Friday 30 January 2015

Using DISCOVER and other EBSCO databases off campus

If you are off campus and you use the search box from LRweb to search DISCOVER, you'll find yourself faced with a login page before you can proceed.


















It seems obvious that you'd put your username and password in the boxes on this screen - but it's wrong, and all you'll get is an error message. What you need to do is choose the "Shibboleth login" link. You'll then need to choose University of Bedfordshire from a list of institutions. After than, you'll get a UoB login screen like this.


















Then you can safely use your usual username and password. If you still get an error after this, contact us and we'll investigate for you.

Alternatively, you can access DISCOVER using fewer steps by going to http://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/discover. You'll see a library login page straight away without having to choose your university.

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