Digimap Login Help

If you are having trouble logging in to Digimap, please try the following instructions.

The process is normally as follows:

• 1. Logging in
• 2. Click the Login button.
• 3. Selecting your institution
• 4. Login to your institution
• 5. It worked...
• 6. It didn't work....

IMPORTANT: Access to Digimap is is controlled by your institution. You should use the same username and password as other electronic resources to which your institution provides access to. If you have forgotten your password or have difficulties accessing services please contact the support staff at your institution.

1. Logging in

To access Digimap, login from the home page: https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/

The login button can be found at the top right:

2. Click the Login button.

• If you have already authenticated with your institution since you last re-started your web browser, this will take you straight to the service. Note: You may have already authenticated by logging in to your local portal.
• If you have NOT already authenticated, you will be taken through the steps below.

3. Selecting your institution

After clicking the login button you should see a web page like this:

• Begin typing your own institution into the box, the names of applicable institutions will appear as you type.
• Pick your institution from the list and click the "Continue" button.
• Institutions that you have used before may appear as shortcuts above the search.

4. Login to your institution

You will then proceed to you local institution's login page, enter your username and password as requested. This page belongs to your institution and will be part of their website.

NOTE: If you can't find your institution listed here, please talk to your local support team for help.

5. It worked...

If your password has been accepted, briefly you should see a message entitled "Shibboleth Authentication Request Processed". This may be displayed for a few seconds. Following this, you should see the Digimap Collections page. It looks like this:

6. It didn't work....

If this process did not work, please send any error message to digimap@ed.ac.uk.