Your username and password is the same as you use for
BlackBoard or myTCC. If you do not know your username
and password you can look
it up using myTCC.
What
is the best way to log in to the databases or access
e-books in the catalog?
Once you log in to myTCC use BlackBoard. You should be
able to use most resources without logging in
again. Click on the Research tab to use the library web
site.
Click
on a database, what happens if I'm off campus and I
haven't logged in to myTCC?
When you click
on one of the licensed resources you will see a screen
asking for your username and password. You may be asked
to enter your username and password more than once, depending
on the databases you elect
to use.
Can
I use my mobile device? Yes, using a À mobile
version of some databases.
Link through Google Scholar when
you set preferences to VCCS.
How
do faculty link make links available from off campus?
EZ-Proxy URL
Are
you having problems?
-
Frequently
Asked Questions by VCCS students.
-
To invoke a proxy login box you need to click
on one of our resources,
then
enter
your
username
and
password.
-
Set Internet Explorer to "Accept All Cookies". How?
-
Firewalls are security measures placed on computer
networks. If your computer is protected by a firewall
our proxy
service will not work. You might try speaking with
your computer network administrator.
- Military?
Using Service Portals (Dudley Knox Library)
or Military
OneSource Some students in the military are
unable to access library databases because of the military's
policies
for national
security. Military personnel have access to library database
through the Department of Defense. The online services
of AKO, NKO, and AFPortal include many of the same databases
available at TCC.
- WebTV will not work
with our proxy service.
- Accounts should be available
by the first day of classes of the current semester.
- Not
a student? FindItVA (For
anyone with a public library card) is a collection
of databases that
provide access to resources such as newspapers, magazine
and
journal
articles,
and
books such as encyclopedias. Materials are available
for all age ranges and interests.
- How can instructors
use EZProxy to imbed articles in their BlackBoard
courses? EZProxy
URL
