In order to access most of the Library's electronic resources, you will need to sign-in using OpenAthens.
It is not mandatory that users go through the Library website to access resources, but this method is useful to know which resources the Library has in its collection.
The steps to sign-in to OpenAthens are:
One of the great things about OpenAthens is that you have the ability to login from anywhere on the internet.
If you come across a scholarly article while using Google, you can sign in for full-text access so long as the Good Samaritan Library subscribes to the journal or resource.
Once you have found an article on a vendor site, the steps to sign in to OpenAthens are:
This guide has some images to give you an idea of how this process works. Please note that there are variations in design among vendor sites.
If library users go to a resource directly, they may encounter an organizational or institutional sign-in for OpenAthens
If you see a screen with "Sign in with your OpenAthens account" on the left & "Find Your Organization" on the right, search for "TriHealth or Good Samaritan Library" under Find Your Organization. You will then be prompted to select your institution. Enter your institutional credentials to gain access to the resource.
Search for "TriHealth or Good Samaritan Library"
Then Sign-in with your TriHealth or Good Samaritan College Credentials
OpenAthens is a Single Sign-On platform that creates a session that allows the end-user to move from resource to resource without re-entering their details. This replaces the multiple sign-in platform that was used in the past by remote users to sign-in to databases. Good Samaritan College Students sign-in with their GSC email and password. TriHealth Team Members sign-in with their TriHealth email and password.
This guide has some images to give you an idea of how this process works.
After selecting a resource, users should see this screen:
Good Samaritan College Students should select the Good Samaritan College Student Login
The next screen will be the Microsoft login for the email account, Good Samaritan College students should enter their GSC email
The next screen will be the password login, students should enter their GSC password
Good Samaritan College Students will then be signed in to our library resources.
After selecting a resource, users should see this screen:
TriHealth Team Members should select the TriHealth Employee Login
The next screen will be the Microsoft login for the email account, TriHealth Team Members should enter their TriHealth email
The next screen will be the password login, TriHealth Team Members should enter their TriHealth password
TriHealth Team Members will then be able to gain access to the resource.