About your PIN (Personal Identification Number)

All persons with borrowing privileges at the Dartmouth College Library can set up a Personal Identification Number (PIN):

Having a PIN allows you to:

• Renew your books online
• Keep track of what is charged out to you
• Request items from the Storage Library & Matthews-Fuller Health Sciences Library (all users) or other campus libraries (faculty & staff).
• Access online Course Reserve items

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Instructions for setting up your PIN

1. Click on the "Account Login " link at the top of any Library Catalog page.
2. Enter your name as it appears on your Dartmouth ID, DHMC ID, or Library Card.
3. Enter your Dartmouth ID number (e.g., 12345X).

If you have a Library Card or a DHMC ID, enter the barcode number with no spaces.

4. Leave the PIN box blank and click the "Submit" button.
5. Click on the "Submit" button.
6. You will be presented with a screen prompting you to create a PIN.

If you get an error message, " Sorry, the information you submitted was invalid. Please try again," it means that you either entered your name or ID information incorrectly, or you already have a PIN but have forgotten it. If you are certain that you have entered your name and ID number correctly, use the "Forgot your PIN?" link to reset your PIN. You will then be able to set up a new one.

7. Enter a four digit PIN of your choice in the first box. You can only use numbers.
8. Re-enter the PIN in the second box to confirm your choice.
9. Click on the "Submit" button.

A menu screen will appear indicating that you are logged in. Your PIN is now established.

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Logging Out

It is important to log out after you are finished looking at your patron record. Failure to do so could jeopardize the privacy of your library account if you are using a public computer.

• To log out, click on the "Logout" button or close your browser window.
• Your session will automatically log off after 1 hour of inactivity.

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