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Most Library e-resources, including databases and online journals, are Athens-authenticated to restrict access to authorised users. Newman students and staff, on or off campus, can now use their IT Services Network username and password, used for Newman e-mail, Intranet and Moodle, to access e-resources.
Don't know your IT Services network username and password? Please visit the IT Services helpdesk in the Hub, or email support@newman.ac.uk.
For seamless access to Athens resources, please read on....
| HOW TO ACCESS ATHENS E-RESOURCES | PICK UP OUR ATHENS INSTITUTIONAL COOKIE |
| Step-by-step guide to logging into Athens-authenticated e-resources | How to install the Athens cookie on your pc |
| ATHENS DA - HOW DOES IT WORK? | ATHENS DA BROWSER REQUIREMENTS & INTERNET EXPLORER SETTINGS |
| Explains the new single sign-on Athens system | Web browsers you can use and changing internet settings to accept Athens cookies |
| WHO CAN ACCESS ATHENS E-RESOURCES AND WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS? | WHO CAN HELP WITH ATHENS QUERIES? |
| Who can access Athens Authenticated Electronic Resources? | Newman Athens Helpdesk details and contacts for help in using e-resources |
How to access Athens-protected electronic resources
You
can either log in via
our Athens logon link on the Library’s Electronic
Resources page or log in direct to a specific
e-resource:
Via the Library's Electronic Resources
web page
1. Use the Athens
logon link on the Library’s Electronic
Resources web page.
2. When prompted, login using your IT Services network username
and password.
3. You will be redirected back to the
Library’s Electronic
Resources web page, where you can then select the
Athens-authenticated electronic resource you require.
If you close the browser session or log out of Athens, you will
need to repeat the same logon
process to
access this or another resource.
Direct login to a specific Electronic Resource
1. When you have the
institutional
cookie installed on your pc (click the following link for instructions
on how to install the cookie), when you open a browser session
and
try to access a specific Athens
authenticated
resource,
the following screen will appear:
2. Click on the link "Go to the Newman University College login page" and you will be redirected to the login page below, where you should use your IT Services network username and password to login.
3. After a successful login you will be returned to the Athens
resource you were trying to access.
4. During that browser session, you can then move seamlessly between Athens-authenticated resources.
Pick up our Athens Institutional Cookie
1. To set the cookie, click on the link below. You only need to do this once on each pc you use.
Pick up our Institutional Cookie Now...
2. On the following page, you must ensure that the box next to 'Remember this organisation on this computer' is ticked, and click on 'I am from the Newman University College' to set your cookie.
3. You will be re-directed to the Library‘s Electronic Resources page. The cookie will remain in your browser settings for about 18 months.
4. When you have the cookie set on your computer, Athens will identify you as a Newman University user whenever you try to access an Athens protected resource. It will ask you to confirm that Newman is your institution, then direct you back to Newman's authentication system to enter your Newman IT Services login, before re-directing you on to the resource.
Athens DA - how does it work?
Athens DA is the new system Newman is using which enables you to use your IT
Services Network username and password to login to Athens-authenticated resources.
It
works by installing a cookie in your web browser, so that Athens can recognise
you
as
a Newman
user.
A
cookie
is
a small
piece
of
information, containing only text, automatically stored on your computer
by a web browser, used so
that a website can remember you. There are two types of cookie
- temporary
ones that are deleted when you exit the website, and persistent
cookies which can have a longer lifespan.
Athens DA can use both types of cookies:
Athens Institutional ID cookie -
This persistent cookie remains in your web browser, identifying
you as a Newman
University user to Athens, enabling them to re-direct you
to our login page. This cookie is set when you pick
up the institutional cookie and operates when you follow
the instructions under Direct login to a specific Electronic
Resource
Authentication cookie -
This temporary cookie is deleted from your pc when you logout
of Athens or shutdown
the web browser. It identifies you as a Newman University
user to Athens for that browser session. It is set when you follow
the procedure to access resources via the Athens Logon link on
the Library's Electronic
Resources page.
Although Athens DA uses cookies, the information cannot be used to identify an individual.
You do not need to be on campus to set either of the cookies, but you will need to have cookies enabled in your web browser (see Athens DA - Browser requirements & Internet Explorer settings) and, ideally, pop-up blocking software switched off (or pop-ups permitted for the relevant sites).
If you leave Newman and you wish to remove the Athens Institutional
ID Cookie from your pc, follow this procedure:
1. To remove the institutional cookie, try to login to an Athens
authenticated resource and you will see the screen below.
2. Select 'I am not from Newman University College' and this will remove the institutional cookie from the computer you are using.
Athens DA Browser
Requirements and Internet Explorer settings
Browser Requirements
Athens DA has been tested and found to work
with:
Internet Explorer 4+
Mozilla 1.5+
Mozilla Firefox 0.8+
Netscape 6+
Opera 6+
Konqueror
Other modern browsers should also work. For more detail see
the Athens list
of browser requirements.
Setting Internet Explorer to accept cookies
Go to Tools / Internet Options / Privacy
Tab / Default and ensure that the slider is set to medium or lower.
If you do not wish to reduce your privacy settings,
you may set Internet Explorer to allow cookies from one specific
website:
1. Go to Tools / Internet Options / Privacy Tab / Edit
2. In the ‘Address of web site’ box, type www.newman.ac.uk
3. Click the Allow button
4. Ensure that Always Allow is set beside the entry
5. Select OK and then OK again to return to the browser
Who can access Athens Electronic Resources?
Newman enters into legally binding licence agreements with publishers
and database providers. Most of our licences are agreed nationally
with Eduserv Chest or JISC. Therefore, Newman can allow access
to currently registered students and employees of Newman University.
Unfortunately, access to Newman’s Athens-authenticated electronic resources is not currently available for Alumni, Retired Staff or external borrowers.
Details of individual licences are available on the Library’s E-Resource licences web page.
For details of terms and conditions of use for Athens resources, please refer to Athens Users Terms and Conditions of Use.
Who can help with Athens queries?
Contact the Newman Athens
Helpdesk by e-mail: athens@newman.ac.uk
For help with using specific e-resources listed on the Library's Electronic Resources web page or the MyAthens Resources page - you can visit the Enquiry desk in the library, email library-enquiries@newman.ac.uk or telephone one of the liaison librarians on ext. 1413.
Forgotten your IT Services network account details? Please visit the IT Services helpdesk in the Hub, email support@newman.ac.uk or telephone them on ext. 2293.