In terms of the license agreements governing the electronic resources that the Library subscribes to, access to these resources is restricted to Stellenbosch University staff members and currently registered students. It is therefore important that users identify themselves as legitimate SU users before they will be allowed to access a resource.
On campus users are identified as SU users because they are accessing a resource from within the registered IP range of the University.
Off-campus, alternative forms of authentication are required such as:
A form of single sign-on that allows researchers to access content from different publishers at any place or time — not just when they’re using their institution’s IP address.
Federated Access lets you log into library e-resources with your SU username and password without starting on the Library webpage. If you find an article searching from Google Scholar, you can access some of our resources without finding a "proxied" link. We have set up federated access for the resources on the list to the right.
A few general guidelines:
Frequently Asked Questions:
Is Federated Access replacing the current access method via EZProxy?
No, Federated Access is an additional access method.
Why is the resource I want to access not on the list?
Unfortunately not all vendors have Federated Access authentication set up yet. We will continue to monitor the list and set up Federated Access for vendors as it becomes available.
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Aerospace Research Central (ARC)
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
American Physical Society (APS)
American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
British Online Archives. Colonial Africa in Official Statistics, 1821-1953
CABDirect / CABI Digital Library
Elsevier (e.g. ScienceDirect, Scopus, Compendex and ClinicalKey)
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Wiley (e.g. Cochrane Library, Wiley Online Library)