Finding books & journals: Accessing resources off-campus

Accessing resources off-campus using Shibboleth

Access to the majority of our electronic resources (eBooks, journal articles etc) is controlled by a system called Shibboleth. This is a national system which enables access to web-based resources for the academic community. Often you are using this system without being aware of it (for example when you are on-campus) but if you are off-campus, or using a mobile device, you will often need to select it specifically and enter a username and password.

Username and password

You do not need an additional username and password to access resources via Shibboleth. Your standard university username and password will give you access.

Links to log in using Shibboleth

Although many different e-resources use Shibboleth, the links you need to click on to use it can have a variety of different names. When accessing a resource, look out for one of the following links (or variants of them):

• Anything with the word 'Shibboleth' in it.
• Institutional login or library login
• UK Access Management Federation

You will usually be asked to select your institution from a dropdown menu (sometimes choosing UK Access first).

• Select University of Hull - you will then be automatically re-directed to the University of Hull Central Authentication Service screen.
• Enter your University User ID and password and you will then be re-directed back to the resource and be logged in for use.

Please always remember to logout from e-resources when you have stopped using them. Once logged into one service/resource using the University of Hull Central Authentication Service, you should not need to enter your University User ID and password again when accessing other Shibboleth resources within the same web session.