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Author: Community Mailer
Posted: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 09:02:16 -0800
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Subject: How does Z39.50 work?
Author: jfullert (Regular)
Date: 02-05-2010 05:02 PM
Hi, I'd like some information about how Z39.50 works to access subscription databases. In particular, I work at a university library and we have many subscription databases from such vendors as EBSCO, CSA, ProQuest, Ovid, and Wilson. I had earlier been of the opinion that EndNote Z39.50 connection files typically had to include a database username and password to search a database even from on campus and that subscription databases that did not require an on campus password (FirstSearch WorldCat is one) were exceptions. Well, I've been told that from on campus the connection file search is authenticated via IP address and I'm seeing that from some databases that I've tried (including EBSCO and Ovid). However, CSA and ProQuest have not seemed to work that way. I don't have a ProQuest password however CSA did seem to work from on campus with the password that I have for it. (Just fyi I test without a password usually by clicking OK when prompted for the password without inputting a database username or password.) So, I'm wonder how Z39.50 works, concerning passwords and whether the search is from on or off campus. In addition I wonder if some of the difficulties with testing this (by just trying searches without passwords) may be due to connection files being out of date. Have a nice day John Paul Fullerton
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