Virtual Library Card: Remote Access to Online Subscriptions

Step 1: From the Library Catalog or from the Library Web site A-Z list, click on the link to the subscription ASCE Library (shown below):

From the Library Catalog

From the Library Web Page

Step 2: You are on the VDOT network so you will be automatically granted database access. You can tell you are in VDOT's subscription when you see the VDOT logo:

Step 1: From the Library Catalog or from the Library Web site A-Z list, click on the link to the subscription ASCE Library (shown below):

From the Library Catalog

From the Library Web Page

Step 2: Since you are NOT on the VDOT network, you will not be automatically recognized, but you will be prompted to enter your Virtual Library Card Credentials:

Step 3: Your credentials should be accepted, taking you into the subscription, which will look and work the same as it does when you are on the VDOT network:

Note: Each time you use your Library Card you will be automatically recognized by any other library database you visit for the next 8 hours, without having to enter your Library Card credentials again.

Two of the library's subscription databases (ASTM Compass and Knovel) require you to register for a free vendor account to gain access, regardless of how you access those resources. In both cases employees must use their VDOT e-mail address as their user name and create a separate password that you can manage separately.

A third resource, Skillsoft Books, now authenticates using Single Sign On (SSO).  SSO recognizes your VDOT network credentials even when you are not on the VDOT network or are using a device that was not issued by VDOT (like a personal computer, tablet or smartphone). Questions? Contact: Ken.Winter@vdot.virginia.gov