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Eligibility for
distance education services
Services are
available to Medical College of Georgia faculty, staff, and
students located
at Medical College of Georgia distance education sites or Medical
College of Georgia students enrolled in courses meeting the Board
of Regents
definition for a distance education course: "instruction delivered at least 50% through one or more forms of distance technology, and in which the instructor of record and the student(s) are separated by time and/or geographic location."
Skills for distance education students
Review resources and services at the Off-Campus MCG Users page. Learn how to:
- receive the Off-Campus Password.
- find the best information using the Responsible Literature Searching modules.
- use tutorials to effectively search library resources.
- find full-text documents from library database search results using "FindIt@MCG" links.
- contact the library for personal assistance with library resources and services (or see below "For further assistance".
GIL Express
GIL Express service allows eligible MCG library patrons to borrow circulating books from over thirty participating University System of Georgia (USG) library collections at no charge.
Document Delivery services for Distance Education students
- McGILL is the Greenblatt Library's document delivery service for all MCG students, faculty, and staff.
- Distance students may use the McGILL service to request journal articles not owned by the library at regular McGILL fees.
- Distance students may use the McGILL service to request journal articles from the Greenblatt Library print collections for the cost of self-service photocopying at the remote site.
- Click the Request an Article/Book link in the Quick Links box to access McGILL.
- When completing the 'Status' section of the First Time User registration form, select Distance Student.
- If the document requested is not in the library's print collection, Document Delivery staff will request the item from another institution; regular McGILL fees will apply to the request.
- McGILL service does not include shipping or delivering books to off-campus sites away from the Augusta campus.
For further assistance
- Contact the Outreach Librarian 706-721-9903.
- If the Outreach Librarian is not immediately available, contact the Library Information Center 706-721-3441.
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