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Our website and online catalog are best viewed in Internet Explorer (version 7 or higher). If you are unable to use Internet Explorer, we recommend Mozilla Firefox.
'Cookies'
Please set your browser to accept 'cookies' from our web site and resources. You can restore your settings after your library session, if you choose.
What are Cookies?
- Web sites you visit place cookies on your computer.
- Cookies allow a Web site to recognize you as a previous visitor, or as a particular type of visitor.
'Pop-up' Blockers
If a window you need to see does not appear, you may need to adjust pop-up settings or temporarily disable your pop-up blockers. Your computer may have more than one pop-up blocker installed.
What are pop-up blockers?
- They keep unwanted secondary windows, such as ads, from 'popping up' when you browse the Internet.
- They may also keep wanted new windows from opening.
Security and Firewalls
You may need to add www.piercecountylibrary.org to your Trusted Sites to use the Library's Web site and resources. If you temporarily adjust your security levels, please remember to restore your computer's security to desired settings after you log off our Web site.
'Referring' Information
If you are asked to enter logins or passwords, but you've already entered your barcode and PIN, it could be a problem with 'Referring' information. To help avoid this, list us and our resource vendors in your Trusted sites under your browser's Tool Options.
- piercecountylibrary.org
- polariscatalog.piercecountylibrary.org, which is our catalog server, and
- syndetics.com, which provides our catalog with enhanced bibliographic materials.
- For additional domains for E-source vendors, contact our Computer Support Help Desk.
'Scripting'
Your browser must understand and allow Scripting (i.e. JavaScript or JScripting) for our Web site. Scripting is the 'language' used to properly view a Web page.
Accessing from an Office Computer?
From a workplace, you may need to check with your company's systems administrator regarding 'pop-up' blockers, firewalls, 'cookies' and other connection and navigation issues.
For more information, please contact our Computer Support Help Desk.