You are required to provide your user ID and password when establishing the connection to the E-Library or accessing some of the resources. The format of your ID and password are described below.

Staff:

• User ID: Same as your e-mail login name (e.g. "makc" for staff with e-mail address makc@ouhk.edu.hk)
• Password: OUHK Single Password

Tutors/Instructors:

• User ID: "t" + tutor/instructor number (e.g. t123456 for tutor number 123456)
• Password: OUHK Single Password

Students:

• User ID: "s" + first 7 digits of your student number (e.g. s9876543 for student number 98765432)
• Password: OUHK Single Password

LiPACE students (without E-Library privilege):

• User ID: Student number (all digits without the preceding "s")
• Password: HKID number without the digit in brackets (Default) / Password set before

Mainland Programmes students/tutors:

• User ID: Student= "s" + first 7 digits of student number / Tutor= "t" + tutor number.
• Password: the first character of the surname plus the first character of the first name plus birthday in "yymmdd" format (e.g. your name is Zhen Xia Bou and birthday is 12 October 1970, and then your password is zx701012)

Library Reader/Borrower Ticket holders:

• User ID: Library ticket number (all digits)
• Password: "g" + the first 6 digits of student or staff (retiree) numbers / Password set before

E-Library users without OUHK email account / Nursing tutors:

• User ID: E-Library user ID
• Password: E-Library password

Password Management

To use the same password for E-Library and other online services of the University, please set your own single password. 

Set/Change Password