On-campus, students don't need to login to Dawsonera to see e-books.  You do however have to login to print, download or save to favourites.  Don't get confused between login details! Below is the login screen:

To login with an Athens account, click the link next to Athens users.  To login with a Shibboleth account, click the link next to Shibboleth users (there are no DBS Shibboleth accounts).  To login directly, students should enter their student number as their username and their date of birth in format dd/mm/yyyy (DO. NOT FORGET. THE. SLASHES) as their password.  Students should not enter their Athens accounts details here, as they won't work.  I will confuse you some more, another time