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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.

To connect to the UCI VPN using an iPhone, iPad, or iTouch, please visit OIT's iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad Configuration Wizards page.


 Web VPN (Login now) Software VPN (Download now)
Video Tutorial

Using the UCI WebVPN (Virtual Private Network).

Using the UCI Software VPN (Virtual Private Network).
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

As of March 2013, users will experience problems using ProQuest databases via the WebVPN.  Please use the software version of the VPN instead.  Questions? Please contact the Reference Desk at 949.824.4976.

 

* 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.
  • Filmakers Library Online
  • Gartner
  • MDConsult
  • Naxos Music Library
  • Naxos Music Library. Jazz
  • Opera in Video
  • PubMed
  • Science of Synthesis
  • Theatre in Video

* 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
  • Filmakers Library Online
  • Theatre in Video
  • Opera in Video
  • PubMed

* Please note: Windows users running IE can access the following databases from the WebVPN front page links:

  • MDConsult
  • MarketResearch.Com Academic

* Please note: Windows users running IE8 might experience difficulty accessing some websites and/or downloading material.  If this occurs, please try Firefox as an alternate web browser.

* Requires download and installation of free client software.

* Some home wireless networks may not be able to utilize the Software VPN.

* Please note: Windows users running IE8 might experience difficulty accessing some websites and/or downloading material.  If this occurs, please try Firefox as an alternate web browser.