Access to eresources at University of Hull library

Since January, the Brynmor Jones Library has introduced Shibboleth as its main authentication method, replacing Athens.

For users of the service, this results in two major differences:

1.) You no longer need an Athens username and Password for the University of Hull, and will sign in with the IT login you received instead.

2.) When accessing resources off-campus you will no longer look for the Athens login but for an institutional login and may then need to select the UK Access Management Federation and University of Hull from dropdown menus.

If you have previously saved the urls of any electronic resources supplied by the University of Hull in your favourites, it may be that your Athens details will have been saved as well, and that when you try to login to that resource it takes you to the Athens login.

If this takes place, you may need to clear your web cache.

If you have any queries about any of the above, please contact library@hyms.ac.uk.

Technical issues with Shibboleth access to the JAMA Network

The JAMA Network, who provide access to the Journal of the American Medical Association amongst others, have sent the following message about access to their journals through the University of Hull Shibboleth: We are currently experiencing technical issues with Shibboleth authentication. As a result some users will, temporarily, be unable to access JAMA Network websites. We are working with our platform provider, Silverchair Information Systems, to restore the Shibboleth functionality. IP-based access is not affected and will still work. In the meantime, those needing a remote access solution can use the following URL/landing page:

http://files.jamanetwork.com/access/hull.htm

The link on this landing page will serve as a means of access for your users in the interim. We apologize for the inconvenience and will inform you as soon as Shibboleth is up and running again.  Please contact us at  support@jamanetwork.com if you have any questions or concerns.

Simplifying access to electronic resources at the University of Hull: Athens to Shibboleth

In the week beginning 27th January University of Hull will be changing the authentication system used to provide access to ebooks and ejournals from Athens to Shibboleth. When logging in with Shibboleth, use your Hull IT userID and password instead of the one specific for Athens, meaning that you will drop the "hul" from your username when logging in.  If you are already logged into one of these services you will not need to login to e-resources again during the same web session.

To use Shibboleth, please look for this login option when visiting e-resources (it may also be labelled as 'Institutional login' or 'UK Federation', or similar), select 'University of Hull (Shibboleth)' from the list of institutions and log in as directed.  The Library Catalogue will also provide instructions where appropriate for different resources.  If you have any difficulties, please contact libhelp@hull.ac.uk.

While most resources will change to Shibboleth, there will still be some resources that use Athens and some that offer both Athens and Shibboleth for a while, but these will be phased out by 31 July 2014. Resources that are currently accessible through the library proxy server or using a generic username and password stored on the University of Hull portal will be unaffected by these changes.