The Library provides electronic access to many of its materials. Every item that is available electronically has an Innopac link removed catalog record. Just look up the title and Voilá! the item record will appear. If electronic access is available, a hot link (or links) is present to re-direct to the information you seek. The library also provides a webpage with a hot-linked list of all titles with electronic access, journals link removed and books link removed are listed separately. Unfortunately, the Library does not have electronic access to all the materials that we receive in print form.
Access methods vary from title to title. Some titles have only table of contents available, some have both table of contents and abstracts. Some have full-text going back several years, some have only the last two years. Access is provided through a variety of publishers, databases, and aggregators. This variety accounts for the differences in appearance, coverage, and restrictions.
There are three main paths to access: IP address, password and unrestricted. "IP address access" means that the user must be located within a specific domain (i.e. LSUHSC.EDU) to be acknowledged. If you try to gain access from a non-registered IP address, you will not get full privileges. If the title or database has "password access," you must provide a userid and password to gain access. Sometimes this is your Windows NT password, sometimes you must contact a library staff member and they will gain access for you. "Unrestricted access" is available to everyone with Internet access from everywhere in the world. There are very few items available this way; mostly these are government publications.
The electronic access frontier is a volatile one. This volatility is due to access, coverage, appearance, and restriction changes. The Library is working diligently to provide the best possible access for its patrons.-- Jennifer Kelly Hill
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