Log in with a GU account to access e-resources off-campus

Use your GU account to log in to the Library's databases, electronic journals and e-books when you are outside campus. All registered students and staff at the University of Gothenburg have a GU account with an associated email address.

To log in, you must first go to the resource you are interested in. The login page for the University of Gothenburg will appear automatically when you try to access a database or article.

How to access articles and e-books in Supersearch

Do as follows:

1. Go to Supersearch and perform your search.
2. Click on the link to the article or book you are interested in. It may say, for example, "Fulltext options, or "Get PDF."

If you are an employee and are logged in with the university's VPN, you will have direct access to the material. Read more about working remotely with VPN in the Staff Portal.

For students and employees who do not use VPN, a few additional steps are required after clicking on a link to a resource:

3. Log in with your GU account, enter your university email address when a login box appears.
4. Enter the password for your student or staff account.
5. You will then be asked to confirm your login using Microsoft Authenticator.

About Microsoft Authenticator in the Student portal

About Microsoft Authenticator in the Staff Portal

To get more search results, save searches and create alerts you can also log in to Supersearch with your GU account. Use your gus-ID or X-account when a login box appears.

How to access databases and journals

Do as follows:

1. Go to the list of databases and e-resources or the journal list.
2. Click on the database or journal you are interested in.

If you are an employee and are logged in with VPN, you will have direct access to the database or journal. Read more about working remotely with VPN in the Staff Portal.

For students and employees who do not use VPN, a few additional steps are required after clicking on the database or journal you are interested in:

3. Log in with your GU account, enter your university email address when a login box appears.
4. Enter the password for your student or staff account.
5. You will then be asked to confirm your login using Microsoft Authenticator.

About Microsoft Authenticator in the Student portal

About Microsoft Authenticator in the Staff Portal

Problems with your account

Students can get help with login issues for their GU-account at the Student Portal. There you will find answers to frequently asked questions about student accounts, such as how to do if you forgot your username or password.

To the Student Portal

Employees can change their password in the Staff Portal.

To the Staff Portal (Login required)

Problems with access to materials

If you can not access e-resources after logging in, it may be worth trying to:

• Clear cookies and other website data in the browser.
• Disable browser extensions such as ad blockers and script blockers.
• Temporarily turn off virus protection on your computer.

Sometimes access to our e-resources do not work from schools, county councils or other workplaces. This is caused by their firewalls or settings that block access to the library's e-resources.

If you are affiliated to the University of Gothenburg but don't have a GU account, you don't have automatic access to the Library's e-resources.

Apply for an external student account

Students should contact their course leader about applying for an external GU account.

External employee

A GU account is automatically created after an external employee is registered in the university's personnel and organisation platform (POP). The organisation that hires an external employee is responsible for registering them in POP.

If you are a member of the public, you have no access to e-resources outside the Library. Instead, you are welcome to visit our libraries, where you can use our computers to access the databases, e-journals and e-books.

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