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title: How To Set Up My Institutional Proxy in ReadCube?
description: "**Setting Up Proxy Access** With ReadCube, you can connect your institutional proxy to your account, enabling you to download content directly into your ReadCube library. **What is a Proxy?** Simply put, when you're on campus, your university network recognizes your…"
url: "https://about.readcube.com/help-center/how-to-set-up-my-institutional-proxy-in-readcube/"
updated: "2026-10-15"
category: Installation and Setup
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# How To Set Up My Institutional Proxy in ReadCube?

**Setting Up Proxy Access**

With ReadCube, you can connect your institutional proxy to your account, enabling you to download content directly into your ReadCube library.

**What is a Proxy?**

Simply put, when you're on campus, your university network recognizes your computer and gives you access to the content your library has subscriptions for. When you're off-campus, your university's library uses a program called EZProxy to set up a "proxy server." This software gives each university a distinct EZProxy link, which lets your computer act as though it's on campus, even when it isn't.

**Setting Up Proxy on ReadCube**

To do this, click "Settings" in the bottom left corner and select "Edit" next to "Institution."

![](https://about.readcube.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/image.png)

Once the section opens, enter the name of your institution and select one of the available proxy setup options:

![](https://about.readcube.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/image-1.png)

- **No affiliation/do not use a proxy for content access** – disables proxy access for your account; no proxy will be set up.
- **Use the proxy we have on file for your institution** – after you enter your institution's name, this option becomes available if we have a proxy on file for it.
- **Manually enter a proxy URL** – manually input the proxy URL provided by your institution's library.

Click "Save," and you're all set — your institutional proxy is now configured!

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