Athens

I've spoken before about how to access the library's electronic resources. Having looked at it, you may think, correctly, that it's a little complicated and that's fair enough.  A simpler way to access the library's resources is to get an Athens account.  Athens is an access management system that provides seamless, one-click access to the library's electronic resources.  To acquire an account, contact the library (by email) with your student number and your course code. Accounts are created in bulk, once per day, in the late afternoon.  Please don't mail the library first thing in the morning and then phone to complain 30 minutes later that you haven't received your account details.

When your account is created, you will receive an email with the subject line 'Your Athens account has been created' (or similar).  Follow the instructions in the mail to activate your account.  Your username is dbs followed by your password.  Hence if your student number is 1234567, your Athens username is dbs1234567.  When you activate your account, you get to choose a password, please make it memorable!

If you forget your password, you can go to this link

Forgotten Athens password

Enter your Athens username, (don't forget the dbs before your student number), the email associated with the account (the email account to which the initial Athens notification email was sent) and click ‘submit’.  The Athens people will send you an email that will contain a link to a page where you can reset your password.  If you have any difficulties, contact the library.