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Whoa there is a Brown VPN service?! I didn't see that mentioned in the article, but certainly could explain some of the issues.
by darkwizard42 6y ago
Whoa there is a Brown VPN service?! I didn't see that mentioned in the article, but certainly could explain some of the issues.
- smarx007 6y agoFor some more context: you cannot usually read scientific papers without a university IP, hence you need to connect via VPN if even briefly to download PDFs from Elsevier etc. unless you want to go the scihub route.
- corty 6y agoMany publishers explicitly forbid VPN accesses or proxies. So it is more probably just accessing lecture resources.
- pmyteh 6y agoInteresting. I've never had any trouble VPNing in for journal articles (in the UK) though there are a few specialised resources (normally expensive databases) which can only be accessed from the library itself. Mind you, Oxford is sparing as to who gets VPN access, so it doesn't open a hole for non-members of the university to get access to the serial's collection.
- JCharante 6y agoI'd be surprised if most universities did not offer a VPN service. I know mine does so that you can access resources only available on the intranet (like course websites) while being off-campus.