Remote access to electronic resources by University of Adelaide users

Access to electronic resources is controlled by an authentication process. In effect, there are only two ways to authenticate yourself:

Method 1
Username:	your University of Adelaide ID
Password:	your University of Adelaide password
Students - your University of Adelaide ID is your Student number preceded by a lower case letter 'a', for example, a1234567. Staff - your University of Adelaide ID is the username you use to access your email.

Method 2
Username:	the Library barcode from your University of Adelaide ID Card
Password:	your last name in UPPER CASE letters
Notes: The final character of your Library barcode is a letter, which must be typed in UPPER CASE. Omit all punctuation and spaces from last names: Jack Ponsonby-Smith is PONSONBYSMITH; Rita van der Wegen is VANDERWEGEN; Rene D'Annunzio is DANNUNZIO.

If you are still not successful, or you want detailed instructions, please read on...

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When you need to access an electronic resource on the University of Adelaide network you may be asked for authentication. Many resources, such as online journals for which the Library pays a subscription, are restricted by licence conditions to current University of Adelaide students and staff. Authentication is the means by which you identify yourself as entitled to use electronic resources.

This page describes what you need to do to authenticate yourself from a computer that is not directly connected to the University of Adelaide network, such as a computer that you are using at your home. There is a separate page of Authentication procedures for computers that are on the University network.

The simplest way to connect to the University network is through the Dialup service.
There are separate information pages for student access and staff access.
If you connect through the Dialup service the authentication procedures are exactly the same as those for users who are directly connected to the University network.

If you connect to the University of Adelaide network through an intermediary such as a commercial Internet Service Provider or from a government department server, you may not be allowed access to licenced electronic resources.
For many resources this problem may be overcome by authentication, which means that you will be asked to enter a User Name and Password before proceeding.

There are two different forms of authentication in use at present. When a box appears on the screen asking you to authenticate yourself, please look closely to see what User Name and Password are required.

Barcode authentication

If you see either of these boxes:

the Username is the barcode from your University of Adelaide ID Card
the Password is your last name.

Please note that the last character of your barcode (which is a letter), and also your last name, must both be entered in UPPER CASE letters.

University ID authentication

If you see either of these boxes:

you will need to use your University of Adelaide identification.

Students
User Name is your Student number preceded by a lower case letter 'a' Password is your university password
Staff members
User Name is your staff email login Password is your university password

Student ID Card