UniversityofWisconsin–LaCrosse MurphyLibrary1

EmeritusAccesstoMurphyLibraryResourcesEmeritihaveaccesstothefollowingMurphyLibraryResources

n PublicAccessComputers n Borrowingofphysicalmaterialsn InterlibraryLoan n Licenseddatabasesandonlinejournals

The F i r s t S tep

ContactAccessServicesstaffatthelibrarycirculationdeskwithadequateIDprovingyouremeritusstatustogetlogincredentialsandacommunityborrowercard.

Pub l i c Access Compute r s

Fourcomputersareavailableforcommunitymembers/emerititouse.Aself-servicesign-instationisusedtosignintothesecomputers.

Bor rowing Phys i ca l Mate r ia l s YouwillbeissuedacommunityborrowercardwhenyouvisittheCirculationDesk.Emeritimaycheckoutbooksfor28dayswith1renewalandmultimediafor3dayswith1renewal.

Logg ing In to Accounts EmeriticanchecktheirSearch@UW(librarycatalog)ortheirInterlibraryLoanaccountbyclickingontheMyAccountsbuttononthelibraryhomepage.

Sea r ch@UW (L ib ra ry Ca ta log ) Whyuseit

ToidentifymaterialsinMurphyLibraryandUWSystemlibrariesTorequestdeliveryofitemsfromotherUWSystemlibrariesusingtheResourceSharingserviceToaccessyourlibraryaccounttorenewitems,viewcheckouts,etc.

Howtogettoit

Usethesearchboxonthelibraryhomepage Howtosignin

1. Fromthelibraryhomepage,selecttheMyAccountsicon.OrfromwithinSearch@UW,findthelinkinthetopmenubartosignintoyourSearch@UWaccount.

2. UsetheCommunityUsersSigninlinkandsigninwiththecredentialsyougotfromAccessServices.

UniversityofWisconsin–LaCrosse MurphyLibrary2

I n te r l i b ra ry Loan Whyuseit

Togetbooks,articles,etc.thatarenotintheUWSystem.Note:useSearch@UW(seeabove)firsttodiscoverifitemsareintheUWSystemandrequestthem.IfnotintheUWSystem,useInterlibraryLoan,whichgoesbeyondtheUWSystem.

Howtogettoit

UsetheMyAccountsbuttononthelibraryhomepage

Howtosignin1. Select: Log in to your Interlibrary Loan account

with your ID number2. SigninwiththecredentialsyougotfromAccess

Servicesstaff

L i censed da tabases and on l ine journa l s

WhyusetheseTofindandaccessarticles,statistics,andotherscholarly,trade,andpopularinformation.

Howtogettothem

Mostonlinelibraryresourcesareavailablefromoffcampus.YoumustconnecttothemfromaMurphyLibrarywebpagetogainaccess.

Howtosignin

1. Whenyouselectadatabaseoronlinejournal,youwillbeaskedforyourUWLcredentials.2. SigninwithyourNetIDusername.Example:Flastnameorlastname.firstname.Inthepasswordbox,

enteryourbirthmonthbirthday@UWL.Example:0929@UWL.DONOTinclude@students.uwlax.eduor@uwlax.eduaspartofyourusername.

3. Afteryouhavesignedintooneresource,youwillbeabletoaccessotherswithouthavingtosigninagain.Thiswillusuallybeineffectuntilyoucloseyourbrowseroryouaretimedoutduetoinactivity.