More Info	Databases Accessible with Library ID
	ABI/INFORM (Business)
	Academic Search Elite (Multi-Disciplinary)
	America: History & Life (U.S. & Canada)
	Applied Science and Technology Abstracts
	Art Abstracts
	ArticleFirst (Multi-Disciplinary)
	Biological and Agricultural Index
	Books in Print (sold by publishers)
	Business Abstracts
	Business Source Elite
	CINAHL (Nursing, Allied Health)
	Catalog of U.S. Gov. Publications
	ContentsFirst (Multi-Disciplinary)
	Criminal Justice Periodicals Index
	Dissertation Abstracts
	EBSCO (4 databases; Multi-Disciplinary)
	ECO (Multi-Disciplinary)
	EDRS (ERIC Documents; RIE/1993- only)
	ERIC 1966-present (Education, via FirstSearch)
	ERIC 1984-present (Education, via IBIS)
	ERIC 1966-1983 (Education, via IBIS)
	FirstSearch (19 databases)
	General Science Abstracts
	Health Reference Center
	Health Source Plus
	Historical Abstracts (World History)
	Humanities Abstracts
	IBIS (via OVID) (15 databases)
	InfoTrac (Expanded Academic Index) (Multi-Disciplinary)
	Library Literature
	MEDLINE (Health/Medicine)
	MLA (Language/Literature)
	Newspaper Source (Natl. & Intl. via EBSCO)
	PAIS International (Public Affairs)
	PapersFirst (Conferences; The British Library)
	Periodical Abstracts (Multi-Disciplinary)
	ProceedingsFirst (Citations; The British Library)
	PsycINFO 1967-present (Psychology)
	PsycINFO 1887-1966 (Psychology)
	Reader's Guide Abstracts
	Social Sciences Abstracts
	Sociological Abstracts
	SPORTDiscus
	Union Serials List (OCLC Libraries)
	WilsonSelect Plus (Multi-Disciplinary)
	World Almanac
	WorldCat

Due to licensing agreements with commercial vendors, many of the library's online subscription databases are restricted to WIU-affiliated computer users located at the Macomb or Regional Center (Moline) campuses. In the past, some of these database vendors have supplied passwords that our off-campus patrons could use to access selected resources.

The University Library has installed a new authentication system so that you no longer have to request or keep up with these passwords. Off-campus users may now simply use their Library Identification Number to access over 40 major bibliographic databases (many providing full-text articles).

When connecting to one of these databases, simply enter your 14-digit Library Identification Number when prompted for it. As always, on-campus users (Macomb and Regional Center) connected to the WIU computing network are automatically given direct access to all library databases and never need to enter an identification number.

The 14-digit Library ID number is composed of the library's five-digit prefix code (21711), plus the nine-digit University ID number that you were assigned upon enrolling for classes (or for WIU faculty and staff, when you began employment). Your University ID number is found on your WIU ID card.

Faculty accessing FirstSearch 2 databases will continue to use their assigned password. The library continues to pursue authentication options that will make all of its databases accessble to our WIU-affiliated users at remote locations (see current remote access options for all databases).

Please contact Library Access Services if you are currently enrolled at WIU, but your Library ID does not work properly.

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