Alumni

Himmelfarb Library is pleased to offer GWUMC alumni physical and off-campus access to information resources for personal education and research.

Alumni E-Resources

Himmelfarb Library provides information on premium electronic resources that are available to GWUMC alumni through the support of the George Washington Alumni Association and the Gelman Library System, as well as selected high-quality open access resources.

Login/Password: Alumni who graduated after May 2003 can use the GWNet ID and password (@gwu.edu login & password) that they used as a student. Alumni who graduated prior to May 2003 can fill out an online form (https://my.gwu.edu/mod/alumni/register.cfm) to register for access.

Resources

Proquest Research Library (Alumni Edition): Multi-disciplinary database covers general and academic periodicals, and provides full-text coverage of numerous health sciences titles. The database includes more than 3,000 titles, and over 2,500 in full text.
National Guideline Clearinghouse :Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Includes guidelines in English which were written, reviewed, or revised in the last five years and which were systematically developed. Produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
ABI/Inform Complete (Alumni Edition). Multi-disciplinary database with emphasis on full-text business publications. The database provides access to nearly 4,000 business and related titles, with close to 3,000 in full-text.
PubMed : Citations and abstracts for peer-reviewed biomedical journal articles published from 1950 to the present. Also called MEDLINE.
Project Muse : Full-text access to selected health sciences titles including Hastings Center Report, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, and Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. Database provides access to full-text articles and reviews from over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals.
Dissertations & Theses @ GW : A collection of citations and abstracts from dissertations and theses published by GW students. Dissertations published from 1997 through the present usually include a 24-page preview and full-text access.

Physical Access

As GWUMC alumni, you are welcome to visit Himmelfarb Library in order to use library collections on site.

Himmelfarb Library welcomes GWUMC alumni from 7:30AM to 6:00PM Monday through Friday. A valid GWorld Alumni ID is required for admission.
For access to the library during other hours, please contact the Associate Director at (202) 994-8906.
Gelman Library policies on alumni access are available at: http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/library/entrance/gwalum.html

Borrowing privileges

Due to the specialized nature of Himmelfarb Library's collection and limited resources, borrowing privileges are available to current faculty, students and staff only. However, Himmelfarb Library does provide a fee-based document delivery service to GWUMC alumni via Loansome Doc, a service which permits users to order full-text articles when searching PubMed.
Any additional alumni requests regarding the borrowing of Himmelfarb Library materials should be directed to the Associate Director at (202) 994-8906.
Gelman Library policies regarding borrowing privileges for alumni are available at: http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/service/circulation/borrow/alumni.html

Alumni Identification Cards

Alumni House ID Card

Required in order to obtain a GWorld Alumni card
Contact Alumni House to obtain ID card:
Alumni House
(202) 994-6435
1918 F Street NW

GWorld Alumni Card

Use for entrance to Himmelfarb Library
Take Alumni House ID card, a form of photo identification, and a one-time $10 fee to the GWorld Program Office

GWorld Card Office
Marvin Center, Suite 501
800 21st Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20052