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If you don't already have one, you can create an Elsevier account for free from any of Elsevier's products.StepsSelect 'Create account', 'My account’ or ‘Register’, depending on the product you are using....

How do I create an Elsevier account?

Your Elsevier account credentials will allow you to sign in to most Elsevier products. This means that you can use, the same username and password, or your organization’s SAML SSO login details, to sign...

Do I need a separate account for each Elsevier product?

Many of our customers use proxy servers to manage access to their subscribed services for remote users.

There are many different proxy products in use with varied and diverse capabilities and complex...

How do I set up a proxy server to access subscribed products?

If you have previously registered with Elsevier when using your institutional/SSO credentials, and you now have new institutional/SSO credentials, or your institution has updated the software and you're...

How can I link my new to my old institutional/SSO credentials?

When you visit an Elsevier product and you’re not already signed in, based on the cookies we recognized, then:


	Click on 'Sign In', ‘Check access through your organization’ or 'Check Access' (this will...

How do I sign in via my institution?

Your institution has had Shibboleth or OpenAthens access to your Elsevier subscriptions enabled and working for some time, but now one or more users have reported that it doesn't work anymore.You'll need...

I'm a librarian or administrator and my users are having trouble signing in via federated access

Federated access is a type of access that is based on trust. A federation manages infrastructure that facilitates this trust. Both the Identity Provider (IdP) and Service Provider (SP) are members of the...

How does federated access work?

Elsevier SP consumes the metadata of some federations through eduGAIN and some directly from their own feeds. Our metadata is also available in some federations directly and some get it via eduGAIN. That...

Which RE (SAML) Federations does Elsevier support?

As you use various Elsevier products and services you may see buttons which will let you sign in or check access.These buttons do different things.'Check Access', 'Get Access' or 'Access through your organization'...

What is the difference between 'sign in' and 'check access'?

If you have previously registered with Elsevier and you now wish to use your institutional or corporate network credentials to access those same products, you can add your new credentials to your existing...

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