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Institutional Access

Wispar can forward article requests through your institution’s EZproxy, allowing access to paywalled articles without a VPN or on-premises access, provided your institution subscribes to the journal.

Tip

You can skip this setting if you are not part of an organization or if your organization does not use EZproxy. Wispar does not require institutional access and will still fully work without an institution set. Setting an institution is only useful to get access to paid full articles.

Method 1 – During On-boarding​

If you are opening the app for the first time, you will see the institution selection screen:

Screenshot showing the institution select screen
  1. Tap the Select my institution button.
Screenshot showing a button for selecting an organization
  1. Choose your organization. Use the search bar to quickly filter and find your institution.
Screenshot showing the list of available proxies
Tip

If your organization is not in the list, you can skip this step. You can always remove the selected institution by choosing "No institution" at the top of the list.

Method 2 – From Settings​

If you have already completed on-boarding, you can still set your institution through the app settings.

  1. From the Home screen:

    Screenshot showing the home screen as the active screen

  2. Tap the Wispar Screenshot showing the Wispar icon icon at the top-right corner and select Settings.

    Screenshot showing the Wispar menu open

  3. Tap the EZProxy tile and choose your institution from the list.

    Screenshot showing the EZProxy settings