InCommon Library Services

[Janis Mathewson <>]

Hi Holly,

After talking to the RefWorks librarian at Penn State, I found the same 
situation exists here. You can not have multiple accounts with 
Shibboleth. I also went to the RefWorks site and could find no 
documentation on the use of Shibboleth with RefWorks.

Janis
>  
> ***Campus Updates***
>  
> Penn State has RefWorks Shibbolized and in production. They are not 
> using EZProxy for this application. Penn State plans to use 
> stand-alone Shibboleth (without EZProxy), unless the vendor does not 
> support Shib. In those situations, the university will use EZProxy.
>  
> Holly reported that the University of Washington reports problems with 
> Shibbolizing RefWorks. They have found that the use of Shibboleth with 
> RefWorks prevents professors from creating subaccounts (which enable 
> them to post their own bibliographies). Penn State reported a 
> conversation with RefWorks about this issue and RefWorks is supposed 
> to be working on a solution. Janis will check with a PSU librarian for 
> details. She will report back to the email list.
>  

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Janis Mathewson
Digital Library Technologies (DLT)
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The Pennsylvania State University
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