Barcode and Database Access Questions

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• How do I look up my barcode number, get a replacement ID card, or change my personal information in the library system?
  • Stateside Students
  • Stateside Faculty
  • Stateside Staff
  • Overseas Students, Faculty, and Staff
    
    
• Can I get access the Library Databases if I am a...
  • Student working on an incomplete?
  • Student preparing to take a course?
  • Faculty member preparing to teach a course?
  • UMUC Alum?
  • Not a current UMUC student, faculty, or staff member?
  
  For help on technical problems, see the Technical Help page.

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Stateside Students

Barcodes and ID Cards

Starting in the summer of 2006, you must print your UMUC student ID card from the MyUMUC Portal. ID cards will be available for you to print seven days prior to the start of your classes.

To look up your barcode number or print your ID:

1. Log in to the MyUMUC Portal.
2. Choose Student Portal.
3. Click MyInfo.
4. Click My UMUC ID Card.
   Your barcode number will be displayed as well as an ID card which you can print.

If your ID card gets lost or stolen:

From the MyUMUC ID Card screen, click the button to Report a Lost/Stolen ID Card. Your barcode number will change on the following day. You can then print out a new ID card.

ONLY use this option if you need a new card for security purposes; otherwise simply print a new copy of your current ID.

Updating Personal Information

Your name:
To make corrections to your name, please contact

Office of the Registrar
Phone: 301-985-7236 or 800-888-UMUC (8682) x7236
E-mail: registrar@umuc.edu

Please note that if you change your name (e.g. through marriage), please submit the Request for Change of Name.

Once the Registrar's office updates your name in the MyUMUC Portal, your name will be updated in the library system on the following business day.

Your ID number:
To make corrections to an ID number (such as your SSN), please contact:

Michelle Taylor
Academic Program Specialist
Office of Enrollment Management
Phone: 301-985-7415 or 800-888-UMUC (8682) x7415
E-mail: mtaylor@umuc.edu

Once the Office of Enrollment Management updates your ID in the MyUMUC Portal, your ID will be updated in the library system on the following business day.

Your contact information:
To update your address, phone number or e-mail, please log into the MyUMUC Portal, where you may update your information directly.

Note: if you change your address, please update both the PERMANENT and MAILING addresses in MyUMUC.

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Stateside Faculty

Barcodes and ID Cards

All new stateside faculty are issued ID cards with barcode numbers. The ID cards are mailed and should be received before or during the first week of classes.

To look up your barcode number:

1. Log in to the MyUMUC Portal.
2. Choose Faculty Portal.
3. Click MyInfo.
4. Click Library Barcode.
   Your barcode number will be displayed.

If your ID card gets lost or stolen:

From the UMUC Library Barcode screen, click the button to Request Replacement ID Card. Your barcode number will change on the following day and a new ID card will be put in the mail to you. (You can come back to the UMUC Library Barcode screen to look up your new barcode number while waiting for your new ID card to arrive.)

You must be currently teaching a course to be eligible to receive a replacement ID card.

Updating Personal Information

Your name or ID number:
To make corrections to your name or an ID number (such as your SSN), please contact:

Office of Faculty Services
Phone: 240-582-2600 or 800-888-UMUC (8682) x2600
Fax: 240-582-2625
E-mail: facultyservices@umuc.edu
http://www.umuc.edu/faculty/services/contactfdes.html

Once the Office of Faculty Services updates your information in the MyUMUC Portal, your information will be updated in the library system on the following business day.

Your contact information:
To update your address, phone number or e-mail, please log into the MyUMUC Portal, where you may update your information directly.

Note: if you change your address, please update both the HOME and MAILING addresses in MyUMUC.

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Stateside Staff

Barcodes and ID Cards

UMUC employees should use their current UMUC employee ID card. If you are a student or faculty member and also an employee, you may also have a student or faculty ID as well, but the barcode number should be the same. You will be able to use either card to check out books from USMAI libraries.

To look up your barcode number:

1. Log in to the MyUMUC Portal.
2. Choose Staff Portal.
3. Click HR Self Service
4. Click View Personal Information
5. Click Library Barcode.
   Your barcode number will be displayed.

