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Interlibrary Loan
What is my login?
To login,
you need to know your 9 digit Southwestern College
ID number. You can contact your advisor or the library
to get it. Your password is the last 5 digits of
your social security number or SC ID, if you don't
have a social security number.
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I receive an authentication
error that won't allow me access because an authentication
cookie cannot be placed on my browser.
You need
to enable cookies in your browser. The privacy setting
needs to be medium or lower. In Internet Explorer,
click on "Tools" and select "Internet Options."
Click the tab "Privacy" and move the slide button
under settings to medium or lower. To enable cookies
in other browsers, you'll find instructions here:
How to Enable Cookies. Also try using a different
internet browser such as
Firefox,
Google Chrome, or
Safari.
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My login isn't accepted.
First,
make sure you are using the Southwestern College
login page. It will have the SC Deets Library banner
on the top like the one on the top of this web page.
Your login won't work for any other login screens.
Second,
make sure you don't have any firewalls on your computer
or network. If you are at work or on a military
base, there may be firewalls blocking the library's
website. Contact your network administrator to see
if the library can be unblocked.
Third,
make sure that the library's web page isn't embedded
in Blackboard. If it is, open the library's website
in a new browser.
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I can't access the library
from Blackboard.
The library
website must open in a new window or browser from
Blackboard. Our EZproxy password system doesn't
work if our website is opened within Blackboard.
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My login doesn't work in the
SC catalog.
The SC
catalog is a separate system from the databases
and other online resources. You receive access to
it by registering your information for a library
card. PS learners only need to email the library
with your name, SC ID number, and email address.
Once you are registered, your login and password
will be your SC ID. You may change your password
after you login, but this will affect your login
to the SC catalog not any of the other resources.
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What is my password for
the SC Catalog?
The default
password is your SC ID number. Since the catalog
is a separate system from the other online resources,
you can change your password after you log in to
it. Contact the library if you forget your password.
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How can
I speed up the loading of the library's pages?
If you are having the problem of
the library's website and its resources taking forever
to load, it could be caused by several things.
1. The Library's site could just
be slow, although we try to prevent this. All the
web pages that the library maintains (not the databases
and search options that are provided by another
company) should load in less than 1 minute with
a dial-up connection.
2. If all sites are slow to load
and at certain times each day, your connection may
be overloaded with other users accessing the Internet.
You could contact your Internet Provider to figure
out a solution or could find times when it isn't
used as much.
3. Browser configurations aren't
known to slow loading but you can speed them up
by blocking the download of pictures and images.
In Internet Explorer, go to Tools > Internet Options
> Advanced > scroll down to Multimedia and uncheck
the "Show Pictures" option.
Some PS learners informed the library that using
Google Chrome rather than Internet Explorer
helped to speed up the loading. Firefox and
other Internet browsers may also be faster than
Internet Explorer. Links to the download are at the top of this
page.
Another option that is only provided
in ProQuest databases such as ABI/Inform, ProQuest
Nursing, and ProQuest Religion is to use the Text-Only
Interface. When you first open one of these databases,
scroll to the bottom of the page and click the link
"Text-Only Interface" under the ProQuest logo. This
will remove the graphics and speed up the loading.
Also this preference should be remembered by your
browser so you won't need to do it every time you
access the database.
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How do I find a journal article?
You need to check the box in the database that will
limit your search to only journal articles. Each
database uses different terms to denote this. For
example, scholarly (peer reviewed) journals; peer-reviewed
publications; scholarly journals, including peer-reviewed;
and peer reviewed all mean the same thing: articles
from journals.
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How long
may I checkout an ebook?
eBooks
checkout for 1 week from NetLibrary. eBooks and
eAudiobooks from the Kansas collection can be adjusted
to fit your need. Items may be renewed.
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Why do
I need to checkout ebooks?
Library
ebooks are just like a library's physical books.
The number of copies purchased by the library determines
the number of users that can access the ebook simultaneously.
Publishers don't give unlimited access to ebooks;
they want libraries to buy multiple copies. Thus,
checking out an ebook guarantees that you have it
to use for the set time period.
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Why do
ebooks have a time limit before I'm booted out of
it?
Since
many ebooks only have one copy for use by everyone,
a time limit helps to ensure that no one can monopolize
a single title.
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What
can I do when an ebook that I need is already checked
out?
If the
ebook is in NetLibrary, you can setup an alert that
will notify you when the title is available. You
also can request a copy of the physical book through
interlibrary loan either through SC Library or through
your local library.
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Why doesn't
my login work with NetLibrary ebooks in the SC catalog?
The library
is working to correct this problem. Until it is
fixed, please copy or write down the title of the
ebook. Open NetLibrary on the "ebook and eAudiobook"
webpage, and search by the title. Also please send
the title to the library so that the problem may
be corrected.
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How do I renew a book, DVD,
or CD from the library?
All items
owned by the library may be renewed online three
times. After three times, the item needs to be returned
to the library. Interlibrary loan items and SC items
that have a hold cannot be renewed online.
To renew
an item,
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Go
to SC Catalog.
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Click
on "Sign In" in the upper right hand corner.
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Enter
your SC ID as the user ID. Your password will
also be your SC ID until you change it. You
may change your password for the catalog, but
it will not change your password for other online
library resources.
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From
the "My Account" drop down menu, select "My
Checkouts" to retrieve a list of all the items
checked out to you.
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Click
the box next to the item(s) you want to renew.
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Click
the "Renew" button.
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