All university libraries would like to provide their alumni with continued access to online databases. Unfortunately, vendor licenses restrict access to currently-enrolled students. CityU Library has looked into providing off-site access to our alumni, but we have found that most of the full-text content is removed from the alumni databases by the vendors. We do re-evaluate this option on a regular basis, but we have not yet found a package that we feel meets alumni needs. Please note that many of your favorite online databases may be available to you at no cost through your local public library – or for a fee through your local public academic library.
CityU does provide alumni with the following resources and services:
- Ask a Librarian for personalized research help via e-mail, instant messaging, Skype, or phone.
- On-site access from a CityU campus to the library’s online collection of books, journals, videos, and more from:
- EBSCO (e.g., Business Source Complete, E-books, PsycINFO)
- ProQuest (e.g., Education Journals, Dissertations & Theses, Accounting & Tax, ABI/Inform Trade & Industry, Research Library)
- Ebook Central
- Credo Reference
- Morningstar
- On-site use of the library’s print collection at the Seattle campus.
- Access to over 1,000 online resources, findable through CatalogPlus
- Access to open source online journals and books from repositories such as:
- DOAJ – Directory of Open Access Journals, over 3700 full-text journals
- PubMed Central, over 700 full-text medicine and health sciences journals
- Bookboon.com
- Connexions
- Flat World Knowledge
- MERLOT
- National Academies Press
- Wikibooks