Beginning March 3, 2025, eligible users from HUP, PPMC and PAH will need to use their PennKey username and password to access articles, databases, ebooks and other electronic resources. Patrons from Lancaster General, Princeton Medical Center and Chester County Hospital, do not have access to Penn Libraries resources. If you feel you should have access, you can find more information here.
In the past, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and Pennsylvania Hospital users were considered “on-campus” and access to Penn Libraries resources was direct, regardless if one was accessing resources from the library webpages or directly via the publisher’s site. On March 3, users from these hospitals will be considered “off-campus” and will need to authenticate before gaining access. That simply means when you click on a library link for a resource you will need to sign-in with your PennKey username and password.
Here is the sign in screen you will see:
If your preferred method of access is going directly to a publisher’s site you will need to download a bookmarklet/browser extension to get access. These tools eliminate the need to navigate through the library webpages.
For these cases, you can use any of the access methods listed below to gain access without first going back to the Penn Library web site.
Here is a link for more information regarding accessing our electronic resources.
PennKey help
If you have an active PennKey and want to test definitively whether or not you have e-access to our subscribed resources, you can use the Check My PennKey Link
If you do not have an active PennKey, you can use the Problems with your Pennkey link
For LG, PMC and CCH users, please click here.
Access Issues
If you encounter issues with access, please contact us.
Sometimes you may run into browser problems that prevent you from accessing content; if so see these pages for solutions:
