Welcome to MyLibrary · Inter library loan status My Bookshelf Search result bookmarks Alert Create your alert here. 4 Reservation ①Reservation is available for on-loan or other

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MyLibrary is our web portal that provides information and resources:

◇ Log in → p.2

◇ Reservation → p.4

◇ Checking status, renewal → p.5

◇ Bookmark

◇ ILL order (senior students, graduate students, faculties only)

◇ Off campus access databases (undergraduate students, graduate students,

full time faculties only)

Welcome to MyLibrary

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Reading e-books

◇ How to read e-books → p.6

◇ How to access databases → p.7

Access databases

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Log in

Please do not forget to log out when you finish your session.

【Undergraduate students, Graduate students】

User ID：Student ID no.

Password initial value: Password of MUSCAT

【Graduate students of the Distance Learning Division 】

ID and pass word are notified by Distance Learning

Division Office.

Welcome to MyLibrary

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Due date and

pick-up due date

Add URL bookmarks

Log-out required after your session

Renew profile here

Off campus access e-resources

Usage status, renewal

Purchase request status

Inter library loan status

◆My Bookshelf

Search result

bookmarks

◆Alert

Create your alert here

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Reservation

①Reservation is available for on-loan or other library items.

②Choose the calendar icon, if there are some copies, select either of the followings ◆reserve the copy checkable out first

◆reserve selected copy only then, “Reserve”.

③Choose “OK”.

④Placing a hold is informed by e-mail. Pick up the item by the due date.

Placing a hold is valid for seven days.

After that, reservation is automatically cancelled.

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Cancelling a reservation

Choose “cancel”.

①Choose “Renew”

Renewal

Renewal is not valid when as follows:

◆you have at least one overdue item.

◆the item you want to renew has been requested by other user.

The new due date is found.

Due date is set on a designated day from the renewal time.

Renewal is valid once a day.

Cancel is valid only when status is “Reservation”.

②Log out MyLibrary

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Reading e-books

Choose chapters to read.

Text is found.

Not to forget “log out”.

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Link to online material.

◇Logging in MyLibrary is needed

for off campus access.

◇Some sites do not render on

mobile computing devices.

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On campus access : MU-NET and using PC on campus

① Visit Musashino University Library on the Internet.

② Open “Online databases”.

③ Find a database from the list.

Refine subject and feature.

④ Choose title.

Confirm to sign out when you use and finish

databases with ○ after its name.

User’s guide helps you get tips for search.

Some databases have

Concurrent session limit. Try later when your access fails.

Refine category.

Our databases are available only on campus.

When using databases off campus,

Access databases

Titles are listed in alphabetical and

Japanese syllabary order.

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❶ Visit Musashino University Library web site.

➋Choose MyLibrary from menu.

❹ Select “Off Campus Aｃcess”. Please refer to ③

on the previous page. The same applies to the following.

User ID：undergraduate/ graduate student ID no. Password initial value：(Undergraduate, Graduate student) Password of MUSCAT

Off campus access

❸ Log in “MyLibrary”.

Eligible users: All current undergraduate students (except for students of the Distance Learning Division), graduate students and full-time faculty members

ex.) Newspaper search ◆Choose “newspaper” from

drop-down subject list .

◆Submit “OK”.

*Check options with scrolling.

ex.） Journal article search ◆Choose “general” from drop-down subject list.

◆Choose “search articles” from drop-down feature list.

Some titles are not available

off campus.

Some applications and functions are not designed for smartphones.