PIN
What's a PIN and Why Do You Need One?
• If you are enrolled or employed at Case, you can logon to your library account with your Case network ID/password, via the Case Single SignOn Service. Read more below, for how PINs give you additional remote access privileges...
• If you are a guest or affiliate, library staff will create a generic PIN for you. Then logon to your account, choose the "Modify Your PIN" icon and change it to whatever you would prefer to use.
When you logon to your library account via either Single SignOn or PIN, you can:
- Renew online! (avoid fines--renew before Case & OhioLINK items are overdue)
- Check on the status of held items or OhioLINK orders
- Cancel OhioLINK orders you no longer need.
- Enjoy software-free remote access to OhioLINK resources
PINs Give You Additional Remote Access to OhioLINK Resources!
If you are a student, faculty, or staff at Case, your PIN also gives you software-free remote authentication to OhioLINK electronic databases and journals. When you're away from your own computer or away from campus, logon to OhioLINK and choose a database or electronic journal. You'll be prompted to enter :
- Case as your school
- Your name and Case Account Number (your SS# is no longer used)
- Your library PIN (PINs should be mixed-case or alpha-numeric and 6-30 characters)
For current Case enrolled and employed individuals, it's a simple way to have 2 hours of remote access to OhioLINK-only electronic content, and you can reconnect as often as you need to use the reources! (Remote authentication to Case-only resources requires VPN software on your computer.) Use PIN authentication for OhioLINK-only resources across the U.S. and around the world!
Forget Your PIN?
Call the library Main Service Desk and tell the staff you've forgotten your PIN. They'll ask you a couple of questions and delete it (it's encrypted so staff can't tell what you used). If you are a guest, staff will assign a generic PIN to your account. (If you have a Case network ID you can login without a PIN.) Then you can login to your account and click on the icon to "Modify Your PIN" and set a new PIN of your choice. Any Case library circulation desk can delete your PIN if you forget it—just call.
General questions may be directed to the Kelvin Smith Library Main Service Desk 216-368-3506 or the Contact Us link on the library website.