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Remote access
Case 1 - Proxy Server (remote access from non-adjacent counties and abroad)
The proxy server of the Library and Information Services of the University of Macedonia enables remote users to access the Library’s digital subscriptions.
Who needs the Proxy Server The proxy server is essential to those remote users who need access to the Library’s digital subscriptions from a computer that is not connected to the University’s intranet. For example, if your computer at home connects to the Internet via a third-party Internet Service Provider (e.g. OTE-net, ForthNet, HOL, etc) then, in order to access the services to which the Library has a subscription, the proxy server must be used.
However, the proxy server should only be used for accessing the Library's digital subscriptions. In order to preserve the Library's network and computing resources, the proxy server's configuration does not allow its use for general Internet browsing and as a result it restricts many of the traditional Internet services, such as file downloading, e-mail, chat, etc. For general Web browsing the settings mentioned below should be removed from your browser.
Usage
For Mozilla Firefox (3.x - 6.x)
1. From the menu Tools -> Options, choose Advanced. From the displayed tabs click on Network and then on Settings...
2. Choose Manual Proxy Configuration and then fill-in the following information in the available fields:
HTTP Proxy: 195.251.214.183 Port: 3128
Press OK to complete the configuration
3. The first time you will try to use Mozilla Firefox (and every time you restart it) you will be prompted to authenticate yourself to the proxy server. At the pop-up dialog box enter the username and password that you use to access your e-mail at the university. However, please note that in the "username" field of the dialog box, you must fill-in only the "name" of your e-mail without the "@uom.gr" part. For example, if your e-mail is "
" then you must put only a_user in the "username" field of the dialog box.
For Internet Explorer 7.x - 9.x
1. From the menu Tools -> Internet Options, click on the Connections tab.
a. If you use dial-up networking to access the Internet, click on the connection that you use from inside the area Dial-up and Virtual Private Network Settings and click Settings
b. If you have an ADSL connection and of type Ethernet, the click on LAN Settings from the Local Area Network settings area. Choose the box "Use a proxy server for your LAN" and
2. Fill in the following settings:
Address: 195.251.214.183
Port: 3128
3. If you use an aDSL connection and you cannot access our digital subscriptions with these settings, then after canceling the LAN settings that you have applied in the Local Area Network Settings area, click on the aDSL connection that you use within the Dial-up and Virtual Private Network Settings dialog box and then click on Settings. Fill in the settings of step 2.
4. In any case the "Automaticaly detect settings" box should not be checked.
Press OK to complete the configuration
5. The first time you will try to use Internet Explorer (and every time you restart it) you will be prompted to authenticate yourself to the proxy server. At the pop-up dialog box fill-in the username and password that you use to access your e-mail at the university. However, please note that in the "username" field of the dialog box, you must fill-in only the "name" of your e-mail without the "@uom.gr" part. For example, if your e-mail is "
" then you must put only a_user in the "username" field of the dialog box.
For Google Chrome (9.x)
1. Click on the image on the upright, next to the address toolbar, with the "french key" shape and click Options. Choose the Under the Hood tab and then Network. Click Change proxy settings.
2. On the window appeared: a) If you use dial-up networking to access the Internet, click on the connection that you use from inside the area Dial-up and Virtual Private Network Settings and click Settings b) If you have an ADSL connection and of type Ethernet, the click on LAN Settings from the Local Area Network settings area. Choose the box "Use a proxy server for your LAN" and fill in the following settings:
Address: 195.251.214.183 Port: 3128
3. If you use an aDSL connection and you cannot access our digital subscriptions with these settings, then after canceling the LAN settings that you have applied in the Local Area Network Settings area, click on the aDSL connection that you use within the Dial-up and Virtual Private Network Settings dialog box and then click on Settings. Then,fill in the settings of step 2.
4. In any case the "Automaticaly detect settings" box should not be checked.
Press OK to complete the configuration
5. The first time you will try to use Internet Explorer (and every time you restart it) you will be prompted to authenticate yourself to the proxy server. At the pop-up dialog box fill-in the username and password that you use to access your e-mail at the university. However, please note that in the "username" field of the dialog box, you must fill-in only the "name" of your e-mail without the "@uom.gr" part. For example, if your e-mail is "
" then you must put only a_user in the "username" field of the dialog box.
For Opera (11.x)
1. Click on Menu upright and then click on Tools and then Preferences.
2. On the popup window choose the Advanced tab and then choose Network.
3. Click the Proxy Servers button to open the proxy server dialog box.
4. Click the box next to HTTP and type the following settings:
195.251.214.183 and 3128
5. In any case the "Use automatic proxy configuration" box should not be checked.
Click Ok to finish the configuration
6. The first time you will try to use Internet Explorer (and every time you restart it) you will be prompted to authenticate yourself to the proxy server. At the pop-up dialog box fill-in the username and password that you use to access your e-mail at the university. However, please note that in the "username" field of the dialog box, you must fill-in only the "name" of your e-mail without the "@uom.gr" part. For example, if your e-mail is "
" then you must put only a_user in the "username" field of the dialog box.
Case 2 - Dial up connection
All the members of the University Community can access remotely the databases and the electronic journals from the University's internal network, as long as they obtain an e-mail account and a password from the Computer Centre. In total, two dial in access servers are disposed with a total possibility of service of 120 clients. In its' pages you can find a tutorial on how you can connect in the University's network through telephone line, available only in greek.
Technical Structure
Computers
In the Library there are 22 personal computers, which are offered for free use. Every one can search on the internet search engines, in the Library online catalog, in the electronic journals and databases, which are in the disposal of the users either through the Library's subscriptions or free on the Internet. Access to the electronic journals and databases is controlled by the computer IP addresses.
It is important to know that it's forbidden to save and print the whole text of the electronic journals issues or a big number of electronic journal articles that are disposed through the Library's services. Any violation of the above terms or any other kind of misuse will mean severe penalties to the users and the institution, which may lead to theinterruption of the Library access to the electronic journals and the rest of the electronic services.
It is also forbidden to send electronic mails, as well as all the chat services.
Photocopy machines
In the Library's entrance there are three photocopy machines for the users service. The machines operate with a 50 units card, that is 50 photocopies, which costs 1,50 euro. You can buy these cards from the automatic sales card, which stands next to the photocopy machines.
For the University faculty, a photocopy machine in the journal bookshelves area is in their disposal. Every member that is interested in obtaining the right to use this photocopy machine can fill in the relevant application and hand it in the Circulation Department. The limit for every user is 1200 photocopies per academic year.
We would like to remind you that, according to the current law for the Copyright and the relative rights, it is strictly forbidden to phocopy the whole book or issue-volume of a journal. It is only allowed to photocopy a small part of a work for a clearly private use of the person who photocopies it. That person is also responsible for the correct maintenance of the terms of the above legislation. In case of violation of the above terms or any other type of misuse severe punishments are foreseen for the violators.
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