BU Libraries welcomes graduates of the University to make use of a selection of resources.<\/p>\n
BU Alumni may visit Libraries branches as visitors by checking in with a photo ID and their\u00a0<\/span>alumni card<\/a>\u00a0at the front desk upon arrival. Learn more about the BU Libraries’ Visitor Policy<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n If you graduated prior to or in 2011, and don’t have an @bu.edu account, you will need to create a new account here<\/a>. For more information on alumni benefits, visit the BU Alumni & Friends website<\/a>. Please contact the Alumni Office<\/a> for assistance.<\/p>\n If you graduated after 2011, use your BU Login username and password.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Alumni are welcome to request books and other circulating materials. To begin, make sure your alumni card is active by following these steps<\/a>.<\/p>\n For first-time borrowers, User Services staff will need to update your library account. Visit us in person or reach out via email at ask@bu.edu<\/a> to get started.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Request BU Libraries 2 Go<\/a> items by emailing the following details to ask@bu.edu<\/a>: Title, Author, and your BU username\/email address. If possible, please include the item record permalink from BU Libraries Search. You will receive an email notification when items are available for pickup.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n The BU Libraries provide alumni access to the following databases:<\/p>\n ABI\/INFORM Complete (Alumni edition)<\/a> Annual Reviews Academic Search (Ebsco Alumni Edition) Business Source (Ebsco Alumni Edition)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Ebook Central Alumni Academic Complete<\/a> JSTOR Project Muse Project Muse Ebooks 2010-2012 Sage Journals OpenBU<\/a> Directory of Open Access Journals<\/a><\/strong> Hathi Trust<\/a> MedlinePlus<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Medicine) PubMed<\/a><\/strong> (via the National Library of Medicine) ERIC<\/a> <\/strong>(Education)<\/p>\n AGRICOLA<\/a> <\/strong>(Agriculture)<\/p>\n WorldCat<\/a> <\/strong>(search libraries in your community and around the world)<\/p>\n Boston Public Library (BPL) online resources<\/strong><\/a> are available to Massachusetts residents. The BPL offers a virtual library card (eCard) that allows users immediate remote access to all BPL electronic resources, including magazine databases and downloadable audio, video, and music files. <\/p>\n The following BU Libraries provide additional information for Alumni:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BU Libraries welcomes graduates of the University to make use of a selection of resources. Visiting BU Libraries Branches BU Alumni may visit Libraries branches as visitors by checking in with a photo ID and their\u00a0alumni card\u00a0at the front desk upon arrival. Learn more about the BU Libraries’ Visitor Policy. Access to Electronic Resources If […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2936,"featured_media":0,"parent":6929,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7012"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112541,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7012\/revisions\/112541"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Access to Electronic Resources<\/h2>\n
Borrowing Materials<\/h2>\n
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Electronic Resources Available to Alumni<\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong>Business, primarily journals, newspapers, reports, eBooks<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/a>Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences <\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/a>Multi-disciplinary journal articles, eBooks<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Multi-disciplinary eBooks
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\n<\/strong><\/a>Multi-disciplinary journal archives<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/a>Humanities and Social Sciences journals, and recent eBooks<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/a>Humanities and Social Sciences<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/a>Multi-disciplinary<\/p>\nFree Online Resources<\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong>OpenBU is BU’s open access\u00a0institutional repository. It contains documents and publications authored or co-authored by BU faculty, students, and staff.<\/p>\n
\nAccess to the full text of thousands of journals covering the humanities, social sciences, and sciences and also provides access to indexes in these subject areas, including dissertations and theses.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>HathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
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\nProduced by the National Library of Medicine, MedLinePlus\u00a0provides\u00a0information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues including links to medical research on a topic.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nNote: Guest access to articles from BU’s subscription e-journals is NOT available through PubMed.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nOnline registration and eCard FAQ<\/a>.<\/p>\nMore Information<\/h2>\n
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