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Get a Password
  • Contact the Library Information Center 706-721-3441 and identify yourself with your library barcode, or,

  • Retrieve the password online from the Library’s GIL@MCG online catalog homepage by logging on to your GIL “My Account"

The proxy server password and the GALILEO password are identical.

More password details

  • The password changes four times per year: May 15, June 4, August 15, and December 20.

  • To retrieve password online from your GIL@MCG “My Account”:

1. Go to the GIL@MCG online catalog https://gil.mcg.edu

2. Click the “Get GALILEO password” link.

3. Verify selection of Home Institution as “Medical College of Georgia.”

4. Enter Library (patron) barcode and last name, both in lowercase.

5. Click Logon button.

6. Once logged on to “My Account,” click “Request” link at top menu bar to display the password.

  • To access subscribed resources (non-GALILEO) from off-campus:

    1. Select a subscribed electronic resource or database from the “Quick Links” or “Resources” menu.

    2. Proxy server authorization opens in a separate browser window; enter proxy server username (displayed on window) and password.

    3. On authorization, the proxy server will allow access to the selected resource or database.

  • To access GALILEO-only subscribed resources from off-campus:

    1. Click “GALILEO” link under “Quick Links” on the Library homepage or go to http://www.galileo.usg.edu

    2. From the GALILEO home page, go to bottom right quadrant and click on link “Log in as another user.”

    3. At GALILEO Password Access page, enter the MCG GALILEO password in the box marked “Log in with GALILEO password” and click the “Go!” button.