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Home > Services > Alumni

KSL Alumni Choice Level Membership

Become a MemberDon't get lost in Google! Keep access to trusted sources of information after graduation, with the KSL Alumni Choice Level membership. Access to selected online databases from the convenience of your home, office or anywhere you have an internet connection is the cornerstone of the Alumni Choice level membership. Reference & research and document delivery services and more are included:

Databases

Current databases are selected & licensed specifically for Alumni Choice members and are intended to support  personal reading and growth. Databases  on campus for faculty, students, &staff have academic licenses and are not included—however, the databases listed below are addendum licenses created specifically for alumni access.

  • Academic Search Alumni Edition: 8,000 journals (40% full text online, 86% peer-reviewed) & 240 other sources (200 fulltext) for emerging research from university press titles, for critical studies from associations such as ACM Computing Surveys, AIAA, American Bar Association, and premier titles from Lancet, Elsevier Science, and other titles your local library may not be able to offer you... Browse a Journal & Magazine Title list. Browse Other Reports Title list. 
  • Business Source Alumni Edition: 3,200 journals (48% full text online, 55% peer-reviewed); 9300 Other Sources (9,000 full text online) for current business trends, market research, SWOT analyses, company profiles, market analyses, trade publications and news journals such as Crains Communications, Gartner Inc., Academy of Management Journal, Adweek, Fortune, and more...Browse a Journal & Magazine Title list. Browse Other Sources Title list. 
  • The Times (London) Digital Archive 1785-1985: complete 200 years of graphics, advertisements & text, for all disciplines.
  • CINAHL: nursing/allied health, 1 million records 1982->, indexes 2,737 journals
  • Environment Index: 1,957,000 records from more than 1,700 domestic and international titles going back to the 1940s. Also features an in-depth thesaurus, and author profiles for 6,500 authors in the discipline.
  • Humanities International Index: 1.6 million records, abstracts for 1,700+ journals, books, reference sources
  • SocINDEX: 530 priority sociology journals indexed, plus 640 core journals from 1895; 1.6 million records, thesaurus-based
  • JSTOR: New, June 2009! 670 full-text scholarly periodicals in humanities, arts &sciences, social sciences, business, from Issue 1 through a 'moving wall' of backfiles to within 3-5 current years
  • MIT CogNet: New, June 2009! cognitive science database with books, journals, reference & conference materialis from professional associations, individuals, MIT Press, and others.
  • Coming soon (late summer 2009) Liebert Online: 60+ journals in biotech, biomed, environment & sustainability, public health & policy, and more...

Reference & Research Services

Reference librarians are available to help you get started using scholarly materials. Contact us via a variety of methods, including email to askalibrarian@case.edu (response within 2 days), and telephone at 216-368-6596 during Reference Desk Hours.

ILLiad Electronic Document Delivery brings you articles from around the world, when you can't get things locally yourself. Create an alumni account on ILLiad, then submit and track requests online..

Local Borrowing Privileges & Services

If you live in Ohio, the KSL Alumni borrower card gives you local borrowing at KSL & MSASS libraries on campus, plus limited courtesy borrowing privileges from the OhioLINK consortia catalog. Read about local & OhioLINK general borrowing privileges, library hours & more... 

Enjoy using new skills learned in CaseLearns classes, then go to the Freedman Center in KSL to experiment with digital technologies & practice web, scanning, language skills with in-house equipment. If you have a project but not enough time, take advantage of the Freedman Center's Premium Services for AV, scanning, and other media services!

How Do I Subscribe & Become An Alumni Choice Member?

Subscribe and pay the annual $95 fee via a membership application via the Case Alumni Relations Office. (Note: you'll apply for a Case network ID and password, if you have not had one previously) Applications are processed Mon.-Fri. and library confirmations are sent within 2 business days with logon information. We'll see you online!

Databases are licensed for alumni personal interests & growth, and are not intended for employment or commercial endeavors; ILLiad privileges are not used as a substitute for a journal subscription.

Questions about the KSL Choice Membership level are welcome at kslalumni@case.edu