Alumni Digital Library Frequently Asked Questions

1.  What full text journals, newspapers, and magazines are in the Alumni Digital Library?  How can I find out if a journal or magazine is included?

Some of the databases provide a great deal of full text immediately, and these are listed here. Some databases, like RePEc, arXiv.org and NASA ADS, provide full text of individual articles in the subject areas covered, but do not have comprehensive coverage of all articles in particular journals.

Follow each database link to browse and download lists of the full text available by journal, magazine or newspaper title.

• Alumni – Research Library provides centralized access to periodical content covering a wide range of subjects such as business, education, literature, political science, and psychology. The database contains nearly 4,000 titles, including full-text access to more than 2,700 publications and provides a broad array of reference materials to aid in general research, plus coverage of diverse and scholarly disciplines to serve more advanced researchers. Download title list.
• Alumni - ABI/INFORM Complete provides an unmatched collection of business content, delivering highly relevant and focused results required for business research today. Combining the foremost business journals and leading sources of online business news with international and scholarly content, Alumni - ABI/INFORM Complete delivers a remarkable variety of content results to meet the needs of researchers at all levels. Download title list.

Top Journals and Periodicals—MIT Sloan Management Review, Journal of American Academy of Business, Journal of Business Ethics, Foreign Affairs, Nation’s Business, Journal of Marketing, and more

Major Publishers—including Cambridge University Press, Springer Science & Business Media, and Palgrave Macmillan

Alumni - ABI/INFORM Complete provides deep business content from the highest-quality sources of business information available including:

· Business Cases—Connect classroom topics with valuable business cases. Alumni - ABI/INFORM Complete provides thousands of business case documents from key business schools such as Ivey, Thunderbird, Idea Group, and Darden

· Annual Reports—Analyze balance sheets and income statements with over 7,000 annual reports covering more than 1,000 leading North American companies

· Country Reports—Track the fast-changing economic, political and market developments around the world with country reports. EIU ViewsWire delivers reports from 195 countries, providing concise analysis of market conditions worldwide

· SWOT Analysis—Launch strategic planning initiatives with access to SWOT analysis reports from top-notch resources such as Just and Business Monitor International (BMI), major publishers of business research, reports and company profiles 

· Author Profiles—Locate key information about published authors in author profiles, including affiliations and research topics. E-mail addresses are included in the 125,000 profiles available

• GreenFILE provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records. Download GreenFile List
• Newspaper Source contains articles from 35 national and international newspapers and some TV and radio transcripts such as the Seattle Times and the Bangor Daily News
• Project Muse contains over 300 full text scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences; the titles available are marked with a green icon.
• Regional Business News offers full text of over 80 business journals and newswires such as Alaska Business Monthly and New England Business

2.  If I cannot get the full text of an article directly from the Alumni Digital Library, how can I get it?

The databases provide the full citations to the materials that you need to either locate the full text in your local library or through InterLibrary Loan in your local area or through Dartmouth's DartDoc for Alumni.

3.  What is the email name and password I need to use the Alumni Digital Library?

You MUST use only your Dartmouth Alumni email name and password. See the Dartmouth Alumni VOX Online page about finding your alumni email name and password.

4.  What are those "Dartmouth Web Authentication" and "Shibboleth" pages that I see before my search finishes?

Both of these are important parts of the technology that allow you to log-in and then be recognized as a real Dartmouth Alumni. It may take a minute for each of these steps to complete so be patient because it's worth the wait!  Once you have logged in, the system will continue to recognize you as an alumni until you close your browser.

5.  Where can I get help with searching the Alumni Digital Library?

Workshops are held periodically so check the Alumni Relations Web site for those if you are going to be on campus. We will be linking a tutorial on searching to this site soon!