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Libraries Webmail
https://psulias.psu.edu/webmail/webmail.cgi

PSUGV Outlook Web Access
http://mail.gv.psu.edu/

Short Term Access Account (STAA) Registration
https://intranet.libraries.psu.edu/etc/medialib/psulstaffmedialibrary/lending/documents.Par.65551.File.dat/ResearchAcctRegistration1.pdf

Create the STAA
https://cactus.aset.psu.edu/staa/

Accept Lending Code/Payroll Deduction - Faculty and Staff
http://cat.libraries.psu.edu/accept_lendingcode.html

Penn State ID
http://www.idcard.psu.edu/

ANGEL Library Subject Guides
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/instruction/subject/angelhelp.htm

Unicorn WorkFlows Reports
http://www.libraries.psu.edu:8001/committees/lias_unicorn/reports.htm

mediasite live
http://live.libraries.psu.edu/

Top right of the website, click on the Login link.
Username:  library
Password:  foster
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Website Design

Create dynamic links to the CAT
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/instruction/subject/dynamiclinks.htm

Stable URLS for databases
http://www.dlt.its.psu.edu/resfast.html

Visual and Editorial Standards
http://publications.psu.edu/

Policy AD54 WEB PAGE DESIGN AND IMAGE
http://guru.psu.edu/policies/AD54.html

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Departments

DLT - Digital Libraries Technologies
http://www.dlt.its.psu.edu/

ITS - Information Technology Services
http://its.psu.edu/

I-Tech
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/itech/

I-Tech Connections - an online source for sharing Technology News
http://www.libraries.psu.edu:8001/itech/connection/index.htm

Friends of Penn State
https://fps.psu.edu/

Travel Services
http://www.travel.psu.edu/

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Policies

FAQ on Automatic Payroll Deduction
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/pubinfo/payrolldeduct.html

Policy AD20 COMPUTER AND NETWORK SECURITY
http://guru.psu.edu/policies/ad20.html

Policy UL-ADG04 STAFF GUIDELINES ON PROTECTING THE CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY OF PATRON LIBRARY RECORDS
http://www.libraries.psu.edu:8001/resources/policies/

Policy UL-ADG08 -- FEES AND FINES WAIVERS
http://www.libraries.psu.edu:8001/resources/policies/

Laptop use in the library

Ports for students to connect their laptops to the Internet are located near the carrels by the window (there are PORT stickers marking the carrels)

To connect the student needs to have a cable* and Virtual Private Network software* loaded on their laptop.

*Students may borrow a cable - they are located on the reserve shelf, please check them out to the student for 2 hours.

**Virtual Private Network (VPN); you may either send the student over to the helpdesk at the Computer Center - the helpdesk staff will download VPN from the Network or the student may download VPN from the VPN CD located on the Reserve Shelf.

VPN (Virtual Private Network) download

From the Start button > Run VPN Client from cd drive. Follow instructions on screen (Clicking Next, Next, Next) At the end of download you will be instructed to reboot.

After Reboot
Start > programs > Cisco Network
Double click on the lock icon. Drop down box with campus choices will appear. Choose Great Valley (gv.psu.edu)

Enter Access ID and Password

Once the system authenticates you, you can connect to the Internet.

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Intranets

Libraries Intranet
http://www.libraries.psu.edu:8001/

Great Valley Internal
http://www.gv.psu.edu/internal/

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Tutorials

Call Number Basics
http://shelving.lib.vt.edu/call-number/files/lc0-overview.html

Understanding Call numbers - About.com
http://geography.about.com/library/congress/blhowto.htm

Understanding Call numbers - Honolulu Community College Library
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/legacylib/callno.html

LC CLASSIFICATION & CALL NUMBERS
http://www.tarleton.edu/~library/library_module/unit5/5loc_lm.html

Library of Congress Call Number System - Basic Rules
http://www.pitt.edu/~ford29/SatchLCall/BASIC/quizonly.html

New guide for the Cat
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/instruction/CAT_guide/catguide.pdf

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Penn State Great Valley Library
30 E. Swedesford Road
Malvern, PA 19355
610-648-3215
Questions, comments? Mary Murray
2/6/08