Access Policies

Students in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) including the Institute for Biomedical Sciences (IBS), graduate students and declared undergraduate majors in the School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS), and students in the School of Nursing (SON) have unrestricted Library access. All University faculty have unrestricted access. Staff of the SMHS, SPHHS, and SON have unrestricted Library access.

Other University students and staff do not have physical access to Himmelfarb Library. Students enrolled in SMHS, SPHHS, and SON courses requiring access to physical reserve materials, working for departments, or whose instructors in the above schools have made special requests for access, may click here for information on acquiring library temporary access privileges.

Non-GWU consortium students do not have automatic access to Himmelfarb Library. Non-GWU consortium students enrolled in classes in the three schools served by Himmelfarb may click here for information on obtaining temporary access privileges.

Alumni of The George Washington University Schools of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) and Nursing (SON) are admitted to the Library from 7:30AM to 6:00PM Monday through Friday.

For a detailed listing of access privileges, please click here.

For questions about Library access, contact: Catherine Harris, Circulation Coordinator, at 202-994-9453 or mlbcrh@gwumc.edu.

Access for University students and Consortium students enrolled in SMHS, SPHHS and SON classes

GW University students enrolled in SMHS, SPHHS, and SON courses requiring access to physical reserve materials will be admitted upon the request of their professors. Professors must provide the library with a list of these students each semester so that they can receive semester access.

Non-GWU students from the Local Area Consortium will be admitted upon the request of their professors. Professors must provide the library with a list of their names each semester so that semester access passes can be issued to them. Please submit student lists to the Circulation Coordinator, Catherine Harris at mlbcrh@gwumc.edu.

Consortium students may obtain GWorld Cards at the GWorld Office on the Ground Floor of the Marvin Center at 800 21st St, NW.

Access for University students working for SMHS, SPHHS and SON departments

University-affiliated students who work for SMHS, SPHHS and SON departments do not have automatic access to Himmelfarb Library. If your work requires access to onsite materials at Himmelfarb, talk to your departmental administrator. Departmental administrators are responsible for providing lists of such students to the Library so that those students may receive semester access passes. Please submit student worker lists to the Circulation Coordinator, Catherine Harris at mlbcrh@gwumc.edu