Black ENL 110 The Multi-Genre Project

Signing in to the Network Proxy Server

You will always be prompted to enter your SSU credentials (username and password) when accessing Berry Library databases off-campus. Increasingly, however, students are also being asked for these credentials when using their own computers within the Library. In both cases:

• When prompted, use your Salem State network/wireless network user name & password to log in.
• Students, use your Navigator login credentials.
• Faculty, use your Polaris login credentials.
• If you've forgotten your password, use the "Forgot Password?" links on the Navigator and Polaris login pages.

Why do you have to do this? 

It confirms that you are a bona fide member of the Salem State community.

For example:

Suppose I want to search the JSTOR journal database from my home in Peabody, MA. 

I go to the "Alphabetical List of Databases" from the Library Home page. (www.salemstate.edu/library)

I click on "JSTOR":

Before I can search the database, I have to enter my username and password in the Proxy Server at this screen that appears:

Once I enter my Salem State credentials, JSTOR opens and I can enter my search terms: