Accessing online resources

MyAthens is a simple website provided by the OpenAthens service. It allows you to check you are logged in to the system successfully and to view your OpenAthens account details. It also provides a link to sign out of OpenAthens completely.

Logging into MyAthens

My Athens can be found at my.openathens.net/. To make life a little easier, there are two links to MyAthens on the Account page at the College website, one in the side menu, and one in the Resources gallery towards the bottom of the page:

MyAthens may present you with a login form. Ignore the Find your institution section and click on Sign in with an OpenAthens account:

Identifying the Account Provider

If you are having trouble accessing an e-resource, it may be that you are logged into the wrong OpenAthens account. You can check this in MyAthens, by checking the account provider. This will be at top left in the desktop view:

Or can be viewed by clicking on the button with your initials at top right on mobile:

Signing out of OpenAthens

If you are using one account and need to switch to another, you can log out at MyAthens. Once you have logged into the page, click/tap the button with your initials at top right.