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Library Guide for Online Students: Library Account

The purpose of this Research Guide is to point students to important Library resources that will help you succeed in your course work.

Accessing Your Library Account

If you want to access the library catalog from home, check out a book, place a hold on a book, renew materials online, make inter library loan requests, access e-books, and more, you must set up a library account.

Take a look at this video about creating and logging in to your library account 

If you do not have a Gateway Library account:

E-mail Circulation@gs.edu and include the following information:

  1. Your full name
  2. Your mailing address
  3. Your phone number
  4. Your six-digit Institutional ID number

We will create a library account and notify you when it is ready to use. Then you will follow the password set-up steps below.

When you have a library account:

  1. Click the link for "My Library Account" at the top of the Library home page.
  2. Enter your six-digit Institutional ID number
  3. Click the link to set/reset your password.

You will receive an e-mail that gives you instructions on how to set up your password.