Library services for Kent students in Athens
Although you are in Athens, University of Kent Library and IT services are still available to you.
This guide provides information to keep you connected to subscription Library resources, your email and your files on the Kent network.
Staying connected to Kent
Your Kent IT account continues to give you access to:
- your web based Kent email account. You can set this up to forward your email to an alternative email address, click Email essentials or Managing email for details.
- all e-resources subscribed to by the University of Kent
Access the Kent network
Using a personal computer that has internet access, you can set up the Kent Home VPN (Virtual Private Network), which enables remote access to the Kent network, including access to your files, and network-restricted resources.
Libraries and their catalogues
Recommended libraries in Athens
It is recommended that you make full use of the physical resources (books, hard copy journals, etc) available to you locally at libraries in Athens.
- British School at Athens
- French School at Athens: Ecole Française d'Athènes (EfA) - French archaeological institute in Athens
- Athens University of Economics and Business
- Archaeological Society of Athens
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens (you may need a letter of recommendation from Evangelos Kyriakidis)
Templeman Library
Search the University of Kent Library catalogue; you can get direct access to any e-books listed here by clicking on link to book and logging in with your Kent IT username and password.
Please note that no inter-site loan service operates between the Canterbury campus and Athens.
Subject guides and subject support
Subject guides are subject specific introductions to library resources, written by academic liaison librarians. The following guides are the most relevant for students at Athens:
- Archaeology;
academic liaison librarian: Jane Alderson-Rice - Business and Managament;
academic liaison librarian: Anna Miller - Anthropology;
Conservation;
academic liaison librarian: Ben Watson
The librarians' contact details are available on the Templeman Library subject support page.
Online tutorials
Information searching for postgraduate students at the University of Kent at Athens
Virtual Training Suites (free internet tutorials to help you develop internet research skills for your university course):