UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS LIBRARY User Guide 2018
Agenda Overview of platform FAQs Become a user Activate your account Request for a new password Renew subscription Search for an e-resource Access & Read an e-resource 2
Overview The UoM library has a vast repository of: e-books, journals, dissertations and past exam papers (restricted access) To access the e-resources, you should become a user. Whenever you try to access the e-resources on the e- Library, the system would prompt you for your login credentials (username and password) if you are not yet logged on the platform and/or your session has expired (i.e. no activity has been detected for last 20 minutes). 3
Student First Time Users of the system Username : student id Password : same as your student online system Staff Full time staff : follow the become a user steps Part time staff : follow the become a user request an account steps General Public Follow the become a user steps 4
UoM webopac features Go to the search page Directs you to registration page Directs you to the login page Offers a guide on how to search and open an e-resource 5
Become a user 1. Go to: https://library.uom.ac.mu 2. On the webopac page s menu option: 3. Select menu option 6
Become a user 4. Provide your personal information 5. Fill in your details accurately 6. Click to proceed to next step Special Note: Full time staff are requested to use their university office email Using a valid email address shall prompt you to the next step of the registration process 7
Become a user Special Note: This screen is reserved for members from general public ONLY 6.1. provide your contact details (optional) 6.2 click to go to next step 8
Special Note: Become a user At this stage, your membership has been created and an email with your login credentials has been sent to your provided email Kindly check your email. If not found in your inbox, kindly check among SPAM mails. 7. Provide the details by following the instructions 8 click to go to next step 9
Become a user The system shall validate the password and direct you to the login page upon successful resetting of the password, with following message: Dear Sir/Madam welcome to the library platform. Your password has been successfully reset. Kindly log in to access the e-resources. Congratulations, you are now a user As a full time staff of the university, you can now login to access the resources As a member of the general public, you need to login & you shall be prompted to pay the subscription fee before being able to access the e-resources 10
Become a user request an account This step is reserved for Part Time Staff of the University ONLY 1. Fill in required details 2. Click on Submit Request Once your account has been created on the system, you would receive your login credentials on the email address you provided UoM. To start using the platform, follow steps under activate your account 11
Request for a new password 1. On the login page, click on the link Forgot Password 2. The Forgot Password screen shall open as follows 3. Provide in the required details (same as provided during registration) & complete the steps 4. Click on the submit button to complete the process 12
Request for a new password An email with the new login credentials would be sent to your provided email address Check your email (if cannot be located within the inbox, check through the spam ) within 24 hours to reset the temporary password token emailed to you. If the temporary password token is not reset within the time frame, it would expire and you would need to go through the request a new password steps again. 13
Activate your account Upon login, if you have not yet reset the temporary password token provided to you, the system would prompt you to change it to a strong password of your own You would be allowed to change the temporary password token provided it has not yet expire. If it has expired, please refer to the request a new password steps 14
Subscribe to e-resources This corner is reserved for members from the General Public Payment has to be effected to be able to access the e-resources of the library Payment is handled online over the SBM gateway by using your MasterCard / Visa Card 15
1. Under Home tab, Click on the link Subscribe to access UoM e-resources Subscribe to e-resources
Subscribe to e-resources 1. Choose subscription period 2. Click on Effect Payment to be redirected to SBM payment page
Subscribe to e-resources SBM Payment Page 1. Enter required card details 2. Click on Submit 18
Subscribe to e-resources After providing your card details and clicking on submit, the payment shall be processed by the bank You shall then be directed to the next step: Successful payment: Details of subscription will be displayed. User can now search UoM e-library to access the e-resources. Unsuccessful payment: returns to Subscription to e- Resources page to effect payment again. 19
Search for an e-resource Go to https://library.uom.ac.mu or click on the icon The UoM webopac page shall open Use this section to type your search Click on the search 20
Search for an e-resource You can also use the section Popular Search down the page e.g. for dissertation, past papers Special Note: Exam past papers are reserved only for UoM Students and Staff 21
Access an e-resource Below is a sample search Scenario : searching for an e-book 1. Type search term 2. Click on Search 22
Access an e-resource Amount of available e-books Page navigation Click on title to view resource 23
Access an e-resource Click to read through resource 24
Access an e-resource If you already logged on the platform, the e-resource shall open as follows: Return to the UoM webopac search page read through resource Click to view resource in full screen size If you are not logged on the platform yet, the system shall prompt to login 25
Chief Librarian Library University of Mauritius Réduit 403 7915 uomlibrary@uom.ac.mu 26