Study anywhere with ease
There are currently several different systems that allow you to work anywhere as if you were on campus and store your work in the cloud so that it is easy to retrieve at will. Study anywhere as if you were …
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Christmas cometh
Christmas is almost here and with it comes another blog post where I run after you all like an anxious mother hen, making sure you are all ready for the holidays and in no danger of finding yourself all alone and miserable without a good book or film to tide you over.
Seamless access from anywhere
If you are not yet using the VPN to access all your online content needs, you really should. It grants seamless access to most library resources from anywhere over the internet and saves you from having to log in repeatedly. Best of all, when resources present login problems, using the VPN almost always avoids them, making for a comparatively trouble-free and simple login experience. You can watch a short video explaining how to install the VPN for your computer’s operating system on MyPort.
Library eresources not available off-campus (resolved)
Library eresources are temporarily unavailable off campus for all users, even those using the VPN. It is possible to access these resources in the Library building, which is open until midnight tonight and from 10 am – 4 pm on Saturday. Unfortunately, we cannot contact the team who can resolve this problem until Monday. We are very sorry for this horribly timed technical fault.
Working from home? Meet your new best friend – the VPN!
There’s nothing quite so reassuring as knowing you can reach for your laptop or tablet while still in bed and carry on studying without actually getting up, or at least that you can study wherever you happen to be without …
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Before you go: my top 5 tips for maximum holiday enjoyment!
The end of term often arrives with an unexpected suddenness that catches many a person unprepared. Particularly if you are leaving Portsmouth over the holidays, going home for Christmas or seeing the sights over the festive season, it can be …
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Afore ye go!
If you might be working at home over the holidays, it is important that you set up the VPN before you go. The VPN gives you full access to all our eresources, gives you access to University software from AppsAnywhere, …
Work anywhere with ease: set up the VPN
You can set up the University VPN (Virtual Private Network) on any of your devices, from a desktop PC to your mobile phone. This involves downloading the safe and secure, lightweight ‘GlobalProtect VPN’ client and logging in using your University …
Work anywhere over the University computer network
You can use all the library’s premium subscription eresources from anywhere for free as if you were on campus. In order to enjoy the full experience, including making group study room bookings and getting to use some otherwise ‘campus only’ …
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Work anywhere at your own virtual university
You can enjoy the online campus learning experience at home, out and about or even overseas and still make use of the safe storage and many of the networked University resources over the internet by setting up the Virtual Private Network …
