Who is eligible for a Password?

Passwords are issued to current students, teaching, research or administrative staff of the University of Cambridge on condition that individuals observe the terms and conditions of ATHENS and those of individual services.

Applicants should present a photo-id, preferably a valid University Card, when requesting an ATHENS password.

Passwords are not issued to members of other Universities, alumni of the University, members of the Research Councils, the National Health Service or other research institutions wholly outside the University, or to individuals engaged in commercial activity provided access to University facilities.

Most categories of user will be asked to create a personal ATHENS account at the ATHENS website http://www.athens.ac.uk.

You should not share the details of your personal ATHENS account with anyone else.

Certain categories of patron such as Visiting Scholars will be issued ATHENS access accounts which provide access to ATHENS authenticated services within the "cam" IP domain only and which cannot be used to create personal accounts.

For further information on passwords or authentication contact Reader Services staff as listed above or e-mail: lib-athens@lists.cam.ac.uk.