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Access

Queen Mary Library e-resources are available to all staff and students. You may be prompted to enter your Queen Mary credentials to authenticate to our resources. More information on Multi-Factor Authentication can be found on ITS pages.

General issues with your Queen Mary ITS credentials (such as those that affect access to QMplus, Microsoft products or WiFi), should be reported to the IT Helpdesk, by phone at 8888 or email (its-helpdesk@qmul.ac.uk).

If you are on-campus and logged into a device on University network, most e-resources will not require an additional login. 

A small number resources will prompt for credentials on campus and / or require users to register an individual account on first login. 

A limited number of resources require resource-specific passwords. The details can be found below.

For off-campus access to AES E-Library, use temporary login credentials:

  • Visit the AES site from the A-Z list of Databases page
  • Scroll down to the section Institutional Subscribers: login
  • Use credentials Username: soundaccess PW: easaier

First-time users, register on the Art Newspaper registration page using your Queen Mary email address. You will receive a verification email. Please follow the prompts in the verification email to complete your account registration.  

You need to register with your Queen Mary email address to use BMJ Learning. Click 'My institution gives me access' on the BMJ Learning homepage. 

You need to register an individual account in order to access ClinicalKey e-books. Instructions can be found in the FAQs.

To access the Economist, choose Log in from the Economist site and select the Log in with SSO option. More information is in the FAQs.

For access to the current issues of the Financial Times, you need to register on your first visit. To do this:

  • Find the link to Financial Times in the A-Z list of Databases.
  • Log in with QMUL credentials.
  • Complete the activation form using your institutional email address where prompted. You can opt in or out of communications from the FT.
  • Once registered successfully, you can then access the ft.com by choosing sign in and entering your institutional email address.

You need to register on first use with your Queen Mary email address to access i-Law. Choose ‘Log in' from the iLaw home page then register a new account using your Queen Mary email as the username and 'Queen Mary University of London' as the company.

You will need to create an account using your Queen Mary email address to use The Lawyer. Click 'Login' and then 'Register now'.

You need to register to access this database on your first use. The link in the Databases A-Z list will take you to a registration page.

For off-campus access, Queen Mary users will need to use this Token URL: https://idp.scientificamerican.com/login/token/88996AA8DA024BA4AD7C7B0C2735BE89

And this 'Magic word': Wsm7g5

First-time users need to register on the SciFinder registration page  using Queen Mary email when prompted.

Users need to register individual login credentials to fully access THE, available from the E-Journals by Subject Page. Click on the icon in the top right of the homepage and choose 'register'.

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