Your Peer Research & Writing Specialist
Your Peer Research & Writing Specialist is Grace Hirai.
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Welcome!
The Cluster 72 research guide contains library resources supporting the Sex: From Biology to Gendered Society Cluster. Your contacts from the UCLA Library are:
Grace Hirai - Peer Research & Writing Specialist
Email: gracehirai@g.ucla.edu
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Katherine Kapsidelis - Librarian
Email: kapsidelis@library.ucla.edu
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Connecting from Off-Campus: VPN & Proxy Tutorials
The Library's online subscription resources can always be accessed from computers and wireless networks on campus. However, off-campus access is restricted to current UCLA, students, faculty, and staff who have set up their computer using one of the methods below. Click on the other tabs to see how four Bruins got their computers set up and ready to go for remote access!
If you still need help, you can contact the UCLA IT Support Center at (310) 267-4357 or help@it.ucla.edu. They provide 24/7 phone support.
- Virtual Private Networking (VPN)A program you can download and install, or use the built-in version on many computers or mobile devices. VPN software must be logged on manually before you access a restricted site, but works for all programs on your computer. It stays connected until you log off.
- UCLA OnLine Proxy ServerA simple browser setting which will automatically divert you to a UCLA logon page when you first access a restricted site.
VPN on Mac with Natalie
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VPN on Windows with Michael
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VPN on Chromebook with Nadia
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Proxy on Mac with Kate
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