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Thomson Reuters has partnered with several Access Federations to provide access to members.

These include;

• OpenAthens
• Australian Access Federation
• Tuakiri Access Federation (New Zealand)

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Commonly accepted IDPs include;

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• Microsoft Entra ID...

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