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Remote Resource Access

• You have invested all of this money in electronic resources, but database vendors offer you one of two ways to provide access: either by issuing usernames and passwords or by restricting access to a range of Internet addresses. But distributing passwords to all of your clients is awkward yet they all want access from their homes, offices, or foreign countries. Can you get them access?