Off Campus Log In for Electronic Resources Simplified – Goodbye 14 Digit ID Number
With the new year, comes new procedures, and hopefully this one will make your life easier. As of today, when accessing library electronic resources from off campus (this includes e-books, all databases, and the library catalog), you now need to sign in using your Net ID and password – you will no longer need to input your 14 digit TU OneCard ID number . Once you have logged to any electronic resource as a TU affiliated person, as long as you remain in that browsing session, any subscription based product you select should open for you. You no longer need to first log in from off campus as a TU user; access to any subscription based product through password authentification provides you with universal online access. The only product not covered in this log in procedure is the ILLiad Interlibrary Loan system which is an account created by individual users and has a unique username and password that is separate from your TU library account.
As a result, by the end of this week, the prompt on the Cook Library web page (inside the Quick Tools box) that has prompted you to log in as an off campus user, will disappear. Instead, just remember to click on the product you wish to see from off campus, and log in using your NetID and password. This is the same username and password that you use to open your TU email and log in to PeopleSoft. If you have forgotten your NetID information, there is a prompt on the log in screen to help you recover it. You will no longer need to have that cumbersome 14 digit number handy. Start off the new year with one less password to have to remember along with your pets’ birthdays, your mother-in-law’s phone number, and your locker combination at the gym .
