Q. Why Can't I Login to Cambridge Core with my Bear ID/Password

Cambridge and a few other major publishers have invoked a technology (SeamlessAccess) that – when it works correctly – allows researchers to identify the institution with which they are affiliated by selecting that institution and logging in with their institutional credentials (in our case the Bear ID/password).

However, this implementation with Cambridge does not work. We’ve tried to rectify the problem, but we cannot find a resolution. We’ve asked them to exclude us from the list of institutions that display, but they can’t do that because of the way they have implemented the technology – either they get ALL institutions, or they get no institutions (as we understand it).

Because only a few major publishers use this authentication technology, it always works best to go through the Baylor library system when trying to access electronic content from off campus. Here are links to a few FAQs that should be helpful:

• What is the best way to access electronic resources from off campus?
• What is the best way to access articles from e-journals from off campus?
• How do I access the full text of articles when using Google Scholar?

In particular, we like/recommend the LibKey solution that is presented in the 2^nd bullet point.