To renew books that you have checked out or save searches for your favorite authors or topics, you can log in to My Library.

1.  Start here (the library web site):  http://library.sewanee.edu
2.  Go to the "Classic Catalog."
3.  Choose "My Library" from the top right side of the window.

user name: Your first and last names (include a space between them)
password: Your University ID barcode number (example: 2B00200000)

To renew your books:

1.  View the items you have checked out.
2.  Select those that you would like to renew, videos and audiobooks cannot be renewed online.

To set up a saved search:

1.  Choose to do a "New Search" from the top right side of the window.
2.  Search for a favorite author:
    a.  Choose Author search from the drop-down menu.
    b.  Put in the author's name, last name first.  (e.g., Patterson, James).
    c.  Choose the correct James Patterson from the list of results.
    d.  Choose "Save as Preferred Search" (button to the right of the search box at the top of results).
3.  Customize your preferred search:
    a.  Choose "My Library" from the top right side of the window.
    b.  Choose "Preferred Searches" from the left side of the window.
    c.  Check the "Mark for Email" box next to the search you created if you would like to get an email when a new book by this author is available in the library.
    d.  Choose "Update List."

To access the library's online resources from any off-campus location with Internet access, follow these simple instructions:
1. Start here (the library's web site):  http://library.sewanee.edu.
2. Go to the "Electronic Databases" portion of the site; then choose the specific resource you wish to use.
3. If you are not on campus, you will be prompted for a user name and password before you can use the resource.

user name: Your first and last names (include a space between them)
password: Your University ID barcode number (example: 2B00200000)

It is very important to note that our licenses with the database providers generally do not allow persons who are not affiliated with the University to have access to the resources outside of the library. Therefore, please do not redistribute your name and password information.

Finally, there is a very small number of resources for which the above logon instructions will not work. Should you encounter one of them, or experience any other difficulties with remote access to our online resources, please do not hesitate to contact us at askref@sewanee.edu or phone 931-598-1368.

User name:  Your Sewanee email username
Password:  Your Banner student account pin number

User name:  Your Sewanee email username (what comes before the @sewanee.edu part)
Password:  Your Sewanee student ID number starting with the upper case letter

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