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Econ Journals Proxy Rule List (for SwitchyOmega): this is a rule list for automatically proxying Econ journal websites through your institution's proxy
[SwitchyOmega Conditions]
; Require: SwitchyOmega >= 2.3.2
; Date: 8/28/2022
; Usage: https://github.com/FelisCatus/SwitchyOmega/wiki/RuleListUsage
*.tandfonline.com
*.aeaweb.org
*.journals.uchicago.edu
*.springer.com
*.jstor.org
*.gale.com
*.oup.com
*.wiley.com
*oup.com
*.sciencedirect.com
*.cambridge.org
*.proquest.com
*.cepr.org
*.nber.org
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mwt commented Aug 28, 2022

The purpose of this list is to automatically swap to your institution's proxy whenever it is needed to access journal subscriptions, but not for general browsing.

This requires the SwitchyOmega extension for Chrome/Chromium or Firefox. In the auto-switch profile, add the following URL under "Import online rule lists":

https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mwt/2e2fbb95b0daf7e9bf09cd81171b31c5/raw/econ_journals.sorl

The final settings should look something like this:
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You need to enter your institution's proxy information into a profile ("proxy" by default).

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