Your Login

You access the remote access server by entering your NetID or by using your 11-digit UW Madison ID.

• Your Net ID
1. You must have a valid UW Madison PhotoID to activate and keep a NetID account.
2. NetIDs can be activated at the NetID Account Activation page.
3. Once entered, this remains active until you exit your browser or are logged out after 6 hours of inactivity.

Note: The E-Resource Gateway will log you out after 15 minutes of inactivity.

• If you prefer to use your 11-digit UW Madison ID, follow these directions.

Enabling Cookies

What are cookies?

• Web browsers use cookies
• They communicate your preferences to a web server
• They pass small bits of information back and forth to help establish a session between your web browser and their web server
• This session information is stored on your hard drive in a file called cookies.txt

Cookies information is used to set up connection information about your search session. The alternative to cookies stored on your computer would be storing this information on the database computers, where you would have no control over what it might be used for or how long it is kept.

For more information about cookies, see the Unofficial Cookies FAQ, available at http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq/

Note: As cookies are just a text file there is no known instance of the cookies.txt file being used to transmit a computer virus.

What resources require cookies?

Most licensed resources require cookies to be enabled. If you have cookies disabled, this will cause problems with these resources. Resources that are known to require cookies are…

• Any ProQuest database, including ProQuest Research Library and ABI/Inform
• Any EBSCO database, including Academic Search
• Any NISC Biblioline database
• American Chemical Society journals (when you download PDF files)
• PINET (Physics Information Network)
• and many more…

If you have privacy concerns about the use of cookies, turn them on before using licensed resources and then turn them off again when finished. You can also locate the cookies.txt file on your hard drive and delete it when finished.

How do you clear your cookie file?

To clear your brower's cookie file (see http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq/#2.2 on the effects of deleting your cookie file):

• Internet Explorer
1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options, and then click on the General tab.
3. In the Temporary Internet Files section, click Delete Cookies, click OK, and then click OK again.
• Netscape 4.7x
1. Close Netscape first.
2. Navigate to the Netscape directory that contains your settings, bookmarks, etc. The location of this will vary, but you should find it if you search on cookies.txt .
3. Delete cookies.txt .
• Netscape 6.x
1. Start Netscape.
2. On the Edit menu, click Preferences, and then click the Cookies section underneath Privacy & Security .
3. Click on View Stored Cookies .
4. Click on Remove All Cookies .
• Firefox 1.5x
1. Start Firefox.
2. Choose Tools on the toolbar, then Options... on the drop down menu.
3. On the Options pop-up window, click on the Privacy icon.
4. Click on the Cookies tab.
5. Click the Clear Cookies button.

What you'll see

When you attempt to use resources from off-campus you will be directed to a login screen. The screenshots below are images and not functioning Web pages.

• The screen you see when you hit something that requires a login is this login screen.
1. If you choose to login with your NetID, you click on the Login with Your NetID link and see this screen.
2. If you don't have a NetID, you can login with your 11-digit UW ID. In this case you will see this screen.
• Some resources, such as MadCat, the E-Resource Gateway, PubMed, and the E-Journals List, allow guest access . If you choose to access a resource that allows guest access, you will see this login screen.