Off-Campus Access to Library Resources
The Harley E. French Library of the Health Sciences is pleased to provide you with library resources while you are a current student, faculty (including clinical and community faculty), or staff member at the University of North Dakota (UND). These electronic resources are available to distance learning students, off-campus faculty, off-campus staff, residents, and Human Nutrition and Research Center (HNRC) staff.
If you have either a medicine.nodak.edu email account or a U-Mail account, your remote access user name is your entire email address and your password is your email password. If you are a resident, clinical/community faculty member or HNRC staff and do not have either a medicine email account or a U-Mail account, you will need to apply for a remote access account. Questions about existing accounts should be sent to The Webmaster

Access to Electronic Resources - e-Journals, e-Books, Newspapers, etc
A list of the electronic resources is available through the library's Electronic Resources page.
A limited number of journals are available to everyone. Free titles can be  found in the Free Journals, Free Books, Free Databases, and Free Newspapers collections.  No user name or password is required to use a free resource. Access to our other electronic resources is available to current students, faculty (including clinical and community faculty), or staff members at UND or HNRC. To access these journals, you will need to enter your medicine e-mail and password, your U-Mail address and password, OR your remote access account e-mail address and password. If you have questions about access, e-mail Reference Staff or contact reference by telephone at 701-777-3994.

Reminder: Not all electronic resource licenses allow remote access.

Access to Databases
A list of databases is available through the library's Databases page.
Access to many of the databases listed is available to everyone. Free databases can be found in the Free Databases Collection. No user name or password is required to search a free database. Other databases are available to current students, faculty (including clinical and community faculty), or staff members at UND or HNRC. To access these journals, you will need to enter your medicine e-mail and password, your U-Mail address and password, OR your remote access account e-mail address and password. If you have questions about access, e-mail Reference Staff or contact reference by telephone at 701-777-3994.

Reminder: Not all database licenses allow remote access.

Books and Journals available in the Harley E. French Library
ODIN (the library's online catalog) lists the books and journals available in the print collection of the Harley E. French Library of the Health Sciences. These items are available to off-campus users through the library's Interlibrary Loan Department.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
To request an item (such as a book, journal article, etc), you must first register with the library's Interlibrary Loan System (ILLiad). You only need to register once. Your user information is retained in the system, so the next time you submit a request, all you will need to do is login to ILLiad.
If you are ordering journal articles indexed in PubMed-MEDLINE, you can also order documents through Loansome Doc. Loansome Doc users must also be registered with the library's Interlibrary Loan System (ILLiad). The same user name and password MUST be used when registering for both Loansome Doc and Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad).

Distance Education and Off-Campus Charges
The fees charged for distance education services are the same for all students, staff and faculty, and are outlined in the library charges.

Assistance & Reference Questions
If you need assistance using our web site or services, please do not hesitate to contact any of the reference staff at 701-777-3994 and/or by sending an e-mail message to the Reference Mailbox.

Reference Questions
A Reference Librarian is available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to provide assistance in locating resources.  You may call the reference desk at 701-777-3994.  You can also send your questions to the Reference Mailbox.