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Setting up your Computer to access Databases / How to Access the Databases from Off-Campus

Setting up your Computer to access Databases

1. Make sure your browser is set to accept cookies, enable Java script, and check for new versions of Web pages automatically. See these instructions for how to do this:

   How to Modify Browser Settings: Cookies, JavaScript, and Checking Cached Web Pages
   http://www.lesley.edu/library/guides/research/cookie.html

2. Disable Call Waiting on your telephone service if you use a dial-up Internet connection. Call Waiting will bounce you from the database whenever a call comes in.
3. Adobe Reader software is required to view articles and images in PDF format from some databases, including ERIC documents. To download Adobe Reader, see PDF Documents.

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How to Access the Databases from Off-Campus

1. Login to your myLesley account: https://my.lesley.edu/
2. In myLesley, click the my library tab in the top banner
   
   
   
   
3. Look for the "Finding Articles" box on the top left of the my library page
4. Click Search library database
   
   
   
5. A new window will open. You should see the Databases by Subject page where you can click the name of any database to search it.

myLesley offers a 24/7 help line at 1-888-mylesley (1-888-695-3753) for assistance if you:

• have trouble logging in to myLesley
• can’t remember your myLesley username and/or password
• never received a myLesley username and password
• or have any other questions about how to use myLesley

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I Still Need Help! - Ask A Librarian

Students sometimes experience new problems with browsers, software, etc., that the Library may not be aware of. Feel free to send us feedback (with details like what kind of computer and browser you use, the steps you followed, any error messages you received, etc.) if you have more tips to share or problems that are not solved by the tips on this page.

• Send e-mail to Ask A Librarian: http://www.lesley.edu/library/guides/asklib.html

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