Off-Campus Access to Library Resources
Many of the Library's services are available to anyone with Internet access. These include access to the BGSU Libraries Catalog and the OhioLINK Central Catalog. Valid users also have access to their library accounts/circulation records, which will allow for online book renewal, as
well as online borrowing privileges from OhioLINK libraries.
Nearly all of BGSU's research databases and electronic journals are available off-campus via an authentication process. When you attempt to open a research database or electronic journal
when you are off campus, you will be prompted for your BGSU email username and password.
Authentication for off-campus access requires:
- A BGSU email username and password. If you are new to campus and don't yet have one, contact campus ITS for help.
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A valid BGSU record in the Library's patron database. Students, faculty and staff are loaded into the library database at regular
intervals at the beginning of each semester, but if you are new to campus and need immediate access, call the circulation
desk at 419-372-2051 or drop by during open hours. Students and classified staff may have to revalidate their records in person
at the circulation desk each semester. Faculty and administrative staff may have to revalidate at the end of every spring
semester.
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Internet service and a World Wide Web browser capable of accepting "cookies".
When you have trouble connecting to the databases from off-campus:
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If you get messages that indicates that your "record is not valid" or that there is a "problem with your record," please call
the circulation desk at 419-372-2051 or toll free at 866-LIB-BGSU.
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Visit the Ask Us! page to send an e-mail or IM describing your problem in detail. Please indicate the name of the database you are trying
to access, the browser you use and its version, any error message that you receive, and your Internet service provider, or
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Call the Research & Information Desk at 419-372-6943 or toll free at 866-LIB-BGSU during desk hours.
Courtesy Card holders do not have off-campus access privileges to research databases, although they may access library circulation
records if they are valid in the Library's patron database. Courtesy Card holders must revalidate at the circulation desk
each semester.
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