If you review this information and it doesn't solve your problem, please contact us and describe the problem in as much detail as possible, noting what error message you are getting, if any.
Students, faculty and staff use their PODS username and password. You can use the BU Brain to verify your username and initial POD password. Please contact the ITS Help Desk for assistance. Courtesy borrowers and community patrons need to obtain a guest account from a Library service desk.
Students, faculty, and staff have access to BU's wireless network. For more information see the Binghamton University Wireless website.
Students, faculty, and staff have 50 MB of storage space on the Bingsuns H (samba) drive. You can access this drive from any computer in the library or PODs once you have logged in (see above) and you can access it from any web browser anywhere using SSL. For more help with your Bingsuns account please contact the ITS Help Desk.
The minimum recommended browsers for the library website, and especially infoLINK, are Internet Explorer 6.x or higher or Mozilla/Firefox 3.x or higher. If you are using other browsers or older versions of Internet Explorer or Firefox you may not have full functionality.
Much of the information on the library website is accessible off campus
without any special login. However, to get full access
to metaLINK and to use library licensed resources marked 
,
you will need to log in.
If you connect using SSL or through Road Runner or another Internet Service Provider, you will be prompted to log in with your PODS username and password. Before you login:
See these links for more information.
Acceptable use of BU only resources | Binghamton University Copyright Policy | Binghamton University Computer and Network Policy
If a database web site asks for this information, make sure you access the database through metaLINK. Also, double check our ejournal holdings to make sure we have full-text access to the article. If you are unsure, contact us and we can verify coverage.
This problem is often solved by upgrading to the latest version of Adobe Reader. If that doesn't work, go to Adobe Reader Edit menu, select Preferences, select Internet, and uncheck the box to "Display PDF in browser."
Please copy the message and send it to us. We apologize for the inconvenience and will fix it as soon as possible.
Viewing: Click on PDF to view the file. If you are using a PC in the Information Commons or a POD, try opening the file using IE instead of Firefox.
Printing: Do not use your web browser's print function to print JSTOR articles. Click on PDF. Then click on the printer icon in the Adobe Reader window.
Also see JSTOR's article help.
No, but if you sign in you will be able to view your library account information, such as items checked out, and renew items, place holds, and more. Sign in to infoLINK and enter your PODS userid and password. View tutorial.
Community borrowers sign in to infoLINK using the library barcode on your borrowing card. Your User ID is your library barcode, on the back of your ID card, without the leading "29091" prefix and leading zeros. Your password is the last four digits of your Social Security Number.
You need a Unicode font to allow you to see special characters and non-Roman alphabets (such as Polish "I", musical flat, Arabic, Cyrillic, and Hebrew), which non-Unicode fonts cannot display. You can use infoLINK without a Unicode font, but these special characters and alphabets will not display correctly.
Arial Unicode MS by Microsoft is the most complete Unicode font. It is available with Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft Publisher 2002. We recommend using it if you have access to it. Cyberbit is an acceptable alternative to Arial Unicode MS.
Download
Bitstream Cyberbit Unicode font
Installing the Cyberbit font
After downloading and extracting the Cyberbit Font you must install it using
your Fonts Control Panel. Go to your Start Menu -> Settings -> Control
Panel -> Fonts. Once in the Fonts Control Panel, select Install New Font
from the File menu at the top left.
If you use IE you must manually change the browser font to Arial Unicode
MS or Bitstream Cyberbit after you install it:
Go to the Tools drop down menu and choose "Internet Options..."
Click on "Fonts..." near the bottom of the dialog box
On the left side of the Fonts dialog box, change "Web page font"
to Arial Unicode MS
Click "OK" to close both dialog boxes
If you use Netscape you do not need to do anything after you install an Unicode
font; your browser will automatically use the font when needed.
The Library Catalog can be searched through the RefWorks interface. After signing into RefWorks, click on "Search," then select "Online Catalog or Database." On the search screen, if "Binghamton University Libraries" doesn't display, select it under "Online Catalog or Database to Search." RefWorks Help
Yes. See our connection and configuration information.
Yes. See our connection and configuration information.
