Off-Campus Access Help for Library Resources   Tags: distance, internet, off campus, online, online access  

This guide is designed to assist you with any questions you might have accessing library resources from off-campus.

Online issues have many factors involved and may take some time to resolve. Some of these could be:

• You, your computer, your browser,
• The Sinclair Library and all of it's factors,
• IT at Sinclair, its servers and connections,
• The resource provider or vendor (such as EBSCO or OhioLINK),
• The phone/cable company,
• The Internet in general...

In some cases, library resources such as article links or streaming videos might be put into your Angel Shell for a class by your instructor.

If none of the information in this guide helps, or you need help with ANGEL in general, call the Sinclair Helpdesk at

• (937) 512-4357 (HELP) or
  
• (866) 781-4357 (HELP) toll free.
  

You might also contact your instructor to let him or her know that there is a problem.

Current Log-in Issues: There are some issues with Science online and Scopus. If you need to get into these databases, please let us know.

If this guide was unable to help you in resolving your problems, or you would like to reach a person directly, please contact us by:

Phone - (937) - 512 - 3004

 Email - ereferen@sinclair.edu

Chat/Text (after hours) - Academic Know it Now (More info)

Facebook - Message us or Post on our wall (Requires a Facebook Account)

Do you have a laptop, but no Internet access at home? Find yourself away from home and suddenly have the urge to do homework?

Try one of the links below to search for Wi-Fi near you. (Some sites offer free access, but some may charge a fee.)

Help us help you get to the resources you need. Please rate the effectiveness of this Off-Campus Access guide to helping you with your issues in accessing Sinclair Library resources. Any comments to help improve this guide and off-campus acccess processes will be welcome.

Note for America Online users: 

You may use AOL for Internet access but AOL Netscape is not compatible with OhioLINK research databases. Once you are connected to the Internet you may minimize the AOL browser and use any other browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Chrome...) to search OhioLINK databases.

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