If your ID card gets lost or stolen:

Contact Human Resources to get a new barcode and replacement ID card.

Human Resources
Phone: 240-684-5559 or 800-888-UMUC (8682) x5559
E-mail: human-resources@umuc.edu

Updating Personal Information

Your name or ID number:
To make corrections to your name or an ID number (such as your SSN), please contact:

Human Resources
Phone: 240-684-5559 or 800-888-UMUC (8682) x5559
E-mail: human-resources@umuc.edu

Once Human Resources updates your information in the MyUMUC Portal, your information will be updated automatically in the library system on the following business day.

Your contact information:
To update your address, phone number or e-mail, please log into the MyUMUC Portal, where you may update your information directly.

Note: if you change your address, please update both the HOME and MAILING addresses in MyUMUC.

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Overseas Students, Faculty, and Staff

Overseas students, faculty, and staff do not receive ID cards with barcodes attached. If your name and number are not recognized and you get to the Invalid Authorization page, to obtain access to the library databases, please fill out and submit the appropriate form:

• Library Database Access Request - UMUC Asia
• Library Database Access Request - UMUC Europe

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Student working on an incomplete?

Please have your instructor contact the library at library@umuc.edu to ask for extended database access and to give us your expected date of completion. We can then update your expiration date so you can have access to the databases.

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Student preparing to take a course?

Once you are registered for a course, your remote access to the library databases will be activated one week before the course begins.

Because of licensing restrictions, we limit remote database access to students who are currently taking a course or are within the one week window before the course begins.

In the mean time, you can access online subscription databases at UMUC's Information and Library Services in Room 2255 of the Student and Faculty Services Center (SFSC) or you can visit any USMAI library (University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions) such as McKeldin Library at the University of Maryland, College Park or the Shady Grove Library/Media Center in Rockville and use the electronic databases to which they subscribe.

You may also want to check your local public library since many public libraries now offer library card holders remote access to databases that can be used for research.

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Faculty member preparing to teach a course?

Once you are assigned to a specific course (in the MyUMUC Portal), your remote access to the library databases will be activated four weeks before the course begins.

Because of licensing restrictions, we limit remote database access to faculty who are currently teaching a course or are within the four week window before the course begins.

In the mean time, you can access online subscription databases at UMUC's Information and Library Services in Room 2255 of the Student and Faculty Services Center (SFSC) or you can visit any USMAI library (University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions) such as McKeldin Library at the University of Maryland, College Park or the Shady Grove Library/Media Center in Rockville and use the electronic databases to which they subscribe.

You may also want to check your local public library since many public libraries now offer library card holders remote access to databases that can be used for research.

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UMUC Alum?

Due to licensing restrictions, we limit remote database access to current UMUC students, faculty, and staff. However, UMUC alumni can access online subscription databases at UMUC's Information and Library Services in Room 2255 of the Student and Faculty Services Center (SFSC) in Adelphi. You may also access UMUC's proprietary databases at the UMUC computer lab in Room 1270 of the Student and Faculty Service Center in Adelphi, as well as the computer labs at Dorsey Station and the Waldorf Center for Higher Education. You will need your UMUC alumni ID to use the computer labs. An alumni ID card can be requested from the Office of Alumni Relations via e-mail at: info@umucalumni.org or by phone at 240-684-5125 or 1-800-888-UMUC (8682) ext. 5125.

In addition, you are welcome to visit any USMAI library (University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions) such as McKeldin Library at the University of Maryland, College Park or the Shady Grove Library/Media Center in Rockville and use the electronic databases to which they subscribe.

You may also want to check your local public library since many public libraries now offer library card holders remote access to databases that can be used for research.

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Not a current UMUC student, faculty, or staff member?

Due to licensing restrictions, we limit remote database access to current UMUC students, faculty, and staff. You can access online subscription databases at UMUC's Information and Library Services in Room 2255 of the Student and Faculty Services Center (SFSC) or you can visit any USMAI library (University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions) such as McKeldin Library at the University of Maryland, College Park or the Shady Grove Library/Media Center in Rockville and use the electronic databases to which they subscribe.

You may also want to check your local public library since many public libraries now offer library card holders remote access to databases that can be used for research.

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