Sign In

We recommend that you always "Sign In" to the Library Search or use the "Login to UL e-resources" on the library homepage, this will ensure that you get complete results, full text access and be able to request items.

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  • Students sign in with your UL student email address as your username, your password is the password you use to log onto a PC on campus or to log into microsoft office 365.
  • Staff sign in with your UL staff email address as your username
  • PhD and Masters students / Postgraduate Researchers must use their student email address studentnumber@studentmail.ul.ie  as their username and the password linked to that student account.

First time you login you need to "accept" terms of use.

You may also be prompted for multifactor authentication (MFA)

 

Click on the Sign In option on the top right hand corner of the Library Search screen

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When signed in, the words SIGN IN will be replaced by your own name:

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Other Sign In / Log In Options

Alternatively you can log into UL e-resources using the login option on the top of the library homepage

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Once you login, you will see the screen on the right,  which tells you, that you are now logged in and you can now access full text electronic resources

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*Both options "Sign In" and "Log in" will give you the same result, however when you log in using the option at the top of the Library homepage and then go to the Library Search screen you will have to click on "Sign In" to see your name, but you don't have to Sign In again.

*Even if you don't use either option above, and you find a database or electronic journal of interest via the library website, once you click on the resource, you will be prompted to log in.

Accessing Electronic Resources directly without going through the Library Website

If you have set up an email alert to a journal or come across a journal article while doing a general web search, can you access the fulltext?

Yes, as long as the library has a subscription to the electronic resource, you can access the article directly without going through the library website, simply add the following in front of the URL of the resource you need:

For example, if you were linking to the journal "Computers & Education" with the URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03601315, to access this off campus or via UL Wifi you would type in:

Alternatively you can install a browser extension called Libkey Nomad