The document provides an orientation to the tools and resources available through the Gorgas Memorial Library, including online journals and full-text articles, databases, request forms, and more. It describes how to access the library online and details how to search specific resources like the MRMC E-Portal, SFX, AMEDD Virtual Library, Loansome Doc, EndNote, and more. Contact information is provided for the library staff for any questions.

1. ORIENTATION FOR TOOLS AND RESOURCES
AVAILABLE THROUGH
GORGAS MEMORIAL LIBRARY
• Online journals and full-text articles
• Databases
• Request forms
• And more

2. Access points to Gorgas Memorial Library:
• Via WRAIR Intranet:
– Scroll down: on right, click link: The Old Intranet
– Click Continue to this website (not recommended).
– On Old Intranet, click Resources
– Under Resources, click WRAIR Library Link
• Google: gorgas memorial library; wrair library [first result listed]
• Direct address for Gorgas Memorial Library:
http://www.wrair.army.mil/OtherServices_Library.aspx?type=individual

3. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES
MRMC E-Portal
Located on library’s homepage under Databases, under Resources

4. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
MRMC E-Portal (continued)
Before you can access MRMC E-Portal, you need to register for an Athens account
Registration for Athens is listed under General Resources

5. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
Athens registration page

6. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
Athens registration page (continued)
Under Organization Details on the Athens registration page:
• select Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Group under the first option
• select Walter Reed Army Institute of Research under the second option;
if Navy, select Naval Medical Research Center - WRAIR
Select the proper option under Professional Group
Fill in Personal Details
Check box under Terms and Conditions
Click Submit
NOTE:
Should you have any problems using this service or registering please contact your Athens administrator Denise Lupp on 301-619-2717 or
denise.m.lupp.civ@mail.mil

7. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
Athens (continued)
After you receive an email confirmation that your Athens account is activated and a password is created, log onto Athens under
General Resources
Log in with username
and password
Click Sign in

8. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
Athens login page will appear – leave it running in the background

9. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
MRMC E-Portal
Open link to MRMC E-Portal
• Located under Databases, below Resources
Direct link: https://auth.athensams.net/?ath_returl=%2Fmy%2F&ath_dspid=ATHENS.MY

10. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
MRMC E-Portal’s homepage
• Default is Journals
• Links to Books and Databases

11. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
MRMC E-Portal (continued)
Options for searching journal titles

12. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
MRMC E-Portal (continued)
Sample search:
Results, including Access Information:
Access is often available up through the current issue
from the publisher
Some distributors have an “embargo”,
meaning access is blocked for
a specific time period

13. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
MRMC E-Portal (continued)
To access issues, click the name of the distributor in the results:
The display varies by journal and distributor. In this case, the table of contents for the current issue is displayed, with a link to an
archive of older issues. Link to archive

14. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
SFX – linked as See all E-Journals below Resources
No username and password required for SFX
Homepage for SFX:

15. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
SFX (continued)
When searching for journal using “Starts with” option, results appear in auto suggest, as in Google

16. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
SFX (continued)
Click the title you’re interested in, then click the Go button
Results, beginning with the title that is clicked:
Click the icon next to the title of interest to view the distributors
Note: Some titles may have
limited access, and/or require
you first log into Athens
Coverage may vary from each distributor as to years

17. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
SFX (continued)
Click a link for the distributor to view full text of articles
Display of issues may vary by distributor; in this case, the years are listed to the right:

18. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
SFX (continued)
In this case, click the years listed to view issues
Click a link for an issue to view the table of contents
and PDFs of articles

19. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
AMEDD Virtual Library – linked as Army Medicine Database under Databases, below
Resources

20. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
AMEDD Virtual Library (continued)
Default tab when AMEDD Virtual Library is opened is eDatabases – tab on the
left for eJournals

21. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
AMEDD Virtual Library (continued)
3 options for searching eJournals in AMEDD Virtual Library

22. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
AMEDD Virtual Library (continued)
Example in AMEDD Virtual Library – search for titles by Exact String:
Results:

23. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
AMEDD Virtual Library (continued)
Example in AMEDD Virtual Library – search for titles by Exact Words:
Beginning of results – differs from results for Exact String, which includes former titles:

24. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
AMEDD Virtual Library (continued)
Example from list of results for Exact String:
Click link for title to view – in this example,
the available volumes are listed with the years
Click a volume to show the issues

25. FULL TEXT JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued)
AMEDD Virtual Library (continued)
Click an issue to view the table of contents: Click on PDF icon to view article:
(in this case, Issue 6)
Other functions for each article:
Save, Email, and Print

26. Databases
Listed under Resources:

27. Databases
AMEDD Virtual Library – linked as Army Medicine Database

28. Databases (continued)
AMEDD Virtual Library (continued)
Default tab when AMEDD Virtual Library is opened is eDatabases
Also tabs for eJournals and eBooks

29. Databases (continued)
AMEDD Virtual Library (continued)
Options for searching databases in AMEDD Virtual Library

30. Databases (continued)
AMEDD Virtual Library (continued)
Homepage for databases within AMEDD Virtual Library will vary, depending on source – examples:

31. Databases (continued)
Additional resources:
Click link to search e-Books
Homepage for searching e-Books
Sample search: e-Books that contact the word malaria
Homepage to search e-Books
Click link for title to display text – example:

32. Databases (continued)
Additional sources: MRMC E-Portal Links to search Federal Research in Progress Link to search databases
and Web of Knowledge within MRMC E-Portal
Options for searching databases within MRMC E-Portal:

33. Databases (continued)
MRMC E-Portal – Databases: Discover option
Sample search using Discover
Results page, with options for narrowing results to the left

