Welcome to AccessScience! If you are the administrator for your institution's AccessScience account, you will receive a series of emails from McGraw Hill in the coming weeks as part of our scaffolded onboarding process. These emails include:
1) A Welcome Letter (trials and subscriptions), which includes:
2) A Features Email (subscriptions only), which is designed for you to forward to your faculty as a way to highlight key features in AccessScience
3) A Survey Email (subscriptions only), which asks you and anyone you forward the email to about the onboarding process and other needs or questions you have
This Onboarding Guide aims to answer key questions about your trial or subscription to AccessScience. Start with the sections below to learn about Authentication Methods and Administrator Information; then, at the top of this page, click on AccessScience--> Faculty, and Students to learn more about the features and functionality available to your end-users, including instructor resources, linking to content, creating a personal account, and more.
If you have questions about anything, reach out to us at CustomerSuccess@mheducation.com
There are several authentication options available for AccessScience, including:
Click the appropriate tab to learn more about each authentication method. You can view which authentication methods you have enabled for your subscription by signing into the Admin Portal.
If you are a new subscriber, your Account Manager should have asked you for your preferred authentication methods prior to the start of your subscription. Still, if you are unsure which authentication methods are on file for your institution, just email us at CustomerSuccess@mheducation.com
IP Authentication
With IP authentication, users can access your trials and subscriptions by going directly to https://www.accessscience.com/ so long as they are connected to an IP address we have on file. Typically, this means connecting to your institution's network by being on-campus, signing into a VPN, or connecting to a proxy server like EZproxy.
Users who are authenticated users will see the message "Access via [your institution name]" in the upper right corner of AccessScience:
EZproxy
Customers using IP often also use EZproxy for remote authentication. To set up EZproxy:
For any questions or issues with IP authentication, or to make updates to your IPs, please reach out to CustomerSuccess@mheducation.com.
AccessScience supports authentication via Shibboleth and OpenAthens.
To configure Shibboleth or OpenAthens for your institution, please email CustomerSuccess@mheducation.com with:
Tip! Bypass OpenAthens' "Where are you From (WAYF)" page by configuring a WAYFless URL. Learn more in our WAYFless URL Guide.
Referring URL
With referrer URLs, users who click on a link to AccessScience from the referrer site will be automatically authenticated. The referrer site must be behind a secure login, for example a learning management system (LMS) or intranet site. Referrer URLs can be useful for customers who want to restrict access to specific user groups or who cannot use IP authentication due to IT/organizational limitations.
How It Works:
For any questions and issues on referring URLs, or to setup a referring URL authentication method for your institution, please reach out to CustomerSuccess@mheducation.com.
Shared Username/Password
If you authenticate via a shared username/password, you will have received those credentials in your Welcome Letter. Most institutions do not authenticate with a shared username/password (all letters include an admin username and password, but this is just for the admin portal and does not authenticate you to the site).
To gain access to your trial with a shared username and password:
Admin Login
The SAMS Sigma Administration Portal allows administrators for view account information and download usage statistics for AccessEngineering and AccessScience. The Welcome Letter includes your admin username and password. Follow these instructions to log in: 
1. Go to https://sams-sigma.com/app/login?publisherId=66 2
2. Enter your admin username and password to log in
a. If you do not know your password, use the “Forgot Password” link to send a reset email to your admin email address.
b. If you do not know your username or admin email address, please contact Customer Success (customersuccess@mheducation.com).
3. Use the dropdown menu next to the “Hello…” text in the header to switch from your individual admin account to the institution’s account.
4. You will now have access to the institutional account menu
Usage Reports
You can pull usage reports from the admin portal. McGraw Hill offers COUNTER 5 reports for 2021-present, and COUNTER 4 for historical data prior to 2021. Learn more about Available Usage Reports.
There are several ways to gain access to your usage reports. You can:
Important Notes
For any questions or issues concerning your usage reports, or for SUSHI information, please reach out to CustomerSuccess@mheducation.com.
MARC records
MARC records are available for:
Download from our MARC Records and Title List page. Records are available in MARC and XML.
Content Lists
Content Lists are available for:
Download from our MARC Records and Title List page. Content lists are available in .csv format.
Tip! The bottom of the Download from our MARC Records and Title List page shows you when the Content Lists were last updated.