Access to subscribed library resources is easy when you are using a university computer or the campus wireless network. The library gives publishers information about our campus networks when we set up a subscription for the university. When you are off-campus, you need to log in to your account to identify yourself as associated with Mount Allison University. This is required by the terms of the licenses we sign with publishers.
There are two approaches to getting access to electronic resources from off-campus.
1. Start from the library website or catalogue:
If you click on a link from the library website, such as within Novanet or a database in the A-Z List of Databases, you will be asked to log in with your MTA account. From that point on, your access will be the same as it is on campus.
2. Start from a publisher website and use the MTA Libraries Off-Campus Bookmarklet
If you usually start your search from a publisher website, or click on non-library links, you can use the off-campus bookmarklet to sign into your MTA account. Follow the instructions for installing the bookmarklet below. Once it is installed, you click on the bookmarklet to get to a sign-in screen when you are visiting a publisher website. You will be returned to the website and at that point your access will be the same as it is on campus.
NOTE: For some magazines and newspapers (Economist, Globe & Mail, etc.), the Bookmarklet does not work but you do have access through databases like ProQuest. If you get an error message, try to access your resources through Novanet.
Install the off-campus bookmarklet:
Note: You will have to set your browser to show the bookmarks or favourites if that is not your default setting. Bookmarklets are bookmarks that contain JavaScript commands, so JavaScript must be supported for the bookmarklet to function.
Click on the bookmarklet when you are at the website for a licensed academic resource for which the Libraries has paid. Every time you open a new tab, click on the bookmarklet. You won't have to log in on every tab - clicking on the bookmarklet again just extends your login session to the new tab.
If you get an error message, try to access the resource through Novanet or contact Laura Landon at llandon@mta.ca. You may need to request the item via interlibrary loan (it's fast and free!).
