Many of our electronic resources are available through Athens, an internet-based single-sign-on access management system. Athens is widely used in higher education and provides access to all the electronic resources the College Library subscribes to. Delegates have access to Athens during the time they are studying on a course at the College. 

Examples of electronic resources available online via Athens include:

• IHS Technical Indexes: The Occupational Health & Safety Information service from IHS focuses on providing up-to-date authoritative online full text documents covering Legislation, British Standards, Fire Safety & Offshore material. Legislation update email alerts are available.
• Dawsonera eBook Platform: The Library is currently seeking to add eBooks to its collections, and access to Dawson's eBook platform is now available to Athens registered users. 

For information on electronic resources available in the Library: Click here

Getting access to electronic resources (Athens username and password)

Getting started on Athens is simple.  To gain a username and password for Athens, delegates just need to complete a registration form. This form can be found in the library, or they can just request an online registration form by sending an email to: Click here

Once delegates have been issued with a user ID and password, Athens can be found at the following web address: www.openathens.net

Using the Dawsonera ebook Platform

The Dawsonera platform allows you to view a list of every eBook available, you can make suggestions for purchase, and you can also pay via credit card to rent books direct from the platform.

• Reader portal user guide
• How can I download an eBook
• How do I preview an eBook
• How do I suggest a title for purchase
• How do I print from an eBook
• Downloading eBooks to an Android device
• Downloading eBooks to iOS