Using Discover

To view your Five College library account and complete tasks like renewing or requesting items, you will need to login to Discover. Note that you can still search and read most results without logging in.

Mount Holyoke College faculty, students and staff login with their MHC credentials. Local community cardholders sign in with their OpenAthens credentials.

The very first time you login to Discover you will see an explanation of data privacy terms.

These terms apply to the “My Account” features of Discover and govern what EBSCO – the company that owns Discover – can do with the data you generate while using the “My Account” features, their responsibilities, and your rights. This policy is in alignment with digital data privacy laws around the world, including the California Consumer Privacy Act and the EU’s GDPR. For more information please also see the EBSCO FAQs about the data policy and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). When viewing the data privacy terms, you will have the option to accept or reject the terms:

• If you do not accept the terms and select No, you can continue to search for materials in Discover, view results, and read most full text articles, but will not be able to place requests, renew loans, or view your loan information in Discover. Also, you will be prompted with the data privacy screen the next time you click on the login options.
• If you do accept the terms and select Yes, you will be fully logged in and be able to see the folders in “My Account,” with lists of your loans and requests. You will not see the data privacy terms again unless you choose to revoke your acceptance.

Please note, in order for the library to provide you access to licensed resources and owned materials, we use your campus ID number to verify your identity as a member of the Mount Holyoke community. This is the only information that we share with EBSCO when you log in to Discover. We do not share your name or email address with EBSCO.

Physical circulation data from all Five Colleges is not included in this policy statement, as those policies are made locally by the Five Colleges Libraries. That data will continue to be anonymized as it was before implementation of the new system. See the Mount Holyoke library privacy policy for more information about what data we use to provide library services to the community, and our commitment to protecting your privacy.

If you have a personal user account on Discover where you've saved articles or other information, you can merge that with your library account. See How to Merge Personal User Accounts for step-by-step instructions from EBSCO Support.