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Joseph E. Bellis Medical Library: Remote Access

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Remote Access

The Bellis Medical Library website is available off-site. It is now linked in Cerner!

All Online Books and Journals are linked in the Bellis Medical Library Online Catalog.

Use OpenAthens with your CommonSpirit username and password for off-site access to the following resources:
 - CINAHL, ClinicalKey, ClinicalKey for Nursing, Cochrane Library, JAMA Network, Lexicomp, Micromedex, 
   Natural Medicines, NEJM, Ovid Medline, and UpToDate

For individual resource personal account access, create personal accounts when on campus with your 
CommonSpirit username and password.

Personal Account Set-Up

ClinicalKey & ClinicalKey for Nursing

Cochrane Library

Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA)

  • Create an account at www.jamanetwork.com using your Dignity Health/CommonSpirit email address from a computer connected to the Dignity Health network. 
  • Once your account is established, go to www.jamanetwork.com to login from anywhere.

New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)

  • Create an account on www.nejm.org from a computer connected to the Dignity Health network.
  • Once your account is established, go to www.nejm.org to login from anywhere.

Ovid MEDLINE

  • Follow the Ovid MEDLINE link. Create an account by clicking on My Account found on the top right corner.
  • Create a personal account using your Dignity Health/CommonSpirit email address from a computer connected to the Dignity Health network. 
  • Once your account is established, login from anywhere.

PubMed

  • Create a personal account at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/.
  • To Access More Full-Text Articles: Go to Account Settings, then to NCBI Account Preferences to Select your PubMed Outside Tool: St. Mary Medical Center, Bellis Medical Library

UpToDate

  • Register for an account on www.UpToDate.com from a computer connected to the Dignity Health network.
  • Once your account is established, go to www.UpToDate.com to login from anywhere. 
  • *To maintain uninterrupted access to UpToDate you must log in on the Dignity Health network every 90 days.

Questions: Contact your Medical Librarian. 

Developed by Judy Kraemer, MLIS, MBA, Medical Librarian, Esmeralda Herrejon, Library Intern at St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach