DISCOVERY UPC

Authentication

Access the homepage from the search box Bibliotècnica and on the home pages libraries or directly at the address http://discovery.upc.edu.  

The consultation is public with the following restrictions:

  • You must be registered in the catalog database (Alma) to make reservations and renewals in My Account 
  • You must be a member of the community UPC (PDI, Students and PAS), in accordance with the conditions of use, to be able to access the digital library. Those users who do not belong to the community UPC only open access resources selected by libraries will be accessible

 

Click the "Log in" link in the top menu. If you are not validated at the beginning of your session, the link will appear when you need to authenticate to access restricted content.

 

 

 

Choose the option PDI, PAS and students UPC and validate with your intranet username and password UPC if you belong to one of the following groups:

  • PDI, PAS and students of the UPC 
  • Guest lecturers invited by the UPC
  • PDI and PAS retired from UPC
  • Staff working in the entities of the Group UPC (UPCSchool, UPCNet)
  • Master's or postgraduate student of permanent training of the UPCSchool
  • Ex-students of the UPC (up to 2 years after starting up)
  • Personnel working in the entities linked to the UPC

 

If you are PDI, PAS or FUB students, validate with your username and password of the Fundació Universitària del Bages. Your username is the first part of the email address (before the @) and the password is the email address.

 

Choose the option Invited users and validate yourself with the credentials that we will send you by e-mail if you belong to one of the following groups: 

  • members ofUPC Alumni
  • PDI and students of affiliated centers of the UPC Private ownership (EAE, EUNCET)
  • PAS, PDI and EAM students
  • Members of institutions that have signed an agreement with the Library Service of the UPC
  • People authorized by the head of the library

 

Having trouble validating yourself?

  • View records of some databases (Scopus, Web of Science, EBSCO, ...)
  • Access the full text of the resources subscribed to by the library
  • Access the personal space My account 
  • View your loans and reservations
  • Book documents 
  • Request documents from the PUC
  • View document lending policies
  • Make renewals of documents on loan
  • Save searches for future sessions
  • Select records as favorites 
  • Make alerts for saved searches 

 

If you are not authenticated you can:

  • Do searches
  • Access the full text of open access resources 
  • Temporarily save the results of a search
  • Access the session search history

Last update: 17 / 10 / 2023