Identification

There are a number of ways in which Thomson Gale can implement identification of your users. 

What level of Identification does Thomson Gale do?

Thomson Gale identifies the incoming users to ensure that they have permission to access the subscribed databases. Once the user has provided enough identification then the authentication phase beings. 

Methods of Identification

Username embedded in URL

It is possible to embed the account name/user name into the access url thus providing enough identification for the user to be passed to the authentication phase. How do I find my user name (Location ID)?

Cookie 

An authentication cookie can be saved to your computer so that once the cookie password is entered identification and authentication is possible for the duration of the cookies life. 

IP Address

Some institutions have a fixed range of IP addresses in which we can use as both identification and authentication purposes. This is used rarely as it is not feasible with those accounts that have subscriptions from multiple purchasing sources and require multiple user names (Location ID's).