FAQs: Primo VE Resource Guide

You can search the catalog/discovery tool without signing. However, before you login, you will only see that an item is loanable.  After you login, the system does a check in real time to see how long you will be able to check it out.  

Some features such as placing a request, placing an interlibrary loan request through the statewide UBorrow service, accessing your Library Card, and accessing online articles/eBooks/videos require you to log in.  The catalog/discovery tool is integrated with each institution’s single sign on system and if you are logged in already, you should be seamlessly logged in to the discovery tool. If you’re not logged into the discovery tool, use the Sign in link in the top right.

An option to sign in also appears under the search box and on the full record page of each search result.

Which option do I choose on the login window?

If you are faculty, staff or a student at your institution, use the first field, labeled SSO. Some institutions have re-labeled this such as GatorLink, UCF NID, MySJRstate, etc. If you are a guest user with the ability to login, use the second option labeled Alma. Some institutions have re-labeled this second link as Guest or Library Staff.

What’s in my Library Card and how do I access it?

Click the Menu link in the top right of the catalog/discovery tool to sign into your Library Card. The Library Card includes information about materials you have checked out or have obtained on interlibrary loan, fines/fees, any blocks on your account, messages from the library, and your personal information such as address. Your institution might have customized the options you can view in the Library Card.