Residents & Fellows: Welcome to Himmelfarb Library

To access library resources, users will be prompted to login regardless of on- or off-campus location.  Users can follow links from Himmelfarb Library's website or login to OpenAthens directly from specific resources (e.g. JAMA, ScienceDirect, etc.).  

1. Access the Himmelfarb Library website, and select the database, e-text, or e-journal which you would like to access.
2. When the 'George Washington University Single Sign-on' webpage is displayed, securely login with your GW UserID followed by "@gwmail.gwu.edu" (students) or "@email.gwu.edu" (faculty/staff).
   • Accounts created before May 22, 2022: Your GW UserID is the portion of your email address prior to @.
   • Accounts created after May 22, 2022: Your GW UserID is your GWID (G#).
3. The database, e-text, or e-journal that you selected will display automatically.

Here are a few tips to help you orient yourself to GW and Himmelfarb Library:

1. Claim your GW UserID - this account provides your access to numerous GW systems. 
2. Online Library Access -  via either web-based login/password using your GW UserID/password.
3. Apps - install clinical apps including Lexidrug and DynaMed and explore additional tools on Himmelfarb's App Shelf.
4. LibKey Nomad browser extension - connects you to full-text articles faster plus additional library services such as interlibrary loan and the Consortium Loan Service. 
5. Citation Management - sign up for a RefWorks citation management account; some schools provide access to EndNote for faculty (SMHS faculty; SPH faculty.
6. Microsoft Office 365 and Adobe Express Premium  are available at no cost  to current students, faculty and staff as well as additional software downloads.
7. The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal - digital access available at no cost to current students, faculty and staff.

Research/Writing

Wireless access to the GW computer network is available from Himmelfarb Library, Ross Hall, and from other areas on campus. Wireless access is available to GW students, faculty, and staff.

Instructions for connecting to the wireless network

1. Connect to the eduroam network from your device's list of available networks.
2. When prompted, provide your GW UserID followed by @gwu.edu and password.

• Access to full-text journal articles; integrated in all research databases and also available on Google Scholar

• Access Documents2Go (interlibrary loan/document delivery) and additional full-text options; integrated in all research databases and also available on Google Scholar

Access: Databases webpage

Apps: Himmelfarb App Shelf

Web: https://himmelfarb.gwu.edu

Email: himmelfarb@gwu.edu

Ask Us: https://himmelfarb.gwu.edu/ask/

Phone: (202) 994-2962

Text:  text your question to (202) 601-3525

Hours

Holdings:

• 6,500+ E-Journals
• 6,700+ E-Books
• 125+ Databases