Hi Professor Smidchens,
I'm a student in your folklore class and I wanted to let you know how students can access the Motif Index even from home. I work in the UW libraries, and people often don't realize that they CAN access UW-restricted resources from home using the PROXY SERVER.

The motif index is a UW-restricted resource. That means that it is contractually restricted to current University of Washington faculty, students, and staff, or to persons physically present in the University Libraries. In most cases, this restriction is enforced by the vendor with an IP address check; only requests originating from computers on the University of Washington network (including the dialup modem pool) are considered valid UNLESS THE PROXY SERVER IS USED.

Now here's what students need to know to hook up to the proxy server:

All you need to set up the proxy server, which allows you to access restricted resources online as if you were on campus, is the following:

1. A current UW Husky Card. On the back of the card you will see a 14-digit number that begins with 29352. This number is your username when using the proxy server and proxy server wizard.

2. Your Husky Card needs to be in the Libraries' circulation system. This happens when you:

• Use the card to check out something from a library
• Bring your card to a circulation desk and ask that it be linked in the system
• Use our online form to have it linked for you. This can take up to 2 days so if you need immediate access to the restricted resources you will need to bring your card to the library and have it linked in person. We cannot link barcodes over the phone.

3. Your library PIN. If you don't have a PIN, you can set one up online by following the instructions on the View Your Record page. More information about PIN management can be found at
http://www.lib.washington.edu/services/borrow/pin.html

Once you've got your barcode linked and a PIN, all you have to do is reconfigure your web browser. Go to the Proxy Wizard at:

http://www.lib.washington.edu/asp/browser/proxy.asp

It will walk you through the process. It's really easy. Plus, the convenience of being able to access restricted resources from home is great.

Feel free to forward this information on to students in the class; most of it was copied and pasted directly from the UW Libraries Information Gateway. Hopefully it works!

From: Daniel Cameron Mandeville <danmand@u.washington.edu>