Sign into the Galter Library website to:

• Access full-text journals and books from any location (aka remote or proxy access)
• Register for library classes

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Full remote access to Galter's resources is available to the following groups:

• currently-affiliated Feinberg School of Medicine faculty, staff, students, and residents
• physicians and staff at NMH
• Feinberg School of Medicine faculty at Northwestern Medicine (NM) locations* other than NMH

*Feinberg School of Medicine faculty and residents who work at Lurie Children's, Lake Forest Hospital, and other NM locations have online access privileges (i.e. remote access to online resources). Staff and physicians at these locations without an FSM faculty appointment do not.

Interlibrary loan and document delivery services are also available to these groups.

For a complete listing of access privileges, see our Library Access page.

If you are not a member of one of these groups, but are still affiliated with Northwestern University, you may still be able to create an account on our website, but will not have access to resources that are licensed for only Feinberg School of Medicine affiliates. Please use the Northwestern library with which your school is affiliated to get access to services such as remote access and document delivery. If you think you should have access to online services at the Galter Library and you are unable to access or register for our services, please contact the Reference Desk at 312-503-8109.

NU students and faculty who aren't affiliated with the Feinberg School of Medicine but have an interest in the health sciences are also welcome to create and use Galter library website accounts. We try our best to provide resource access to all NU affiliates, but some may be restricted to Feinberg School of Medicine because of vendor licensing agreements. 

MS in Health Informatics students are welcome to consult Galter librarians for health sciences questions. For other topics or specific resource needs (e.g. Interlibrary loan), reach out to University Library which provides services for this program and others in the School for Professional Studies.   

Alumni of the Feinberg School of Medicine are not eligible to create a library website account, but have access to some library services for a fee. The Galter Health Sciences Library is unable to provide alumni with remote access to licensed online journals, books or databases to which the library subscribes. Alumni are welcome to visit the library in person to obtain journal articles for a fee. Please see the Alumni Guide for further information.

At this time, we can only provide remote access to online resources to the groups listed above. Nurses and staff at locations other than NMH cannot get online access. Contact Northwestern Memorial Hospital library services which oversees access to online resources for NM staff.

All users wishing to create a Galter Library online account should register with the librarian at their institution. See the list of affiliated hospital libraries to identify your contact.  The librarian at your institution will help you with your research and information needs as well as validate (or possibly help you obtain) a Northwestern NetID.

Once you have spoken with the librarian at your institution, use your Northwestern NetID and password to sign in to the Galter website.  Your account is created the first time you successfully sign in.

NetID help:

• The library does not issue or maintain NetIDs and associated passwords.
• Check to see if you have a NetID by searching in the NU Online Directory.
• If you already have a NetID, but don't know your NetID password (because it's forgotten or expired), you can try to reset your NetID password online.
• If you cannot reset your NetID password online, contact NUIT at 847-491-HELP or consultant@northwestern.edu. You can also chat online.

Are you in the habit of forgetting to sign in to the library website before you begin your search? The Galter Proxy button is the solution for you!

The Galter Proxy Button is a bookmarklet you can drag to your browser toolbar. The Galter Proxy Button reloads a web page through the Galter Library proxy server. If you're at home and not yet signed in to the library website, you can quickly access a library-subscribed article by clicking on the Galter Proxy Button. After clicking on the button you'll be prompted to sign in to the Galter Library website. After signing in, the article will be reloaded through the Galter Library proxy server and you'll be able to read the full text.

For more information, see our guide which explains how to install the Galter Proxy Button.