E-Resources for Alumni
Brought to you with the generous support of the Office of Alumni Relations and GW Libraries.
Accessing e-resources
Most e-resources require login with a GW NetID. Visit the alumni website to learn how to determine if you have a NetID and claim your NetID, if you do not.
If you have problems, contact alumolc@gwu.edu or 202-994-6435 / 1-800-ALUMNI-7 or GW Libraries at askus@gwu.edu.
Changes to accessing e-resources
NEW: GW Information Technology (GWIT) now requires the use of Two Step Authentication (2SA) to access most of the e-resources below. 2SA is a second layer of security beyond your password. It means you have to confirm your identity in two ways – with something you know (your password) and something you have (a code sent to your phone). You may be familiar with 2SA as it is commonly used in online banking and shopping. If you have not previously used 2SA with another GW account, such as email, you will be directed to set up a new 2SA account.
Students, staff, faculty and affiliates of the university are already required to use 2SA to access e-mail and other services. If you already use 2SA with your email, you will use this same process for signing into e-resources. No additional setup is needed.
For information or assistance with Two-Step Authentication, visit GW IT or email ithelp@gwu.edu.
Subscribed Resources
ABI/Inform Complete: Access to nearly 4,000 business-related titles, with most in full-text.
JSTOR Archive: Access to 1000+ scholarly journals. Free content if published before 1923 in the U.S. and 1870 outside of the U. S.
Project Muse: Full-text articles from over 300 scholarly humanities, arts, and social sciences journals.
Proquest Research Library: Covers a wide range of subject matter in both popular and scholarly periodicals.
Dissertations & Theses @ GW: Information about dissertations and theses published by GW students.
RefWorks: An online research management tool that assists in creating citations and bibliographies. NOTE: This links you to Legacy RefWorks (v.2). Log in, then look for a link near the top of the screen to upgrade to New RefWorks (v.3). After upgrading, you can log in at https://refworks.proquest.com/.
SAGE Research Methods (Core): Comprehensive online resource for material to guide users through every step of the research process, including datasets, cases, books, articles and videos. For more information, see http://sagepub.libguides.com/research-methods/researchmethods.
SAGE Research Methods (Data): Collection of teaching datasets for learning quantitative and qualitative analytical methods used in the social sciences. Each dataset is accompanied by a short, clear narrative description of the data and easy-to-follow instructions on how to apply the research method.
Free Resources
ERIC: Access to 1+ million citations in education going back to 1966, with 110,000+ full-text materials
PubMed: Access to citations from biomedical literature
GPO Access: A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office providing free electronic access to important information resources produced by the Federal Government
Using Local Resources in Your Area
LibWebCats: Find local public libraries and state colleges or universities. They may allow remote access to their online databases once you are registered as a user
WorldCat: Access to over 1.5 billion items from libraries worldwide with an emphasis on U.S. titles. The search also provides access to article citations.
Google Books: Access to books and table of contents, at times providing access to previews or full text for titles out of copyright. Check out the Magazines section for current awareness
Google Scholar: Google Scholar focuses on scholarly literature that may contain full text
Questions?
For questions about your GWorld card or NetID, contact the Alumni Online Community at alumolc@gwu.edu or 1-800-Alumni7
For help with a database, try Ask Us.