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About Off-Campus Access

Students enrolled in UALR's Distance Education Classes or Off-Campus Programs, and those who access Ottenheimer Library's services remotely from home or at work have access to a variety of online resources and library services. Library access and use is considered essential to success at UALR and is encouraged from all locations.

When utilizing library resources from off-campus you will need to identify yourself as a currently enrolled UALR student. After selecting the resource you wish to use, you will be prompted to fill-in your name and your 14-digit ID number.

Getting Connected

Steps to identifying yourself as a currently enrolled UALR student:

• Select the database, online book or electronic journal
• When prompted, enter your first and last name
• Enter your 14-digit UALR card number
• The 14-digit card number is on the back of your UALR card, or can be found via your BOSS account.

Having difficulties?...call the Reference Desk at 1-800-340-9367 or (501) 569-8806

Possible Problems with Off-Campus Access:

• Your UALR account may not be "current". Are you currently enrolled in a class?
• You may have been directed to the publisher's login page rather than our proxy page.
• Make sure you are using your ID Number, not your Student Login.

Online Resources

The Ottenheimer Library has over 100 periodical databases, 20,000 electronic journals, and 10,000 books that may be assessed remotely for our students and faculty. Due to some publisher's licensing agreements some products may not be available remotely. Using the library's link to Article Indexes and Databases you will find electronic indexes, some electronic journals, and electronic books. Using the library's Electronic Journals List you will find which periodicals our library has electronically. For assistance, please contact Reference Services at (501) 569-8806.

Distance Education Students

If you are enrolled in a course that is completely WEB-BASED and has a Section Number of 999 you have additional library services available to you besides remote access to databases and periodicals.

Distance Education students that are unable to travel to UALR are provided extended services to assist you in retrieving those items that are NOT available online. The library also provides an 800 number for your assistance 1-800-340-9367.

Interlibrary Loan

To request materials be sent to you, you must first register with ILLiad, UALR's ILL/Document Delivery Service. Be sure to type Distance Education as your Status on the ILLiad registration form. Once you register with ILLiad, you choose either book, journal article or dissertation/thesis from the Request Types menu. Complete all the bibliographic information requested, and click on the "submit request" button to send it to ILL for processing. If the requested item is owned by the Ottenheimer Library and a journal article, it will be photocopied or scanned and posted to the Illiad Server whenever possible. If the item is a book, it will be checked out to you and mailed to the address you listed in ILLiad when you registered. If you are enrolled in a course with a section number of 999 and cannot easily access the library to return materials please contact the Access Services department at (501) 569-3123, to arrange for the mailing of materials that you have borrowed back to Ottenheimer Library free of charge.