Alumni Resources

For Northern Michigan University alumni planning to visit campus, please be aware that the Lydia Olson Library is temporarily relocated to Gries Hall during the ongoing Harden Hall renovation project.

Resources Available to All Alumni

In order to access most of the following resources you will be prompted to login to your Alumni email account (username@alumni.nmu.edu). See the directions for obtaining an Alumni email account if you do not already have one.

Anatomy.TV

Anatomy TV contains rotatable 3D models of the human body and anatomical layers which may be stripped away. Also included are common pathologies, radiological content, and interactive quizzes.

Annual Reviews

Annual Reviews is a nonprofit publisher that synthesizes the vast amount of primary research literature. The review articles are written by authors who are recognized experts in the field, and serve the purposes both of current awareness and introduction to a new subject.

BioMed Central

BioMed Central has an evolving portfolio of some 300 peer-reviewed journals in science, technology, engineering and medicine.

Birds of the World

Birds of the World is a powerful new resource that brings together scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology (Birds of North America, Neotropical Birds, Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive and Bird Families of the World) into one rich and colorful hub where you can find comprehensive, authoritative information on more than 10,720 species accounts.

Directory of Open Access Journals

A community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.

Google Scholar

Journal articles, books, and other resources across many subjects. Provides a "cited by" feature to indicate other papers containing a source paper as a reference.

Google Scholar - "Invalid Domain for Site Key" ErrorGoogle reCaptcha Error

In an effort to optimize user experience during peak activity, Google Scholar may prompt Northern Michigan University patrons to complete a reCAPTCHA widget to verify their non-robot status. Unfortunately, a security glitch in Google's widget may result in an "Invalid domain for site key" error for patrons accessing the Library's off-campus proxy server.

Workaround:

If you possess a Google Account, you can integrate it with the Library using the following steps:

  1. Visit the un-proxied version of Google Scholar at https://scholar.google.com.
  2. Click the "Sign In" button and log in with your NMU account (xxxx@nmu.edu).
  3. From the menu icon (three bars at the top left), select "Settings," then choose "Library Links."
  4. In the Library Links section of the Settings menu, confirm that "Northern Michigan University - Get it@NMU," is selected.
  5. If it is not already selected, search for Northern Michigan University in the search bar. Then, select the checkbox next to "Northern Michigan University - Get it@NMU," click the "Save" button in the lower right.

Once saved, you can return to the Google Scholar homepage. You should now be able to explore Google Scholar without utilizing NMU's off-campus proxy, while still having access to the "Get it@NMU" links directing you to our full-text databases.

If the provided workaround does not resolve your Google Scholar access issues, we recommend patience, as Google typically resets the faulty reCAPTCHA requirement after approximately 24 hours.

Highwire Press (Free Journals)

Many publishers who work with HighWire allow access to their content without a subscription. Take a look at a list of publications which offer free, full-text content.

NMU Commons

NMU Commons is the University's institutional repository, which preserves and provides access to the research and scholarly output of the University. The Commons Includes student work such as Master's Theses and Conspectus Borealis (NMU's undergraduate interdisciplinary journal) as well as work by faculty from all departments across campus.

Open Book Publishers (OBP)

Open Book Publishers (OBP) is a leading independent open access academic press that publishes peer-reviewed, award-winning monographs, edited collections, textbooks, critical translations and more. All Open Book Publishers books are freely available in open access formats (PDF, HTML and XML).

PLOS (for Public Library of Science)

PLOS is a nonprofit Open Access publisher, publishing 7 peer-reviewed journals in science and medicine.

Project MUSE - Standard Collection

An interdisciplinary collection of over 300 high quality, peer reviewed journals in the humanities and social sciences.

PubMed

Journal articles covering biomedical research and the clinical sciences including nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, allied health, and pre-clinical sciences. Also good coverage of literature in cellular and molecular biology and biochemistry. Formerly known as MEDLINE. Mid 1960's to present.

Access note: Must use this special URL for NMU Logo links to appear in article abstracts

Sage Premier

Sage publishes journals in the social sciences, humanities, health, life and biomedical sciences and engineering.

Note, to log out completely when you are finished with the above resources, click: LOG OUT. Then, close your browser.

Resources Available to Michigan Resident Alumni

Michigan eLibrary provides Michigan residents with free access to online full-text articles, full-text books, digital images, and other valuable research information. Databases are available for kids, adults, and on specialized topics such as car repair and practice tests. Below is a sample of the more than 50 resources offered. Check out the Michigan eLibrary for a complete list.

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