Choose access methods
Give your patrons access on and off campus. You can use one or many access methods, and we charge no fees for them.
Single sign-on
Recommended
Remote and on-campus access for your patrons via SSO (also called "federated access") activeBpIdsuch as Shibboleth, OpenAthens, GSuite, ADFS/Azure, etc. Definition of single sign-on on Wikipedia.
Platforms: SpringerLink, nature.com
IP addresses
On-campus access via static IP ranges.
Platforms: SpringerLink, nature.com, Nature Masterclasses, and more.
Free add-ons to enable remote access: Proxy access, VPN access.
Associated users
Remote and on-campus access via personal Springer Nature accounts for each patron.
Platforms: SpringerLink, nature.com, Springer Materials, Adis Insights, Springer Experiments
Proxy
Free add-on
Remote and on-campus access via your institution's proxy solution, such as EZproxy, RemoteXs proxy, etc. To work, we need to know the IP address of the proxy.
Platforms: all platforms
VPN
Free add-on
Remote and on-campus access via your institution’s VPN (virtual private network) solution. To work, we need to know the IP addresses that the VPN can assign.
Platforms: all Platforms
Admin access to SpringerLink
Log in with your admin account to get access to all content your organisation has licensed.
Platforms: SpringerLink
Persisted access
Automatic add-on
Remote and on-campus access for 30 days after a patron has been identified as belonging to your institution via SSO, IP address, or another access method. More about persisted access.
Platforms: SpringerLink, nature.com, Adis Insights, Springer Materials, and more
Google Scholar CASA and Universal CASA
Automatic add-on
Remote and on-campus access where, after a patron has been identified as belonging to your institution, Google Scholar creates a link between the patron's Google ID and your institution. When the patron returns to us Google Scholar helps us to authenticate the user based on the link they've established.
Platforms: SpringerLink, nature.com