Proxy Servers and Access Problems

As a reminder, ICPSR does not support proxy servers. Using a proxy server to access ICPSR services will prevent users from successfully downloading data and utilizing online analysis.

If a proxy server is not set up perfectly, our site will be unable to read/write cookies, which prevents us from authenticating users and verifying that they've agreed to terms of use. When a user can't get past the terms of use page, it usually means they're accessing our site via a proxy server.

We've had a large influx recently of users who are reporting problems like these that have been traced back to proxy servers, usually in relation to links set up on campus library Web sites or class sites.

You can identify proxy server links because the link does not begin with:

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/

but rather looks something like:

http://www-0.proxy.yourschool.edu.icpsr.umich.edu/etc

Please link directly to the ICPSR site; do not link to ICPSR via proxy servers.

If you have any questions, please contact web-support@icpsr.umich.edu.

Video, slides available of "Introduction to NACDA" webcast

Video and slides of a recent webcast titled "An Introduction to the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging" are now available through ICPSR's YouTube channel.



Conducted by NACDA Director James McNally, the presentation outlines the data the archive contain, how to access them, additional resources available to data users, and various projects being undertaken by NACDA.



The video is available here, and ICPSR's YouTube channel is here. The slides and video can also be downloaded from this page.

Explore the features of ICPSR's redesigned Web site

Every two or three years, ICPSR re-evaluates how we can best serve our membership, and redesigns our Web site accordingly. Our new site launched Tuesday, September 4, and includes many new features and improvements, such as:

• separate sites based on different user goals: Find and Analyze Data, Deposit Data, Membership in ICPSR, Data Management, the ICPSR Summer Program, and Resources for Instructors


• changes to the search function including the ability to revise a search more quickly, an auto-complete function in the search box, and several improvements in the search results


• inclusion of more information on the home page of each study in our repository


• improvements to bibliography exports


• the ability to compare characteristics of up to five variables from different studies on the same screen


• an easier to navigate FAQ section.

More details on the redesign can be found here: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/ICPSR/redesign.html