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Connect from Off-Campus

Remote access to the UCI Libraries' licensed online resources is available to current UC Irvine students, faculty & staff. In order to use these resources you must be "authenticated" (recognized as a valid user) by the UCI campus network.  Your login/password is your UCINetID. To activate, click here. For further assistance, call OIT at (949) 824-2222.


Web VPN (Login now) Software VPN (Download now)
Notes

On the WebVPN login screen, leave the option
for GROUP set to "Default". For more info, click here.

Select "UCI Full" when you run the VPN software.
For more info, click here.
Advantages

* Does not require you to download additional software.

* Access such non-web based online resources as Scifinder Scholar from off-campus.
* Access the pages that are inaccessible via the WebVPN.
Limitations

* Web pages may load more slowly.
* WebVPN may not access the following page(s):

  • ARTstor
  • China Online Journals (COJ)
    Please note: you can search or browse China Studies Online to access the full-text of articles that are also in COJ
  • Dance in Video
  • Eighteenth Century Collections Online titles
    Please note: The database ECCO does work with the WebVPN, and you may access individual titles by browsing or searching the database.
  • Naxos Music Library
  • Naxos Music Library. Jazz
  • Opera in Video
  • Science of Synthesis
  • Theatre in Video
  • Write-N-Cite (feature of RefWorks)

* Please note: Windows users and Intel-based Mac users running 10.5 (leopard) can access the following databases from the WebVPN front page links:

  • ARTstor
  • Science of Synthesis
  • Dance in Video
  • Theatre in Video
  • Opera in Video

* Requires download and installation of free client software.
* Some home wireless networks may not be able to utilize the Software VPN.