Logging into Digital Scholar Lab through the Catalog

1. To access the DSL, go to https://uoft.me/gale. You can also access the DSL through our U of T institutional connection by going to the library catalogue. The default is to search Map and Data's website. Click on the Library Search tab. Type “Digital Scholar Lab” in the search box, and click the search button.

   

   DSL should be the first result, under Other. Click it.

   

2. Then on DSL page, click Electronic Resource under View Online.

   

3. The website will first prompt you for your University of Toronto login.
   

4. Enter your UTORid.
   

5. You will arrive at the DSL homepage, but you will need to log in before you can do anything. Currently, this service can only authenticate Google accounts. DSL doesn't use your Google account for authentication, but solely to track session information, so If you have any reservations about using your personal Gmail account, feel free to make a new account just for DSL. Gale’s privacy policy states:

   When logging in to the Gale Digital Scholar Lab App using either Google or Microsoft, the App accesses the user’s Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive through an anonymous access token that is created when users first log in. This anonymous token is generated in order to connect users to the content and analysis they create in the Digital Scholar Lab. The App does not collect, read, access, or store any of the data from a user’s Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive account(s), nor does it access any open documents. In addition, the App does not access or share personal information as part of this process.

   You can also email privacy@cengage.com for more details.

   If this is acceptable to you, click on Log In / Create Account,
   

   choose Google, and then log in with a Google account.
   

   Once you log in, a pop-up window will appear to ask you to choose or create a new workspace. Click on the one created by default, labeled 'Personal'.
   

   If this is your first time logging in and selecting the 'Personal' workspace, Gale will prompt you to give the workspace a name and choose an avatar. Click 'Save' once you are finished. 
   

6. When you return to the Digital Scholar Lab homepage, you should notice your name in the top-right corner, under Signed in.

7. You're in! You'll be asked if you want to continue in your Personal workspace, which is private, or to Create New Workspace, which is used for collaboration.
   
   The rest of this tutorial assumes you're working in a Personal workspace, but if you plan to collaborate with others, or just want to learn about the Digital Scholar Lab's notetaking features, you can learn about collaboration and notes.
   Otherwise, please select Personal and proceed to start building a collection

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