfully format citations for articles from our subscription databases. The problem occurs no matter what database we use (EBSCO, ProQuest, etc).
The citation returns as:
Untitled. https://login.openathens.net/auth/4cd.edu/o/71570733?t=/saml/2/sso/4cd.edu/o/71570733/c/oafed?SAMLRequest=fZLNboMwEIRfBfke7JgkVFaIRJNDI6VtFNIeeqnALMESeClr%2BvP2hdAq7SXnGX%2B7M%2BslpXXVqLhzpT3AWwfkvM%2B6sqTOQsS61ipMyZCyaQ2knFZJfL9T0heqadGhxop5MRG0zqBdo6WuhjaB9t1oeDrsIlY615DinEqTZViBK33ISGOJ5HyNNU8uAhHygS%2F5%2FjE5Mm%2FTL2RsOqAvoApPxvrYQC%2BUYMm34PiwL5d8AMx07kPeceThdB6KMAi45pgWkDNvu4nYa5HlxSIUhSwyvdB6FgQgtNaZDhc3oGeitxF1sLXkUusiJoUUEyEnMjwKoeRMzeUL8%2FY%2F8W%2BNzY09Xe8qG02k7o7H%2FWQM9wwtnYP1BrZaDgnUeXD75wbXselv8Ww1tHOl5SX%2Fwx%2BHNeqhB243e6yM%2FvLiqsKPdQupg4hNGV%2BNT%2F7%2FjtU3&RelayState=https%3A%2F%2Fshibboleth.ebscohost.com%2FShibAgent.aspx%3Fshib_returl%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fsearch.ebscohost.com%252flogin.aspx%253fdirect%253dtrue%2526AuthType%253dshib%2526db%253da9h%2526AN%253d141508204%2526site%253dehost-live%2526custid%253ds8426875%26IdpId%3D&ctx=sd. Accessed 27 Feb. 2020.
Any ideas? Students really rely on zbib and we teach it extensively. Thanks!
Ever since we changed the proxy serve at our library (now using Open Athens), zbib can no longer successfully format citations for articles from our subscription databases. The problem occurs no matter what database we use (EBSCO, ProQuest, etc).
The citation returns as:
Untitled. https://login.openathens.net/auth/4cd.edu/o/71570733?t=/saml/2/sso/4cd.edu/o/71570733/c/oafed?SAMLRequest=fZLNboMwEIRfBfke7JgkVFaIRJNDI6VtFNIeeqnALMESeClr%2BvP2hdAq7SXnGX%2B7M%2BslpXXVqLhzpT3AWwfkvM%2B6sqTOQsS61ipMyZCyaQ2knFZJfL9T0heqadGhxop5MRG0zqBdo6WuhjaB9t1oeDrsIlY615DinEqTZViBK33ISGOJ5HyNNU8uAhHygS%2F5%2FjE5Mm%2FTL2RsOqAvoApPxvrYQC%2BUYMm34PiwL5d8AMx07kPeceThdB6KMAi45pgWkDNvu4nYa5HlxSIUhSwyvdB6FgQgtNaZDhc3oGeitxF1sLXkUusiJoUUEyEnMjwKoeRMzeUL8%2FY%2F8W%2BNzY09Xe8qG02k7o7H%2FWQM9wwtnYP1BrZaDgnUeXD75wbXselv8Ww1tHOl5SX%2Fwx%2BHNeqhB243e6yM%2FvLiqsKPdQupg4hNGV%2BNT%2F7%2FjtU3&RelayState=https%3A%2F%2Fshibboleth.ebscohost.com%2FShibAgent.aspx%3Fshib_returl%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fsearch.ebscohost.com%252flogin.aspx%253fdirect%253dtrue%2526AuthType%253dshib%2526db%253da9h%2526AN%253d141508204%2526site%253dehost-live%2526custid%253ds8426875%26IdpId%3D&ctx=sd. Accessed 27 Feb. 2020.
Any ideas? Students really rely on zbib and we teach it extensively. Thanks!
Ideally, you would teach the students to try to recognize gated vs. ungated (roughly, temporary vs. permanent) URLs — it's a skill that will serve them well in life — and only use ungated URLs with ZoteroBib, and then for gated resources paste identifiers such as DOIs and ISBNs into ZoteroBib instead.
The alternative, of course, would be to instead use Zotero with the Zotero Connector, which runs locally and can access whatever you're looking at in your browser.