Snow access

As #snowmageddon descends on us, some of you may not make it into college. Here are some useful tips for snowed-in students!

Renew your books from home:

• Go to the library catalogue: http://blanchlib.itb.ie
• Click on View Your Patron Record
• In the three boxes, enter your name, your student number and your PIN (if you don't know your PIN, see below)
  
• Click on Items Currently on Loan
• Select the books you wish to renew by ticking the appropriate box
• Click on Renew Selected Items
• Note the new due dates

*NB: books can only be renewed twice. Books that are late cannot be renewed and books that have been reserved cannot be renewed.


Set your library PIN:
A library PIN is a Personal Identification Number or Password. If you do not have a PIN in your account you can set it as follows:

• Go to the library catalogue: http://blanchlib.itb.ie
• Click on View Your Patron Record
• In the first two boxes, enter your name and your student number
• Leave the third box blank and click Submit
• You will be prompted to create a PIN; enter it twice (and make sure it is something you will remember!)

*NB: if you have trouble creating a PIN it may be because you already have a PIN in your account since last year. If so, email aine.lynch@itb.ie with specific details of the problem


Accessing the databases from home

• Go to the library catalogue: http://blanchlib.itb.ie
• Click on Databases and Other Resources
• Click on Browse Online Databases
• Click on ITB Library Databases
• On the top right-hand side of the page, click on off-campus
• You will be brought to a similiar page
• Click on the name of the database you wish to use
• Enter your name, student number and PIN to proceed