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To get the current library password, go to the library homepage at westga.edu/library.
Click the My Accounts and Passwords link on the left-side menu.
Then click Current Library Password.
To get the password, you must know your unique library PIN number, which is randomly assigned to each student when they first enroll at UWG.
If you don’t know your individual PIN number, enter just your 917 number and your last name.
Then click Get My PIN.
Your PIN number will be emailed to the address on file for your account.
This PIN number can be used to get the GALILEO password, renew items,
and request books from other University System of Georgia libraries.
If you cannot access this email address, or the PIN number is not emailed to that account within 5-10 minutes,
please contact the circulation desk at 678-839-6502.
They are available 24/5 most weeks of the year and they can manually reset your PIN number so you can get the GALILEO password right away.
Once you have the PIN number for your library account, click back.
Enter your 917 number, library PIN number, and last name.
Then click Login to My Account.
It will then tell you the current GALILEO password.
For the Spring 2012 semester, it was rusty, but every semester after this one will have a new password.
This one password will get you into all the databases, electronic books,
and other protected resources Ingram Library provides for the entire semester.
You can also reset your individual library PIN number from this page by clicking My Account at the top of the page.
Then clicking Change PIN.
So to summarize, to the get the library password, you must:
Go to the library homepage at westga.edu/library
Click My Accounts and Passwords
Click Current Library Password
Enter your 917#, unique library PIN number, and last name.
Then click Login to my account.
To get your library PIN number, enter your barcode (917#) and last name,
and click Get My PIN.
If you need help with any step of this process, please contact the library’s circulation desk at 678-839-6502.