If you are prompted for a User ID and Password after entering your barcode, or you are prompted for a user ID and password, your firewall may be interfering with your access. We are investigating this issue, but you may be able to get around it by disabling your firewall, connecting to the resource, and re-enabling your firewall when you are finished using the resource. If you are using an AOL Internet browser you may have difficulties utilizing our catalog and databases.

About seventy percent of the databases that we subscribe to can be accessed from off campus computers.

You should find several icons: Newsbank, Access PA, etc. You can either click on them or their "typed" hot links (located below them) to get to the database of your choice. d. Once you arrive at the database site, you will be prompted either for a library barcode or for a "Library Card". In either case, entering the 14 digit barcode number on the library card (that was issued to you) should allow you into the site and enable full search functionality.

You can access almost every database from any university computer - library, computer labs, dorm rooms, offices, etc. - so long as it is hooked into the university's computer network.

Only registered students, faculty, and staff of BHSU are allowed to access databases using off-campus computers or dorm computers. When prompted, please enter your BHSU e-mail address as your username and type in the password that you use to login to a BHSU computer or to access your BHSU e-mail. All databases except Ancestry Library Edition and Foundation Directory Online are now available to off-campus users. A description of databases is given on Online Databases page.

When you are off campus and attempt to access an online database (either through Research by Subject or the full list of databases), you will be prompted to enter your AU username and password. These are the same username and password that you use for your AU email account. If you do not have a username and password, contact Information Technology Services.

The first thing you may want to do is to select another database to search. Sometimes the server for a particular database is down, but others are working. Sometimes MCC's server is down, and you may just need to try to log in at a later time during the day. If you are still not able to log in from home to search the Library databases, follow the instructions posted on the Access to Library Databases from Home web page.

A Choose "Find Articles and More" or "Databases (A-Z)" from the menu on our home page. Once you select a specific database, you will be asked for your Bloomsburg library number (it can be located on your ID card, lower right hand corner). Upon submitting it, you will be taken to the databse you selected. If you are denied access, call the Circulation Desk at 570-389-4205.

Instructions on how to access library subscription databases, or Library Databases for Remote Use are included here. You can also access a list of databases available for remote use with a Milwaukee Public Library card.

Your institution has not purchased an online subscription to Stroke. Contact your librarian to order an online subscription. Or, your institution has not yet activated its institutional online subscription to Stroke. Notify your library that you would like access to StrokeOnline, and encourage your librarian to activate the online subscription.

Due to licensing agreements with the databases vendors, we are only able to provide access to current learners. As such, alumni will no longer have access to the online databases once their learner computer account expires. We have sought - and will continue to seek - ways to provide alumni access, but at present the cost does not make this service viable. Alumni who live near RRU or any other academic library can use licensed resources on a walk-in basis.

Remote access to the Library's electronic journals and IP restricted databases is available to current KUMC faculty, students, staff, and other eligible users. Remote access can be attained via EZProxy or KUMC On-Line. Remote access to most e-journals is available to current KUMC faculty, students and staff by using your Novell or GroupWise ID and password to authenticate through EZProxy.

The Library's catalog, WEBCATalog, is available via the Internet so you can access it from home if you have an account with an ISP (see the Library's Internet Reference web page for a listing of free ISPs). Nearly all of the Library's research databases are available from home as well via the Library's Articles & Databases web page. Watch for additional databases to be added in the future.