VIRGIL: Home

This guide is designed to cover the basics of how use SSCC’s Integrated Library Service. For additional assistance, use the "Contact a Librarian" link below.

1. Alll students should have an account automatically created on Virgil within the first three weeks of the semester they begin attending Snead as long as that semester is not a Mini II.  If you begin Snead during a Mini II term or if you have any other problems accessing Virgil, please email us directly at LibraryStaff@snead.edu.

2. Follow the link to VIRGIL at the top of this or any other Snead LibGuide page.

3. Click on "Please Login" at the top right of the page. In the box that appears, choose Snead State Community College from the drop-down menu. Login using your A number as your username and with the password “userpass.” The system will prompt you to change your password if this is your first visit. The library recommends that you use the same password for VIRGIL as you use for Blackboard.

5. YOU’RE LOGGED IN!

6. Click on the Stack of Discs icon in the search bar.

7. Chose the department you are researching by clicking on the double arrows. This will cause the heading to expand and show the databases related to your subject area.

8. Click the hyperlink database of your choice. This will open a new window.

9. The system will automatically log you into that particular site. You are now logged into and able to use that database.