34. Databases (continued)
MRMC E-Portal – Databases: Discover option – Advanced Search
Options for each line of the Query Builder:
The Query Builder will add the search terms in the Preview box
More search lines can be added after the second search line is typed into
The Date option will display boxes to enter start and end dates
Example:

35. Databases (continued)
MRMC E-Portal – Databases: Discover option – Advanced Search
Beginning of results from Query Builder search, with the search strategy above the results and options for
narrowing results to the left:

36. Databases (continued)
SciFinder – from CAS, the publisher:
SciFinder ® is a research discovery application that provides unlimited access to the world's most comprehensive and authoritative source
of references, substances and reactions in chemistry and related sciences.
Login for SciFinder
See the Reference & Instruction Services Librarian to sign up for a SciFinder account
Information on searching SciFinder is at http://www.cas.org/training/scifinder

37. Databases (continued)
Web of Science, a citation index database published by Thomson Reuters
Homepage for Web of Science:

38. Databases (continued)
Web of Science – Basic Search
Options under Basic Search: Options for searching:
Additional search fields can be added by clicking Add Another Field – example:
Example below: truncation symbol (*) will search for variations of the root word: vaccine, vaccinated, vaccination, vaccinations, etc.

39. Services
Loansome Doc
Login and registration page:

40. Services – Loansome Doc (continued)
Loansome Doc Registration
Click Get Started
WRAIR/NMRC is listed on the second page of results;
click Select
Select Maryland from the dropdown list,
and uncheck the box to show only libraries
that serve the general public

41. Services – Loansome Doc (continued)
Loansome Doc Registration (continued)
On the next screen, click the proper radio button , then click Continue
Read the Terms of Use, click the checkbox to agree, and click Accept

42. Services – Loansome Doc (continued)
Loansome Doc Registration (continued)
On the next screen, complete the registration form, then click Continue
After registering, you will receive an email confirmation, stating that Loansome Doc
allows you to order full-text biomedical literature listed in PubMed. PubMed is
linked on the Gorgas Memorial Library’s homepage.
Your User Name will be your password. Your password will be sent to you after
registering. There is a link on Loansome Doc’s login page to reset your password.
To check the status of your orders or update your account information, log on to
https://docline.gov/loansome/login.cfm (also linked on the Gorgas Memorial
Library’s homepage as Loansome Doc).

43. Services – Loansome Doc (continued)
Using Loansome Doc to order articles
Open PubMed via the library’s homepage

44. Services – Loansome Doc (continued)
Using Loansome Doc to order articles (continued)
Conduct a search in PubMed – example below. Note: Always check with the library first to see if a print or
Check the boxes for the articles you want to order electronic subscription is available before ordering articles.
(example below). You can also click the citation Some articles may include links to electronic access, such as
for one article to order one at a time. the first article in the example search:

45. Services – Loansome Doc (continued)
Using Loansome Doc to order articles (continued)
After selecting the articles you want from a list of results, or one at a time,
click the down arrow below Send to, above and to the right of the results.
Click Order from the list of options,
then click the Order articles button

46. Services – Loansome Doc (continued)
Using Loansome Doc to order articles (continued)
The login page for Loansome Doc will open.
Enter your email address and password for your account.
Click the Login button.

47. Services – Loansome Doc (continued)
Using Loansome Doc to order articles (continued)
The Place Order screen will appear.
If No appears under In Holdings, click Proceed to Delivery Options
If free full text is available, it will be noted under Online Access – example:

48. Services – Loansome Doc (continued)
Using Loansome Doc to order articles (continued)
After clicking Proceed to Delivery Options, the Place Order screen will display.
Add the maximum cost you are willing to pay.
Add a date to cancel the order if needed by a certain date.
Add any comments to the library.
Be sure to read the hyperlinked Copyright Compliance, then click the check box.
Click Continue.

49. Services – Loansome Doc (continued)
Using Loansome Doc to order articles (continued)
The Confirm Order screen will display.
Click Send Order.

50. Services – Loansome Doc (continued)
Using Loansome Doc to order articles (continued)
The Order Sent screen will display.
Additional options will display at the end. Be sure to log out when you are finished ordering articles via Loansome Doc.

51. Services (continued)
EndNote/EndNote Web
To have EndNote Desktop installed on work computers: for Army, call 1-800-600-9332 (DHA Global Service Center Help Desk); for Navy, call
301-319-7373 (local Navy IT).
In-depth training for EndNote and EndNote Web will be conducted periodically in the library on a separate basis by a trainer from Thomson
Reuters, the publisher of EndNote. Notification for training will be sent via mass email.
The Reference & Instruction Services Librarian can conduct brief instruction on EndNote on a one-to-one basis. Instructional materials can be
sent via email.
Instructional videos for EndNote are linked on the library’s homepage, under Training Resources:

52. Services (continued)
Bibliometics and Data Curation Support
Contact the Reference and Instruction Services Librarian for assistance in Bibliometrics.
Data Curation Support is provided by the Systems Librarian.
Contact Susan Wright (x9641, Susan.B.Wright5.ctr@mail.mil) for assistance
in utilizing these services.

53. General Resources
Interlibrary loan
Request forms for materials not owned by the library are linked under Interlibrary Loan:
Literature search request form
A search request form for online literature related to animal protocols is linked under Literature Searches:

54. General Resources (continued)
Patron registration
A patron registration form, so that library users can check out books and other circulating materials, is linked
under Library Patron Registration:
Index of publications
An annual list of publications by WRAIR researchers is updated and available under Index of Publications:

55. Contact Information
Feel free to contact the library staff during regular business hours, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
The central email address for the library is
usarmy.detrick.medcom-wrair.mbx.gorgas-inter-library-loan@mail.mil
The central phone number for the library is 301-319-9555.