ClinicalKey Remote Access
ClinicalKey, ClinicalKey for Nursing and Clinical Pharmacology powered by ClinicalKey can all be accessed anywhere, anytime through the setup of your organization’s remote access.
Please review the information below to learn how to setup remote access for your organization and the actions users must perform in order to enable their remote access priveleges.
Required Steps to Enable Remote Access
- Register for a profile using your organizational email address (e.g. jsmith@stjohnhospital.com). Note: Users who have previously created a user profile for ClinicalKey, ClinicalKey for Nursing, Clinical Pharmacology powered by ClinicalKey, ScienceDirect or Scopus can forego this step.
- Activate remote access by clicking the ‘Apply’ link found on the Login page (Fig. 1).
- Input your organizational email address and select Continue to generate a confirmation email (Fig. 2).
- Open the activation email within 60 minutes and click the Activate Remote Access
For detailed instructions on enabling remote access with helpful screenshots, download the guides below. Administrators are highly encouraged to share thes guides with fellow users.

Figure 1. Login Page. Arrow, Apply for Remote Access link.

Figure 2. Apply for Remote Access Page.