Information
about Off-campus Access
Current students taking MCC courses
and current faculty and staff can use the library's
online databases
from home or another off-campus computer that is connected to the Internet.
University Center students (UTA, Tarleton, UT Brownsville, UTMB) are
not able to access our library's databases
from off-campus; however, they can login to their affiliated
university's library resources.
To login to the databases off-campus, go to Find
Articles, Research, & More and select the name of the
online resource you intent to search or click above on the button labelled
"ENTER."
NEW INFO: Student Login
Username: first name initial + last name
initial + student ID number (located on student ID card)
Example: Ima Student (ID # 0012345)
= is0012345
Password: 6 digit birthdate
Example: 010191
MCC Faculty and Staff login with their MCC network
and E-mail username and password. This login provided by Network Services.
MCC Faculty and Staff who use MCC's dial-up for Internet access will
not have to login to the library's databases when accessing from home.
Problems with login
If you do not know your login or think that it might be incorrect in
the system, please contact Network Services at 299-8077 or fill out
a Help
Desk request online. If Network Services cannot be reached,
please contact the library at 299-8323 for assistance.
Computer Requirements
Internet Connection: 56K modem or higher
Browser: Internet Explorer 5.5 (or higher), Netscape 6.2 (or higher),
Mozilla 1.1 (or higher), Firefox 1.0 (or higher), Opera 7.0 (or higher),
No AOL Browsers
Disable Pop-up Blockers: Temporarily disable all pop-up blockers,
such as Yahoo or Google toolbars, other toolbars, browser pop-up blockers
(Internet Explorer, for example), anti-virus programs.
Software: Adobe
Reader for viewing PDF articles and eBooks
To login to the databases off-campus, go to Find Articles, Research & More and select the name of the online resource you
intent to search or click on the button labelled "ENTER."
If You Have Problems
If the error message you see says "You may have entered your login
information incorrectly. Please try again," try retyping your information.
If that does not solve the problem, your information may be incorrect
in our system. Call the library reference desk at 299-8323, email
the library staff, or contact Network Services at 299-8077.
Do not use AOL's browser: If you are using AOL's browser
to access the Internet, use Internet Explorer or Netscape instead. Once
you are connected to AOL, you can minimize their browser and open another
instead.
Enable Cookies: You may experience problems if you have not
setup your browser to accept cookies.
What are cookies? Certain web sites require the use
of "domain-based cookies". A web server named web1.somedb.com might
set a cookie and request that it be sent back to any server ending in
.somedb.com. Many URL rewriting proxy servers either leave these cookies
alone (which destroys their ability to function) or change the cookie
so that it is sent back to all virtual web servers (causing cookies
to "leak" to the wrong servers). EZproxy handles this situation by storing
all domain-based cookies directly on the server as part of the user's
session information. (from http://www.usefulutilities.com/support/technical.html)
Enabling Cookies in Microsoft Internet
Explorer 6.x
Select "Internet Options" from the Tools menu.Click on the "Privacy" tab.Move the slider barto the lowest position called
"Accept All Cookies."Click "OK".
For other versions or Netscape, see Google's quick guide on
How
to Enable Cookies.
High Speed problems: If you are using high speed
Internet services (such as web accelerator programs from NetZero HiSpeed
or Juno Speedband), you will need to turn the high speed option off
while you are using the library's databases.
Other errors: If you see any error messages mentioning
"EzProxy administrator" or "hostname," please copy the text of the error
message and paste it into our Ask
a Librarian form or in an email to mcref@mclennan.edu.
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