Most of our licensed databases are authenticated by IP address, and require a connection to the dartmouth.edu network. While VPN is (usually) the most stable option, we've scripted many links to use a proxy server (EZ Proxy). Unfortunately, not all databases are compatible, so you may land on the following error:
You should be able to follow the link in the error message text, but another workaround is to delete the following portion of a URL: "https://dartmouth.idm.oclc.org/login?url="