Setting Up E-Source Targets

To set up an e-source target for Polaris PowerPAC, you specify how the connection to the database is made, and set any authentication criteria and access restrictions. The terms of your library’s contract with the e-source provider may require authentication from your system when a patron attempts to connect to the e-source. Authentication identifies your library as a subscriber to the e-source provider. When a patron selects an e-source, and the access criteria are met, authentication data for the library is automatically passed to the e-source target for validation, bypassing the provider’s logon page. You can allow access from in-house workstations, remote workstations, or both, and set separate logon requirements for each location. You can further define access by preventing patrons with certain patron codes from accessing an e-source target, and by setting specific IP addresses for access.