Patrons might find it helpful to set up the Firefox Add-On Zotero for proxy redirection; after a very quick setup including a first visit to your site, they can access library database content from anywhere on the web.
This allows for more fluid discovery; they may stumble upon great content on the web and this allows the browser to identify sites for which the library can allow them full access. Patrons are still directed to their proxy server login page so they get a clear sense of how they are getting to the content. After setup, they can also go back to turn settings off.
I have found this very helpful for accessing The Chronicle of Higher Ed's premium content from home. After I linked to it through my library's site, I just typed in the URL directly (no proxying) ...
Check out more information at http://www.zotero.org/support/proxies .
Note: This add-on works for Firefox. There is a standalone beta version of Zotero for those of you who don't use Firefox but a Chronicle of Higher Ed review from August 2011 states that the redirection isn't a feature of the standalone just yet.
