Use of e-resources: Use of e-resources

All use of e-resources licensed by the Aalto University Learning Centre is under the conditions of use:
Conditions of use for e-resources

For Aalto University students and staff:

• By logging in with your Aalto account wherever and whenever
• Valid Aalto IT account is required:
  Further information about Aalto accounts
  Change your Aalto password

For other customers:

• From some of the customer workstations of the Learning Centre offices. See here for further information.

There is also a list of the most essential e-materials sources at the homepage of the Learning Centre service proxy server: https://login.libproxy.aalto.fi/menu
This list may be of value for instance when there is a service break of in other Learning Centre e-services.

Further information about links to e-resources, how to create them, and their functionalities in our guide: Linking to licensed e-resources

1. Using e-resources in Aalto University network

Using e-resources from Aalto University workstations in university network is usually possible without logging in. Walk-in customers can use e-resources from Learning Centre workstations.

Note! Some e-resources require registering and logging in even in university network and some e-resources cannot be used by walk-in customers at all.

Aalto Open is not password-protected network, and using e-resources via it is the same as using an outside connection.

Further information about Aalto University wireless networks: https://it.aalto.fi/instructions/wireless-networks-aalto-university

2. Remote use of e-resources

Aalto University students and staff can use e-reources remotely

• From Aalto-Primo or Resource guides (logging in with Aalto University credentials required)
• With VPN connection (logging in to e-resources is usually not required) More information about VPN: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/establishing-a-remote-connection-vpn-to-an-aalto-network
• Remote use is also possible from proxy list (logging in with Aalto University credentials required): https://login.libproxy.aalto.fi/menu

Fastest way to get help concerning e-resources is via email: oppimiskeskus@aalto.fi

The most definite information can be found from systems maintained by the Learning Centre:

• Resource guides
• Aalto-Primo
• Libproxy server menu (databases)

The Learning Centre has acquired from some service providers only a portion of their resource entities. Even if sometimes the Learning Centre logo appears on a website of a service provider, it does not mean that we have acquired all resources from the collections of the provider in question. In some services there simply is not a way to distinguish which resources are acquired or not by the Learning Centre.

If you are not sure, if the Learning Centre has acquired some material or not, please check it via the systems mentioned above.

If you notice any inconsistencies in the availability information of any resource, please contact the email address mentioned above.