Mystic is an online application running in the cloud.

As a result, 'starting Mystic' effectively involves an end-user navigating the Mystic application website at:

• https://www.pergamonmystic.co.uk

Doing so displays the standard authentication login form which requires an end-user to enter their:

• Username - either staff username or reader barcode number
• Password - the password unique to their account
• Library - a license number which uniquely identifies the library to which they belong, or the unique short-cut word if the library has one.

Note, that is also possible to enter the unique library number or short-cut word in the username field in the similar way to email address format, so logging in as:

• Username - harry
• Password - mypassword
• Library - edukus

could be entered as:

• Username - harry@edukus
• Password - mypassword
• Library - <leave empty>

If it is intended to create a permanent link to the Mystic application on a secure workstation, such as creating a desktop-icon on a school library workstation, it is possible to pre-select the library number and remove the library field from the desktop. This is done by explicitly specifying the code in the URL being used in the shortcut:

https://www.pergamonmystic.co.uk/cgi-bin/mystic.cgi?l=999

Note here, that 'l' is the lower-case 'L' (Lima).

In this way, it is possible to provide terminals to staff users and readers without the need to remember a code or shortcut-word.

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