To access via OpenAthens
For SAS students from August 2025:
Logging into library electronic resources
Sign in to the new catalogue with your University of London email address and password to see all available electronic resources.
To access a resource, follow links from the catalogue.
From this OpenAthens login screen choose SAS Students and Staff
Sign in with your University of London email address and password.
It is recommended that you access e-resources via the catalogue, library webpages or reading lists, but you can also access resources directly from resource websites by following links to login via your institution/library/OpenAthens and selecting ‘University of London’ or ‘University of London: External System (ATHENS)’ (varies by publisher). The OpenAthens login does not provide universal access to content on publisher websites. Please refer to library catalogues and websites to confirm availability of content.
Our electronic resources can be discovered in a number of ways
The title of the resource is indexed on the library catalogue in the same way as a book is. Choose 'title' as your search criteria. Anything electronic marked as 'PC access', which means it will be fully available through library catalogue PCs.
Through the Electronic Resources A-Z list, which can be browsed according to publisher, type of resource and subject.
Through JISC Library Hub. Using 'advanced search', choose document format: 'Electronic resources' and Institution: 'Warburg Institute' and enter a keyword in the fields above for the resource you are looking for (such as subject: bibliographies publisher: Brepols) JISC Library Hub denotes electronic resources with a computer monitor symbol. It will show additional library holdings elsewhere.
Athens is now available on electronic resources, including JSTOR, for SAS students and staff only. Log in using your university log in and password, instead of your library card.
You will still need to go to the library catalogue to verify that we have a subscription to a resource, as not everything is available automatically via Athens, and many of the Warburg's electronic resources are only available through the usual catalogue and library card log in described in this guide.
Unfortunately, Athens is not available for staff or any other users of the library.