While on campus, alumni may use most of the library's databases.
The library offers selected databases for alumni to search while off campus. An alumni email and alumni library account and are required.
To activate an alumni account, or recover a password, contact helpdesk @ american.edu
After activating the alumni email and password, visit the Alumni Services Offsite Services page, for links to databases that alumni may search from off campus.
Databases Available to Alumni (list subject to change):
(If you aren't logged in with your alumni credentials, you will receive an authorization error with these links!)
- JSTOR
- EBSCOhost including Academic Search Alumni Edition, GreenFile, and Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
- SAGE Journals, Research Methods, Business Cases, and Data
- Project MUSE
- East View (Current Digest of the Russian Press, Pravda Digital Archive, Sovetskoe Zdravookhranenie Digital Archive, Bibliography of Russian Newspapers)
You might find useful information in the many excellent taxpayer-funded US government research studies and publications that are provided to the public online. For more information, please take a look at this FAQ.
Librarians are always happy to assist alumni, so feel free to contact us at Ask-A-Librarian. Please identify yourself as an AU graduate so we can recommend sources available to you.
*Why can't alumni search all of the library's databases while off campus? Someday, we hope a generous alum will donate sufficient millions for us to offer our graduates access to all of our databases; however, right now those licensing fees are significantly beyond the library's means.
If you would like further assistance, please Ask-A-Librarian.
