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Please contact your library's system administrator for assistance.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br /> <br /> </div></div> <div class="text parbase section"> <div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/FirstSearch/Authentication/NCIP_access/NCIP_authentication_tasks" class="mt-section"><span id="Control_requirements_for_authenticating_access_to_FirstSearch"></span><h3 class="editable">Control requirements for authenticating access to FirstSearch</h3> <p>An administrator has the ability to control whether or not a patron logging in to FirstSearch must be log on with both a known IP address and approved NCIP access.</p> <p><strong>Note:</strong> If IP address recognition is not already set up for your authorization, you'll receive an error message when you try to save changes.</p> <p>Complete the following steps to perform this task.</p> <table cellspacing="0" class="datatable mt-responsive-table"> <thead> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <th scope="col"> </th> <th scope="col">Action</th> <th scope="col">Result or Note</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="center">1</td> <td data-th="Action">If you want to require a patron logging in to FirstSearch to have to log in from a known IP address and have approved NCIP access, check the On box.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> If you do not want to require a patron logging in to FirstSearch to have to log in from a known IP address and have approved NCIP access, do not check the On box.</td> <td data-th="Result or Note">The default state of the On box is <em>not checked</em>.</td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="center">2</td> <td data-th="Action">If you checked the On box, click <strong>Save Changes</strong>.</td> <td data-th="Result or Note">The system displays, "NCIP screen changes saved," under the screen title.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br /> <br /> </div></div> <div class="text parbase section"> <div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/FirstSearch/Authentication/NCIP_access/NCIP_authentication_tasks" class="mt-section"><span id="Add_an_addendum_to_the_error_message_displayed_for_unsuccessful_logins"></span><h3 class="editable">Add an addendum to the error message displayed for unsuccessful logins</h3> <p>An administrator has the ability to add a custom-text addendum to the system-generated error message reporting an unsuccessful NCIP login attempt.</p> <p>Complete the following steps to perform this task.</p> <table cellspacing="0" class="datatable mt-responsive-table"> <thead> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <th scope="col"> </th> <th scope="col">Action</th> <th scope="col">Result</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="center">1</td> <td data-th="Action">In the Error Message Addendum text entry box, type custom text to be appended to the system error message reporting an unsuccessful NCIP login attempt. Include specific contact information such as the name and phone number of the person to contact.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <strong>Example: </strong>Call I. Fixitall at 555-1234.</td> <td data-th="Result">The maximum allowable number of characters (including spaces) is 255.</td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="center">2</td> <td data-th="Action">Click <strong>Save Changes</strong>.</td> <td data-th="Result">The system displays, "NCIP screen changes saved," under the screen title.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br /> <br /> </div></div> <div class="text parbase section"> <div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/FirstSearch/Authentication/NCIP_access/NCIP_authentication_tasks" class="mt-section"><span id="Construct_URLs"></span><h3 class="editable">Construct URLs</h3> <p>IP address recognition can be used to trigger NCIP authentication. If you have existing IP address recognition URLs, you can reconfigure them with NCIP to allow access using IP address recognition and/or NCIP authentication.</p> </div></div> <div class="text parbase section"> <div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/FirstSearch/Authentication/NCIP_access/NCIP_authentication_tasks" class="mt-section"><span id="NCIP_authentication_only"></span><h4 class="editable">NCIP authentication only</h4> <p>The following sample URLs allow access to the FirstSearch service using only NCIP authentication:<br /> <br /> https://host:port/FSNCIP?ncipautho=xxx</p> <p>https://host:port/FSNCIP?autho=xxx</p> <p><strong>Note:</strong> The FSNCIP parameter signifies only NCIP will be used. An authorization is required in the URL. These samples assume authorization XXX is configured with NCIP details in the administrative module.</p> </div></div> <div class="text parbase section"> <div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/FirstSearch/Authentication/NCIP_access/NCIP_authentication_tasks" class="mt-section"><span id="IP_and.2For_NCIP.2C_same_authorizations"></span><h4 class="editable">IP and/or NCIP, same authorizations</h4> <p>These sample URLs allow access to the FirstSearch service using IP recognition and/or NCIP authentication:<br /> <br /> https://host:port/FSIP?autho=xxx<br /> <br /> https://host:port/FSIP<br /> <br /> https://host:port/FSIP?ncipautho=xxx</p> <p>The ncipautho parameter is used when the IPauthorization and the NCIP authorization are different (this allows you to create a single URL for access to the FirstSearch service that can be used for both IP and for remote users).</p> <p>The autho= parameter denotes a secondary authorization for IP purposes. If an authorization is noted, it will be used to check whether NCIP authentication should be attempted. If no authorization is noted, the primary authorization associated with the IP address will be checked to see if NCIP authentication should be attempted.</p> <p>In the administrative module, for a given authorization, you can indicate whether both IP and NCIP must be successful for access to the service. In this case, the above URLs can all be used as long as the IP authorization and the NCIP authorization are the same (regardless of whether they are noted in the URL).</p> <p> </p> </div></div> <div class="text parbase section"> <div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/FirstSearch/Authentication/NCIP_access/NCIP_authentication_tasks" class="mt-section"><span id="IP_and.2For_NCIP.2C_different_authorizations"></span><h4 class="editable">IP and/or NCIP, different authorizations</h4> <p>The following sample URLs can be used when the authorization for IP and the authorization for NCIP are different:</p> <p>https://host:port/FSIP?ipautho=xxx&ncipautho=yyy<br /> <br /> https://host:port/FSIP?ncipautho=xxx</p> <p>This allows a single URL for FirstSearch access that attempts NCIP authentication only in the event that IP address recognition fails. All IP parameters, such as screen name, database, and others will also work with NCIP.</p> <p> </p> </div></div> <div class="text parbase section"> <div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/FirstSearch/Authentication/NCIP_access/NCIP_authentication_tasks" class="mt-section"><span id="Terms"></span><h2 class="editable">Terms</h2> </div></div> <div class="text parbase section"> <div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/FirstSearch/Authentication/NCIP_access/NCIP_authentication_tasks" class="mt-section"><span id="toAgencyId"></span><h3 class="editable">toAgencyId</h3> <p>The term <strong>Agency</strong> refers to an institution, or to an agent operating on its behalf. Agencies are represented in NCIP messages by the parameters displayed in the <strong>toAgencyId</strong> and <strong>fromAgencyId</strong> fields.</p> <p>The <strong>toAgencyId</strong> field is automatically assigned by OCLC to indicate the target institution (scheme) and its FirstSearch authorization (value).</p> <p>Libraries should check with their local system vendor because they may need to enter the <strong>toAgencyId</strong> somewhere in their local system in order for NCIP messaging to be successful.</p> </div></div> <div class="text parbase section"> <div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/FirstSearch/Authentication/NCIP_access/NCIP_authentication_tasks" class="mt-section"><span id="fromAgencyId"></span><h3 class="editable">fromAgencyId</h3> <p>The term <strong>Agency</strong> refers to an institution, or to an agent operating on its behalf. 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