How to Connect

	Software Requirement
	Remote Access - by dial-up or VPN and others

Software Requirement

The following software products are recommended for access to electronic resources offered by the University Library System:

Software / Operating System		Function
Web Browser	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or above with JavaScript enabled and configured to accept cookies (Download)	To read web-based resources
Telnet software	Anzio Lite PuTTY (Instruction)	To connect to text-based library catalogues or other telnet applications
Chinese /Japanese /Korean system	Multi-language support Operating System such as Windows 2000 or XP	To read resources containing Chinese, Japanese, or Korean language
PDF viewer	Acrobat Reader 8 or higher (Download)	To read documents in PDF
RealPage Browser	RealPage browser (Download)	To connect to a CatchWord server and read the full text in RealPage format
Client software for CDLAN	WinFrame Client (Details)	To access CDLAN Databases
Audio/Video File Player	Real Player	To listen to audio / to play video

Aug 12, 2008

Remote Access - by dial-up or VPN and others

To access web-based resources subscribed by the University Library System at home:

via CUHK Campus Network	ITSC dialup service
via Non-CUHK Campus Network, e.g. your Internet Service Provider (ISP) network	VPN or Library Proxy Service or EasyAccess
CUHK Alumni (For DLSA subscribers only)	DLSA VPN Conncection Service or Easy Access

Transparent Proxy

Effective from August 15, 2001, CUHK users need NOT configure their web browsers for manual proxy setting. Details are available in http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/howto/proxy/index.html

Details to remove the proxy setting to use proxy.cuhk.edu.hk are available in http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/howto/proxy/remove.html

September 1, 2007