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Access Information

Internet (General Access)

These resources are freely available to anyone with Internet access.

Internet (Password Required, Contact Librarian)

These resources require a password. They are generally restricted to valid SMU students, faculty, and staff. Please contact a reference librarian for access.

Internet (Valid SMU students/faculty staff)

These resources are available on- or off-campus to valid SMU students, faculty, and staff. Access to these resources requires a 14-digit library barcode number.

Internet (SMU campus and valid SMU students/faculty/staff)

These resources are available from any computer on the SMU campus. In addition, valid SMU students, faculty, and staff who are located off-campus have access by using their 14-digit library barcode number.

Internet (SMU campus computers and PPP dial-up only)

These resources are available from any computer on the SMU campus and to SMU students, faculty, and staff who connect to the Internet using Information Technology Services' (ITS) dial-up PPP service.

SMU Libraries Local Area Network

CD-ROM network resources are available from any computer on the SMU campus but require the ICA plug-in to be installed with the browser. In addition, valid SMU students, faculty, and staff who are located off-campus have access by using their 14-digit library barcode number. First time users of a networked CD-ROM title will be prompted to download an ICA client in order to access the Citrix server. Instructions for downloading and installing the client are available at http://www.smu.edu/libraries/citrix-help/pc/index-pc.html (for PC users) and http://www.smu.edu/libraries/citrix-help/mac/index-mac.html (for Macintosh users). Subsequent uses of a networked CD-ROM title will not require downloading the ICA client again. Please contact the ITS HELP desk (214-768-4357 or help@mail.smu.edu) if you need assistance with downloading and installing the ICA client. All public computers in the Central University Libraries already have the ICA plug-in installed.

Electronic Journal Title or ISSN Search

The A-to-Z title search looks only for journal titles. It does not search journal content.
Title begins with
- This is the default search. Enter 2 or more letters of the beginning of the title. The more letters you enter, the more specific the search. Initial articles (the, a, an, etc.) are ignored by the search engine. No wildcards or truncation characters are needed or valid in this search.
  - Example: A search for educat will find all titles that begin with that string, such as "Educating for employment," "Education and the law," and "Educational assessment."
Title equals
- Enter the exact title. Initial articles (the, a, an, etc.) are ignored by the search engine. No wildcards or truncation characters are needed or valid in this search.
  - Example: A search for The New York Times will find "New York Times."
Title contains all words
- Enter one or more title words in any order. This search will match titles that contain all words. You can use an asterisk (*) to find partial words (e.g. neuro*).
  - Example: A search for educa* ann* will find "American annals of education," "Information technology in childhood education annual" and "Educational foundations (Ann Arbor, Mich.)."

Updates

Index title and subject lists are are regenerated every Friday (except University holidays).
Electronic journal information is updated daily.

Assistance and Feedback

About: "SMU Online Resources" is a collection of indexes, databases, reference sources, electronic journals, and online government information provided by Southern Methodist University libraries. The participating libraries are Bridwell Library (Perkins School of Theology), Business Information Center (Cox School of Business), and Central University Libraries (includes DeGolyer Library, Fondren Library, Fort Burgwin Library, Hamon Arts Library, Institute for the Study of Earth and Man Reading Room, Norwick Center for Media and Instructional Technology, Science/Engineering Library, and SMU-in-Legacy Library). This service, made available to SMU users for the first time in Fall 2000, was developed and is updated by SMU librarians.