About Browser Cookies

In general, Internet Cookies are small piecees of data stored locally by your browser that saves information and helps identify you to web sites upon subsequent visits. Cookies are like little identification cards passed out by web sites. Like conventional ID cards, cookies are carried with the user, they store information to help identify you, and they expire at a certain date and then must be reissued. Also, as you probably have different cards for your local department store, movie rental outlets, and the library, you are also issued separate cookies by different web servers. Each browser can accept up to 20 cookies by a single web server and can have as many as 300 cookies total on file at any one time.

The PsycCritiques Reviewer Portal stores minimal cookies in order to process data you submit to us. We track (1) whether you logged in successfully, (2) your initial login data (firstname, lastname, email address), and (3) a system userID that is assigned to you when your profile is created and login data emailed to you. We do not store any other information in cookies, nor do we look for other information from your computer. These "cookies" are used to track who is submitting what data to us - so that we can adjust your profile and not another user's profile. For example, when you submit a completed review, these cookies help us to determine which reviews you have pending, and update our files accordingly when a review is received. These cookies expire every time you exit the PsycCritiques Reviewer Portal and are re-created when you log back in.
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Which Browser Do I Use?

Before you can enable cookies, you must first know your browser's type (and version if possible). This can be learned by going to the "About [browsername]" option on your browser's menu.

Internet Explorer: Select menu option "Help" → "About Internet Explorer". The version number will be displayed.

Netscape: Select menu option "Help" → "About Netscape". The version number appears at the top of the page.

Safari Select menu option "Safari" → "About Safari". The version number will be displayed.
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"Enabling Cookies" Instructions For Specific Browsers

Once you know your browser type/version, follow the corresponding instructions for that browser/type (displayed below) .

Mozilla Firefox (1.0 final release and earlier)
Go to "Tools" menu
Select "Options"
Select the "Privacy" icon in the left panel.
Check the box corresponding to "Allow sites to set cookies".
Click "OK" to save changes
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Netscape 7.1/Mozilla 5.0
Go to "Edit" menu
Select "Preferences"
Click on the arrow next to "Privacy & Security" in the scrolling window to expand.
Under "Privacy & Security", select "Cookies".
Select "Enable all cookies".
Click "OK".
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Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0+
Go to "Tools" menu
Select "Internet Options"
Click on the "Privacy" tab.
Click the "Default" button (or manually slide the bar down to "Medium") under "Settings"
Click "OK"
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Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 5.0+
Go to "Tools" menu
Select "Internet Options"
Click on the "Security" tab
Click the "Custom Level" button
Scroll down to the "Cookies" section
To enable:
Set "Allow cookies that are stored on your computer" to "Enable".
Set "Allow per-session cookies" to "Enable".
Click "OK"
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Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 4.0+
Go to "View" menu
Select "Internet Options"
Click on the "Advanced" tab
Scroll down to find "Cookies" within the "Security" section
To enable:
Select "Always accept cookies".
Click "OK"
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Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 3.0+
Go to "View" menu
Select "Options"
Click on the "Advanced" tab
Scroll down to the" Cookies" section
Select "Warn Before Accept Cookies"
Click "OK"
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Mac AOL 5
Click o "My AOL"
Click on "Preferences"
Click on "WWW"
Click on "Advanced Settings"
Under "Receiving Files:", Select "Cookies"
Under "When Receiving Cookies:", Select "Never Ask" from drop down list
Click OK
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Mac IE 5.0+
Click Edit
Select Preferences
Under the Receiving Files option, select Cookies
Under "When receiving cookies:" select the desired level of cookie acceptance
Under "When receiving cookies:" select the desired level of cookie acceptance
Click OK to finish
Restart Browser
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Mac IE 4.0+
Go to My AOL on the menu bar
Pick WWW
Go to the Advanced Settings option on the Category menu
Click "Cookies"
When receiving cookies: Click "Never Ask"
Click OK
Restart Browser
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Netscape 7.0+
Click Edit on the Toolbar.
Click Preferences
Click the Privacy and Security category; expand the list to show the subcategories.
Click Cookies
Three options are displayed. Click the appropriate choice:
  -- Disable cookies
  -- Enable cookies for the originating web site only
  -- Enable all cookies
If you want to be notified when a web site tries to set a cookie, select "Warn me before accepting a cookie."
Restart Browser
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Netscape 6.0+
Click Edit on the Toolbar.
Click Preferences
Click the Privacy and Security category; expand the list to show the subcategories.
Click Cookies
Three options are displayed. Click the appropriate choice:
  -- Disable cookies
  -- Enable cookies for the originating web site only
  -- Enable all cookies
If you want to be notified when a web site tries to set a cookie, select "Warn me before accepting a cookie."
Restart Browser
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Netscape 4.0+
Go to Edit on the menu bar
Pick Preferences
Go to the Advanced option on the Category menu
Click the check box next to "Accept All Cookies"
Click OK
Restart Browser
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Netscape 3.0+ Clients
Go to Options on the menu bar
Pick Network Preferences
Click the Languages tab
Click the checkbox next to "Enable Java"
Click OK
Restart Browser
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AOL 8.0
From the AOL Toolbar, select Settings.
Select Preferences
Select Internet Properties (WWW)
Select the Privacy tab
Select Advanced
Deselect override automatic cookie handling button
Click OK to exit.
Restart Browser
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AOL 7.0 with IE 6.0
From the AOL Toolbar, select Settings.
Select Preferences
Select Internet Properties (WWW)
Select the Privacy tab
Select Advanced
Deselect override automatic cookie handling button
Click OK to exit.
Restart Browser
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AOL 7.0 with IE 5.5
From the AOL Toolbar, select Settings.
Select Preferences
Select Internet Properties (WWW)
Select the Security tab
Select the Custom Level tab
Under "Allow Cookies that are stored on your computer" click "Enable"
Under "Allow per-session cookies (not stored)" click "Enable"
Select OK, Yes you want to save the settings
Restart Browser
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AOL 6.0
From the AOL Toolbar, select Settings
Select Preferences
Select Internet Properties (WWW)
Select the Security tab
Select the Custom Level tab
Under "Allow Cookies that are stored on your computer" click "Enable"
Under "Allow per-session cookies (not stored)" click "Enable"
Select OK, Yes you want to save the settings
Restart Browser
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AOL 5.0
Go to My AOL
Pick WWW
Click the Security tab
Go to Custom Level
Scroll down to find Cookie
Click "Enable"
Click OK
Restart Browser
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AOL 4.0
Click on Preferences
Select on the WWW button
Click on the Advanced tab
Select the "Accept all cookies" checkbox
Restart Browser
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AOL for Windows 3.1
Browser does not give you the ability to turn off cookies
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Disabling Cookies
Because we only use these cookies while you are in the system, you can disable cookies again once you leave the system. After logging out, just go to the browser and revert to your original cookie settings.
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