(only available to LSU-Alexandria students, faculty and staff)

There are two main ways to access LSUA Library’s subscription and full-text databases.

All start the same way: Click on link to the database you wish to use on the LSUA Library database page (http://library.lsua.edu/databasesClassic), then

• If you get a screen that asks for: User ID or Alternate ID and PIN, you have reached the LOUIS EZProxy authentication server.
  • Your User ID is the number on your LSU Alexandria I.D. Card.
  • Your Alternate ID is the number on your LSUA Alexandria I.D. Card, minus the last three digits.
  • Your default PIN is “changeme” without the quotation marks.
    • To change your PIN, you need to log into iLink from a Library Services webpage or go directly to: http://lsua.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/webcat
      • Then select My Account from the root menu bar near the top of the page
      • Then select User PIN change and follow the directions.
  • Then, from the drop down menu, chose LSU Alexandria
  • Click authenticate. (Once you authenticate, you will remain logged in to the EZProxy server as long as you use the same browser window open.)

• If you select access a database marked with an asterix*, you will get a screen from the database you have selected asking for username and password:
  • You will need to either
    • Go to the James C. Bolton Library and present your LSUA I.D. Card; the staff member will then give you a handout with the Username and password for LSUA subscription databases that do not go through the EZProxy server; or
    • If you can establish your eligibility, call (318) 473-6441, and the staff member will give you the username over the telephone, if you call when the library is open. Library hours are posted at http://library.lsua.edu/location on the library website; or
    • You may also email GVgulHR@jRTA.edu from your LSUA email address; you will receive an email response.

• For off-campus access to netLibrary, go to http://www.netlibrary.com/ while you are on campus. Click on Create a Free Account and follow the directions. Remember you must do this while you are on campus. After you have created your free account, you can access the electronic books from off campus.