Athens Registration
>> Changes to the login procedure for selected Athens authenticated resources
Athens personal accounts expire on 31st October
Athens personal accounts created before 1st August 2009 will expire on 31st October 2009. For continued off campus access to Athens authenticated resources you should self-register for a new account. Details of how to do this can be found below. Please note: the self-registration process must be completed from a pc within the University campus. Please ask at a library information desk if you require further assistance. Staff can extend their personal account on request for a further year by e-mailing Athens Help.
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Introduction to Athens
The Athens Access Management System controls access to a wide range of e-resources using
a secure 'single sign-on' process.
There are three types of account, Access, Personal and Self-Registration. It is recommended that you self-register for a Personal Account, because
- Personal Accounts provide off-campus access;
- you benefit from the personalised features of MyAthens;
- to use some e-resources, such as Digimap, an Athens Personal Account is compulsory.
Personal accounts
Personal accounts provide access to e-resources both on- and off-campus. You create a Personal account by self-registration. The accounts expire at the end of each academic year and you will need to register for a new account at the start of each new academic year. Provision will be made for students during their placement year to ensure that personal accounts are enabled if required. Contact your Subject Librarian if you require access to resources during your placement year.
Your Athens Personal Account is confidential and for your sole use. You should not share the information with anybody else.
Register for a Personal Account.
Self-registration accounts
Self-registration accounts are used to create Personal Accounts. Each Academic School of the University is assigned a unique account. Self-registration accounts themselves do not enable access to resources.
Access and Self-registration account details can be obtained from the myBU Library Tab.
Access accounts
Access accounts are used to gain access to resources from computers
on-campus only. Each Academic School of the University is assigned a
unique account. Access accounts will not enable access to resources
when you are off-campus.
Note:
- Athens accounts are only available to staff and registered students
of Bournemouth University.
- Licence agreements of the electronic resources made available
specifically exclude use that would be of significant benefit
to the employer of students on placement.
Copyright reminder
Please remember the use of all electronic resources made available
to authorised users are subject to the terms and conditions of the
licence agreements made between Bournemouth University and the Service
Providers. Authorised users are governed by Section 23 of the University Rules (PDF), Information, Computing and Technology
and the terms and conditions associated with the electronic
resources provided.
By using an Athens account you are also agreeing to the Eduserv Athens terms and conditions of use.
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Athens Personal Account Registration
Personal accounts are used to gain access to services off-campus.
The self-registration procedure for a personal account must be completed
on-campus. Alternatively, it may be possible for a personal
account to be created for you. Contact your Subject
Librarian for further information.
Self-Registration procedure for a personal account
- You will need the username and password for the Athens Self-registration
account appropriate to your Academic School (e.g. the username
for the School of Service Management is bousinreg). Details of
Self-registration accounts are available from the myBU Library Tab.
- Via your browser, connect to the Athens
homepage.
- Select the 'Self-Registration' option from the menu on the left
of the screen.
- Enter the 'Self-registration account' username and password
appropriate to your Academic School in the pop-up box then click
on 'login'.
- Fill in your personal details on the form displayed, following
the on-screen instructions and the notes below.
- When you have completed the form click on the 'Submit details'
button ONCE at the bottom of the screen and wait for the Confirmation
Screen to appear. If you have made mistakes click on the 'Clear
form' button and start again.
Note:
Part 1. Account details.
All boxes in Part 1 of the form must be filled in.
Account username.
You need to create your own username by typing two to
fourteen characters in the Account Username box. Your final
username will be the characters that appear to the left of the box,
representing Bournemouth University and the Academic School to which
you belong, plus the characters you have chosen (e.g. bousincs).
Password.
You need to create your own password by typing your choice in
the 'Account Password' and 'Confirm Password' boxes. Your password
must be between 6 and 20 characters long and is case sensitive.
It must contain at least one letter and one character which is not
a letter.
Please make a careful note of your username and password. Forgotten your password?
E-mail address.
Your e-mail address must be entered in the full internet form
e.g. cspencer@bournemouth.ac.uk. We recommend that you use your Bournemouth University e-mail address.
Part 2. Optional additional information
Completing the fields in part 2 of the form is optional, but
may assist the Library Service should there be any difficulties
with your account.
If you try logging into your new account before leaving the Athens
system an 'Authorization failed' box will be displayed. To continue
click on 'OK', enter your new username and password in the pop-up
box and click on 'OK' again.
Accessing the electronic resources
To use any of the electronic resources, connect in the usual
way, entering your new username and password. Alternatively, you
are able to connect via the 'personal account' option on the Athens
web site, which will list the resources available to you via the
Athens authentication system.
Modifying your Athens account details
To view or modify your new personal account details or to change
your password take the following steps:
- Via your browser, connect to the Athens
homepage.
- Select the 'My Athens' option on the left of the screen.
- Enter your personal account details and click login.
- Click on 'Account details' or 'Change password links'.
Further help and advice
While connected to the Athens system further help is always
available by clicking on the 'help' button.
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Resources available using Athens
Resources using Athens authentication are identified
on A to Z of Databases
and Databases by Subject.
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Security of your Athens Personal Account
Care should be taken with your Athens Personal Account. Please do
not supply your details to third parties.
There have been instances of users receiving e-mails from a group,
purporting to be representing Athens, requesting that users supply
their personal account details for quality control purposes.
The Athens service will never ask for a users password and never
contact users directly. If you receive such an e-mail please forward
to Chris Spencer, e-mail cspencer@bournemouth.ac.uk.
If you have supplied your password to a third party it is advisable
to change it as soon as possible by logging into MyAthens.
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Forgotten your password?
It is possible to have the password for your Athens personal account reset. By clicking on the link below you will be prompted for your Athens personal account username and your e-mail address. The information will be checked against the Athens database and you will be sent an e-mail containing a verification code and a link to reset your password.
Note: You must input the e-mail address that was used when creating the account.
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Athens account queries
If you experience any difficulties with your athens account contact Athens Help.This e-mail enquiry service is available 9-5 Monday to Friday. E-mails sent outside these hours will be responded to as soon as possible.
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