Passwords and authentication
There are two types of passwords or authentication that are used by the library:
- Deakin network username and password
- Library authentication
Deakin network username and password
Deakin University students and staff, and MIBT students and staff, can use their Deakin username and password to:
- access My Library
- make a request for library material listed in the catalogue to be sent to you (off campus students and staff only)
- view loans
- renew loans
- access resources restricted to Deakin students. For example: Electronic readings or past exam papers in the Library Catalogue
- access the Internet from within the Deakin network, ie. on campus
- access general purpose computing laboratory workstations
- access printing from the laboratories
- access teaching resources such as DSO
For help with your Deakin network username and password, go to the ITSD Accounts and passwords page.
Note: Some databases available from the Library require an individual login and password. Use the link from the library catalogue record to connect to the Library password page.
Library authentication
Registered visitors, including Alumni and Community borrowers, are required to use Library authentication to access services. Library authentication is based on three elements:
1. Family name
2. Library ID number (barcode starting X011... on your Deakin University ID card. Note this is X<zero> not XO.)
3. Library PIN
Library authentication is used to login to My Library, which allows you to:
- make a request for library material listed in the catalogue to be sent to you (off campus students and staff only)
- view your loans
- renew your loans
Your Library ID number is different to your Deakin University ID number.
To create your Library PIN, go to Create or Reset your PIN.
