Accessing Articles, Electronic Books, and Electronic Journals From Off Campus
Off-campus access to most library databases and electronic journals is available only to current Pitt students, faculty, and staff. Why only Pitt students, faculty, and staff? When we purchase access to an electronic resource, we sign a license agreement with the vendor. This license requires us to restrict access to current Pitt affiliates.How to connect?
1. Computing Services and Systems Development (CSSD) has deployed a secure remote access solution to permit University students, faculty, and staff to access restricted University online resources. This service is known as SSL VPN and allows members of the University community to access online library journals and other restricted resources from any Internet connection through an easy-to-use Web interface.
Information and instructions for the SSL VPN Service are available from the CSSD Documentation Web site.
The URL to access this service is https://sslvpn.pitt.edu
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2. You can establish a direct dial up connection to the University's network via the University's modem pool. In doing so our databases and other electronic resources will be able to recognize that you are affiliated with the University and will permit you access. Instructions on establishing this connection can be found at: http://technology.pitt.edu/Help.aspx?mp=3&body=Help/helpsheets.html&right=Help/helpsheetmenu.html
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