Journal Access Bookmarklet

How it works

In order to use LSE library privileges to access a journal article off campus, you only have to insert an LSE library access proxy directly after the host name (e.g. after the '.org' or '.com') in the article's URL: .gate2.library.lse.ac.uk

So, for example, this link is behind a paywall:

http://bjps.oxfordjournals.org/content/47/1/63.short

But when LSE users insert the LSE library access proxy, they get access:

http://bjps.oxfordjournals.org.gate2.library.lse.ac.uk/content/47/1/63.short

The JournalAccess bookmarklet automates this process for forgetful and lazy users like myself, who either forget the string or are too lazy to type it. It's a trivially simple javascript, which just grabs your browser's URL and inserts the LSE library access proxy in the appropriate place. Here's the code linked to the JournalAccess bookmarklet in its entirety.

javascript:(function(){
   myhost=window.location.host.toString(); //gets host name
   myurl=document.URL.toString(); //gets entire URL
   window.location=myurl.replace(myhost,myhost+'.gate2.library.lse.ac.uk'); //replaces host with host+access proxy in URL
})();