Database Digest - Savvy Searcher goes off-campus
Off-campus access to Library resources is
vital for our students, faculty, and staff.
It’s particularly important to students
and residents who are completing rotations
in hospitals in Maryland and Virginia, and
to all those who continue their long hours
of work and study from a home computer.
Off-campus access can be a confusing topic
if only because as technology evolves, so
do methods of access. This spring has proved
particularly challenging with the permanent
retirement of the kocc proxy server for security
reasons and the imminent deployment of its
replacement. However, even in this changing
landscape, one method of off-campus access
has remained secure and reliable: Aladin
(http://www.aladin.wrlc.org). To securely
login to Aladin, enter your last name and
Social Security Number on the Aladin login
page.
Aladin is available to all GWUMC faculty,
staff, and students. Aladin provides access
to nearly all Himmelfarb Library databases
and electronic textbooks, and a rich collection
of electronic journals. On the Himmelfarb
Library homepage, users will frequently see
links to Aladin in the ‘off-campus’ column
of links for E-Databases/MEDLINE, E-Journals,
and E-Texts. Instructions at the bottom of
each of these pages provide succinct instructions
for accessing Aladin and finding those resources
within the Aladin system.
Aladin is run through the Gelman Library
and features its resources as well as those
from Himmelfarb Library. To access Himmelfarb
databases and e-texts, simply browse Aladin’s
databases alphabetically, or select the subject
Medicine/Health Sciences to focus on resources
supplied by Himmelfarb Library. In Aladin,
most electronic journals can be located by
using the E-Journal Title Finder, and some
are available through the Journals@Ovid database.
If you have difficulty locating a resource
in Aladin, please refer back to the guides
at the bottom of the E-Databases/MEDLINE,
E-Journals, and E-Texts pages on Himmelfarb
Library’s website, or contact the Reference
Desk at 200-994-1826.
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