This week, we updated the EZproxy server used for authenticating off campus users before they are passed on to our licensed resources. For most of our resources, users will now see a new login page that gives them the preferred option of logging in with their CUNY Login (the same set of credentials used for Zoom, Blackboard, CUNYfirst, and library borrower accounts in OneSearch). The new login page also offers the option to log in with a Baruch username and password; this option will be removed at the end of the spring 2022 semester.
There are still a few resources that require a Baruch username and password: O’Reilly and FitchConnect. These, too, should be switched over very soon to use the CUNY Login system.
There are also a handful of other databases, mostly business ones, that have other login schemes (such as Calcbench, Comscore, FactSet, Refinitiv Eikon, etc.) I’m working on a spreadsheet that will go in the Library Services wiki that lists each database and what kind of login system it uses. Also worth noting here is that those databases that have a non-standard way of logging in should already have that noted in some way in the database description in our LibGuides system.
I’ve updated the page on our website, “Logging into Library Resources and Services,” to reflect these recent changes. If you run into any unexpected problems with remote access, please contact both Michael Waldman and me ASAP.