Passwords

Passwords Types at the NWU

Central Authentication Service (CAS) password

• The NWU uses a Central Authentication Service (CAS) to gain access to most of the services provided by IT (eFundi, email, MS Office 365 suite, to log into computers etc.)
• Your CAS username is your university number.
• Your initial CAS password is either your ID number/password number followed by @Nwu, e.g. 1234566789012@Nwu
• Click here
  • to reset your password (Video on how to reset your password.)
  • if you forgot your password
  • if you do not have a CAS username and password, call the T&L Technologies Helpdesk at 018 285 5930 (Monday - Friday: 08:00 - 16:45), and ask them to help you set up your CAS username and password. You can also log a T&L Helpdesk request.

Student PIN

• Your student PIN is used for educational systems, e.g. registration, account enquiries, exam results, participation marks and personal exam timetable.
• You can reset or create your PIN on the above forms. Contact your campus IT if you have trouble resetting your PIN.

VSS password (only for authorised NWU staff)

• This service manages student study admissions, residence admissions, registrations etc. Click here for more information regarding this service. Remember that your CAS password is not your VSS password.
• Click here to reset your VSS password.
• VSS app to reset your password

Library Database Access - Registered NWU Students and Staff

• On-campus access

  • You must be a North-West University registered student/staff member to access library databases.
  • Access is given automatically via IP authentication.
  • Some e-journals are individual subscriptions that do not work via IP authentication and require a unique password, e.g. LexisNexis. Please contact your faculty librarian if you are not authenticated via CAS.

• Off-campus access

  • You must be a registered student/staff member of the North-West University to access library databases off-campus.
  • North-West University staff and students log in with their CAS username and password.
  • Example of the CAS login screen.
    
    
     
  • Your CAS username is your university number.
  • Your initial CAS password is either your ID number/password number followed by @Nwu, e.g. 1234566789012@Nwu
  • Click here
    • to reset your password (Video on how to reset your password.)
    • if you forgot your password
    • if you do not have a CAS username and password, call the T&L Technologies Helpdesk at 018 285 5930 (Monday - Friday: 08:00 - 16:45), and ask them to help you set up your CAS username and password. You can also log a T&L Helpdesk request.
  • Some e-journals are individual subscriptions that do not work via IP authentication and require a unique password, e.g. LexisNexis. Please contact your faculty librarian if you are not authenticated via CAS.

Library Database Access - Non-Affiliated Users, e.g. prospective Masters and PhD students

• IMPORTANT: THIS REGISTRATION IS NOT FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE REGISTERED AT THE NWU UNIVERSITY AND HAVE A UNIVERSITY NUMBER.
• External users, e.g. prospective students not registered with the University, can arrange for access to our databases via our Loan Services Department at an additional fee.
• Not all external user categories have access to databases. Click here for a complete list of our user categories and services. 
• You will receive a username and password via email from the library once you have registered at the Library. Please complete this form if you did not receive your username and email.
• Example of the login screen:
  
  

Access to your Library Patron Record on WorldCat Discovery

• From your Patron Record on WorldCat Discovery, you can access the following services:
  • checked out items - see your current loans and renew them if possible
  • overdue items and charges - details of fines issued by the library
  • requested items - items you requested on hold, intercampus requests and Interlibrary Loans.
  • restrictions and messages. For full details of restrictions and messages, inquire at your nearest Loan Services desk.
  • borrowing history
  • search activity
  • saved searches
  • saved items and saved lists
  • profile information - to view your contact information
• North-West University staff and students log in with their CAS username and password. 
  
  
  
  Click here
  • to reset your password (Video on how to reset your password.)
  • if you forgot your password
  • or contact the T&L Technologies Helpdesk at (018 285 5930) to create one. They are available on weekdays from 08:00 - 16:45.
• External users, use the username and password provided by Loan Services.
• When using a public computer, please remember to sign out to keep your searches and personal details private when you have finished using your Library Record account.

Access to Library Course Reserve Material and EndNote  - Registered NWU Students and Staff

• North-West University staff and students log in with their CAS username and password to access material placed on Course Reserves and to download EndNote.
  
  
   
• Click here
  • to reset your password (Video on how to reset your password.)
  • if you forgot your password
  • or contact the T&L Technologies Helpdesk at (018 285 5930) to create one. They are available on weekdays from 08:00 - 16:45.