VPN IP address of your own internet provider

Several information resources of the Erasmus MC Medical Library and of the Erasmus University Library are protected, that means, have restricted access. The provider of the information keeps in check if the licence applies to the code (IP address) that is sent by the information asking computer.IP addressOn logging in to a network, the computer receives an address code (IP address) to recognize that computer from outside that network. An IP address consists of four groups of maximally three digits. For computers that are logged onto the network of the Erasmus MC, IP addresses always start with 156.83, for the EUR that is 130,115. But from home you have the IP address of your own internet provider, e.g. 87.208.xxx.xxx(Tele2). With that you will not have access to the shielded information.Shielded informationMany bibliographic databases only have licenced access. That applies to EMbase.com, PsycINFO via OvidSP, Web-of-Knowledge/Web-of-Science, Journal Citation Reports (Impact Factors), Cinahl. Many journals have access by subscription (Elsevier Science Direct, Wiley, Springer), just like the electronic books.PubMed is freely accessible, but linking to shielded journal articles, requires special access. That also applies to the MedLib Catalogue (OPAC): freely accessible, but linking to the e-books only is possible in shielded surround. There also are freely accessible journals (often free for a restricted periode, e.g. forinformation older that one year. Of course, employees and students of Erasmus MC and EUR from their working places and study rooms have direct access to the shielded information: those computers are default logged onto the network of Erasmus MC or EUR.Within the buildings of Erasmus MC there are two distinct wireless networks:1. the shielded one (IP address 156.83.*.*);2. the free, not shielded 'Hotspot' (IP address 70.172.*.*?).Using the 'Hotspot' is just like working from home (or elsewere): no access to shielded information. But there is something to do on it!VPN portal ('Virtual Personal Networking')By a special connection your personal computer at home seems to be part of the network of Erasmus MC or of EUR.Erasmus MC employees can log on to the network of Erasmus MC from elsewhere. Employees with a teaching task also have access to the MyEUR/ERNA-VPN portal of the EUR.EUR students (including medical students and other Erasmus MC students) use the MyEUR/ERNA portal.Access for EUR onlySome databases and journals are specifically meant for certain faculties of the EUR (legal, economic); thoseare only accessible from the EUR domain (130,115 .*.*), and not for employees of Erasmus MC, even from their workplaces.