You can log into our databases using a variety of methods outlined below. Some are open to search from anywhere (like the library catalog), but others require you to use a user name/password to use the resource off-campus.
Use this guide to learn how to login to access databases (EBSCOhost and others), the library catalog, the library ebook collection, and even your personal network files.
Note: Your regular BC login info will not work for every resource.
The library catalog is freely accessible to all.
BC students/faculty/staff only: To login to your account to see what you have checked out and to renew items:
1. Go to the My Account tab
2. Enter your institution ID (the number on your campus ID)
3. Enter your last name.
To login into ProQuest Ebook Central and view ebooks:
username: your email prefix (the part that comes before "@bethelks.edu") EX: hermanbubbert
password: your entire email address EX: hermanbubbert@bethelks.edu
You may change your password after you've logged in using the above information.
Step-by-step login instructions:
From the Bethel College Library homepage:
1. Click on the "A-Z List of Databases" button.
2. Click on the title of the database you want to use. You should land on an EBSCO login screen.
2. Click on "Find My Institution" page.
3. Begin typing in Bethel College and select our institution from the drop down list.
4. Type in your Bethel College (BC) email address and click "Continue" which should prompt the system to send a one-time passcode to your BC email address.
5. Go to your inbox and locate the email that contains the code and copy it by highlight the code.
6. Go back to the EBSCO login screen and paste the code into the provided field.
7. Finally, click the "Verify" button and you should be redirected to the database search interface.
Email rstucky@bethelks.edu or bthiesen@bethelks.edu if you have questions or experience any issues.
Happy Searching!
If you have questions or problems logging into databases off campus, contact Renae Stucky or Barbara Thiesen.
*NEW* Google sign in.
Once you've set up a personal My EBSCO account (see below), you can use your favorite Google credentials (Bethel or person) to log into EBSCOhost when you are off-campus. NOTE: YOU MUST SET THIS UP WHILE YOU ARE ON CAMPUS FIRST.
You MUST be signed into your Google account before beginning this process. You're signed into Google if your Google email is open and/or you've logged into Google in your browser.
Access EBSCOhost ON CAMPUS by CLICKING HERE.
You'll see this at the top of the page: 
Click on "Sign In." You'll see this form:
Ignore most of the form! Just click on the "Sign up with Google" icon. Since you're already signed into a Google account, you'll see something like this:
Select the account you want. You'll see this screen:
Click the Consent button and you'll be authenticated into EBSCOhost. You'll now be able to log in off campus using this link:
When ON CAMPUS, set up a "My EBSCOhost" account.
(Here are INSTRUCTIONS.) Once that account is set up, you can log in remotely. USE THE LINK ON THE LIBRARY HOMEPAGE YOU NORMALLY USE FOR ON-CAMPUS ACCESS. Plus, with a My EBSCOHost account, you can save search results, persistent links to searches, search alerts, journal alerts, and web pages to your personal My EBSCOhost folder.
You may also use a remote desktop connection this method if you want to access
-use Nexis Uni.
-access files you've saved on the campus server
Click HERE for instructions from IMS for how to use the Windows Remote Desktop
If you are actively logged into your Bethel College email account, you should be automatically authenticated to ProQuest databases from off campus.