Who is entitled?

• Students of the University of Göttingen
• Employees of the University of Göttingen
• External members of the University Medical Center Göttingen and other faculties of the University of Göttingen

Due to legal restrictions off-campus access is not permitted for members of other universities, Alumni or private citizens.

There are two different technical variants available for the off-campus access to electronic ressources: VPN (Virtual Private Network) and HAN (Hidden Access Navigator).

Advantages of VPN are:

• Access to the media is as convenient as from the campus.
• You no longer need ‘HAN links’ from the catalogues, but can access a resource directly from the provider.
• And if you do use a HAN link, no further login is necessary.
• In addition, you also use a secure internet connection and can access your network drives at the university.

Since 2019 it is possible to access the licensed e-media from outside the campus area via VPN.

This requires the use of a VPN client. VPN clients are available for all mobile devices. Information on the use and the installation can be found on the GWDG website.

Cisco AnyConnect as a client for VPN is currently being replaced by eduVPN.

If you still use Cisco AnyConnect: To access electronic media, please start VPN and log in with your e-campus access data (students: .@stud.uni-goettingen.de, employees: ‹username›@*uni-goettingen.de or ‹username›@gwdg.de).

The Göttingen State and University Library operates a HAN authentication server (Reverse Proxy), through which you can access the licensed electronic media worldwide. All you need are your Göttingen State and University Library access data and a special access link (HAN link). Please follow the steps below to access the electronic resources via this access path:

• First select an electronic resource via GöDiscovery or the Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK), the Electronic Journals Library (EZB) or the Database Information System (DBIS).
• In GöDiscovery and the catalogue GUK you can use the link marked ‘Volltext, externer Zugriff’ for external use, in the EZB the link is shown in the field ‘To the fulltexts’ and in the DBIS the link is shown in the field ‘Recherche starten’.
• If you are outside the campus network, the authentication form for a login to the HAN server of the SUB Göttingen will be displayed automatically after selecting the link.
• Please log in with your access data of your user account (begins with 0007).

The SUB Göttingen also offers Shibboleth/Single Sign-on for access to electronic media from outside the campus network. Over 150 publishing platforms are accessible via this single sign-on technology.

The Shibboleth login can often be found via Log in / Sign in on a publisher's website. It may need to be distinguished from the personal login with a publisher account. “Institution” or ‘library’ or the logo  indicate a Shibboleth login. In the selection, the name “Georg-August Universität Göttingen” or “Georg-August University Göttingen” is usually standardized, but there are also other variants of the name. Sometimes you first have to select the federation (German or DFN-AAI) and then your home institution. Use your user name or a variant of your e-mail address as specified in your AcademicCloud Account and your GWDG password.

However, we are not able to offer Shibboleth access to all publishing platforms. On the one hand, smaller publishers in particular often do not offer this authentication. On the other hand, we exclude some publishers for privacy reasons, because they require the transmission of personal data for access. However, you can use the services of these publishers conveniently via VPN.

If you are unable to log in to individual publishers, have access problems or have any other questions, please contact ssoteam@sub.uni-goettingen.de.

• Library card number and password are not correct: Please check if you have made a mistake. Please note that you have to use different access data depending on the type of access:
  • VPN: E-Campus access data (students: <name>.<surname>@stud.uni-goettingen.de, employees the GWDG account <username>@*uni-goettingen.de or <username>@gwdg.de). In case of problems with your GWDG account, please contact the GWDG support.</username></username></surname></name>
  • HAN: SUB user account (begins with 0007). In case of problems with your SUB user account, please contact one of our service counters. If you have forgotten your password, you can create a new password via your SUB user account.

• You are trying to access an electronic resource via the provider's website (e. g. a publisher's website) and log in directly via the provider's site (Shibboleth access, e. g. via ‘Login through your library or institution’). This access is not yet supported by the SUB Göttingen for all publishers. Please use VPN or, when accessing via HAN, always select the desired resource first via GöDiscovery, the Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK), the Electronic Journals Library (EZB) or the Database Information System (DBIS). When accessing from outside the campus IP area, the login page of the HAN server will be displayed automatically.
• You do not belong to a user group with access rights: Only employees and students of the University of Göttingen can access licensed electronic media from outside the campus network.
• Please also check whether the access rights for the selected electronic resource are further restricted. Access from outside the campus IP area may not be permitted.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the staff at the Information and Service Desk.

To obtain a user card that avails access rights you need:

• a confirmation of your affiliation with research and education at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG). Please contact Frau Christina Niemeyer (email), +49 551 39-63387 (Tel.) or +49 551 39-66994 (Fax) at the office of the Education section of the UMG. Valid for one year, renewable with new confirmation
• Please fill in the registration form.

Please hand in these documents either per email or present a copy in the Medical Library and receive your library card and your password. You will find the library card number at the backside of the card.
To renew your user card please hand in an up-to-date confirmation of your affiliation with Research and Education of the University Medical Center Göttingen.

To obtain authorisation to access e-resources, please apply for a guest card first.
Information on all the necessary steps can be found under  'Guests of the University of Göttingen' on the Registration page.