Administrative Databases
To connect to one of the Division of Science databases, you must install Filemaker. After doing so, you need to link to the server that the database is hosted on, usually cups.brandeis.edu. To do this, open Filemaker, go to the File menu and choose Open Remote. In the box that appears, change the View drop down from local hosts to favorite hosts. You will see an Add button on the lower left of the box - click it and enter cups.brandeis,edu as the host IP address. You can add a name for the server if you want. You will then see cups appear in the lists of hosts. If you click on it, all databases that you have access to will appear on the right. If you cannot see a database you should have access to, fill out an access request.
After you have accessed a database once, you can open it again by going to Filemaker's File menu and going to Open Recent - you should see a list of the most recent files you have opened.