Universal Access
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Contact your library liaison. A librarian is formally assigned to assist the faculty, staff, and students of every academic department.
AREC and Extension offices should contact the Agriculture Librarian (Inga Haugen).
When you are off campus, you will be automatically prompted to sign in and authenticate with Virginia Tech via 2-factor authentication, as long as you start your search on the library's website, or configure Google Scholar to show Get VText links. There is no need to do anything in advance to ensure access.
Any current employee of the university or currently enrolled student should have access. You can verify your affiliation through OneCampus.
Get VTextWhen you search in a library database like Discovery Search, a ProQuest database, or Google Scholar and find citations that are not available as full text inside that database, you should see a Get VText button or link. The Get VText system will show what kind of access we have to the item in question: full-text, online access, print access to material in one of our libraries, or links to request a copy through Interlibrary Loan. Get VText automatically authenticates users who are off campus. Extended campus users can have print materials mailed directly to them or have portions scanned via Interlibrary Loan.
Some of the links on the University Libraries databases page are accessible from any participating VIVA institutions. Most of these institutions allow walk-in business. Many provide access through the Eduroam wireless network.
Connect your Google Scholar account to VT Libraries to ensure easier access to the full text of sources we license own. To do so, follow the steps below:
1. Start at scholar.google.com and click on Settings.
2. Click on "Library Links" from the selections on the left.
3. Search for Virginia Tech and then select "Virginia Tech - Get Vtext" (the one with the lowercase 't' in Vtext). Then Save.
Your search results will now display Get VText links that make use of the library's subscriptions and will authenticate off campus users automatically. You can also view the video below for directions.
LibKey Nomad is a browser extension that assists with access to library resources. It's our replacement for LibX.
