1. How Do I Use the MRMC Library Electronic Access Portal?
The MRMC LEAP (Library Electronic Access Portal) allows
users to search for journals licensed by the libraries in the
Medical Research and Materiel Command. Athens
authentication is required to access many full-text journals in
MRMC LEAP. Once you are logged onto Athens, you can
access MRMC LEAP at
https://amrmc.tdnetdiscover.com/portal. You may search
for specific journals or use the search box labeled Discover to
search for journal articles. MRMC LEAP is also linked as
MRMC E-Portal on the GML homepage, under Databases.
How do I Access SciFinder?
SciFinder is the most comprehensive database for the
chemical literature, indexing journal articles and patent
records (and other document types), as well as chemical
substances and reactions. It is available at
https://scifinder.cas.org/. You may also access SciFinder
from the library’s homepage, under Databases. For access,
contact Eric Bucher at x9626 to request a username.
How do I get a DTIC account?
WRAIR/NMRC staff can register to access DTIC (Defense
Technical Information Center, the largest central resource for
DoD and government-funded research) to search for and
access unclassified reports and many full-text e-journal
articles. Online registration with a CAC card is available at
http://www.dtic. mil/dtic. You may also contact Eric Bucher,
x9626, or Aletha Holser, x9665, to have a search on DTIC
done for you.
How to Locate a Journal or Book:
[GML OneSearch is currently under construction because of
relocation action.] Contact library staff for assistance in
locating journals, books, e-Journals, and e-Books held by the
library.
How Do I Use GML OneSearch?
[GML OneSearch is currently under construction because
of relocation action.]
Contact library staff for assistance in locating books and
electronic journal articles available through subscription and
external sources.
How Do I Access Full Text Journals?
Electronic Journals List
Electronic journals the Library subscribes to are accessible
via SFX by clicking on the See all E-Journals link on the top
right of the page, listed under Resources.
Services:
Searches and Database Instruction
Librarians perform customized database searches using all
specified databases (e.g., PubMed, Dialog, DTIC, etc.) to meet
individual needs and requirements and protocol
development provisions. Please fill out a search request form
(available in the library or on the library’s homepage, linked
at Search Request Form, under Literature Searches, under
General Resources) and/or request a meeting with the
primary searcher Aletha Holser at x9665 or Eric Bucher at
x9626 to develop a client-centered search strategy. The
library also offers orientations, classes, and individual
instruction in database searching and bibliographic
management software.
Interlibrary Loan
If the item you are searching for is not held at the library or
is not available electronically, please order it via Loansome
Doc, which is linked under Services, or fill out and submit the
Article Request Form or Book Request Form, which are linked
under InterLibrary Loan, under General Resources.
Registration for Loansome Doc is free and can be done at
https://docline.gov/loansome/registerbegin.cfm?. For more
information about Loansome Doc, see Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQ) under Loansome Doc via the Library’s
homepage, under Services, or contact the library staff.
Bibliometric Services
Customized research evaluations using the Web of
Knowledge
suite of tools (Web of Science
, Journal Citation
Reports
, and Essential Science Indicators
) can be provided.
These research evaluations assess publication productivity,
journal sources, and citation patterns of scientific research
program areas. Strategies can be conducted to identify
target journals for research publication. Contact Susan
Wright at x9641 for more information.
ResearcherID
Register at http://www.researcherid.com. For more
information, contact Susan Wright at x9641.
Computer Access
Public computers are available for WRAIR/NMRC users with
CAC access. Log-in for training purposes is available by library
staff.
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
http://wrair-
www.army.mil/OtherServices_Library.aspx
Gorgas Memorial Library
301-319-9555
Updated by Eric Bucher
Reference & Instruction Services Librarian (Contract)
Approved by Bruce E. Davis
Director, Information Management Division
503 Robert Grant Avenue, Room 1W60
Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500
usarmy.detrick.medcom-wrair.mbx.gorgas-inter-
library-loan@mail.mil
[version as of] February 2016

2. Library Hours:
0730-1630 M-F
Access after-hours is available by scanning your ID badge on
the keypad to the left of the library entrance.
Staff:
Bruce E. Davis, Library Chief (Acting)
Andrew Rogalski, Technical Services Librarian
Eric Bucher, Reference & Instruction Services Librarian
(contract)
Susan Wright, Special Projects Librarian (contract)
Aletha Holser, Technical Information Specialist
Library Mission:
The Gorgas Memorial Library’s mission is to support WRAIR
and NMRC researcher efforts to perform innovative and
relevant scientific research and to develop interventions and
products that support the DOD mission and workforce, as well
as to participate in communicating and marketing
WRAIR/NMRC capabilities. A key goal is to provide timely
access to biomedical information regardless of original format
or location of resources and documents. In addition to
reference, document delivery, and instructional support,
services provided at the library include: providing bibliometric
services and research evaluations using Web of Knowledge
data and tools for the evaluation of research (including
analysis of citation data); and using Web of Knowledge
licensed data to create customized publication strategies.
Library Access:
You may establish your library account by filling out a Library
Registration Form either online or at the Front Desk of the
library.
WRAIR and NMRC employees can access the Library anytime
using their ID badge with the keypad outside the library
entrance. Blank circulation cards are available if a patron
needs to check out materials after-hours. Simply fill out the
cards with your name, title of the book, and bar code number
(3 WRD 00000 ------, found in the inside back cover of the
book).
When the library is open, you may contact any library staff
for manual circulation assistance.
You can move the book and journal stacks by pressing
buttons on control panels attached to the stacks. Journals do
not circulate, but you may photocopy articles for your own
use.
As of February 2016, you may not check out books using
your WRAIR or NMRC ID Badge.
Library Collections:
The collection currently includes biomedical and subject-
related journals (print or online), books, and microforms.
Current journals are on the display shelves located in the
Main Reading Area. Previous issues are located in the journal
stacks, on microform in a separate room, or in storage. Many
journals are available through a subscription online.
Reference materials are located on shelves toward the front
of the library. Reference materials do not circulate.
The Smadel Special Collection is in display cases in the back
of the library. Patrons have limited access to the Smadel
Special Collection.
Access to the Smadel Special Collection and WRAIR/NMRC
Archives can be arranged by contacting Andrew Rogalski at
x9364. For the archives, contact Lara Dagaro at x9554.
The WRAIR Index of Publications is an annually updated list
that compiles published WRAIR and NMRC research.
Currently, 2012 is the most recently available. PDFs of the
annual lists are available through the GML homepage, under
General Resources.
How Do I Use PubMed LinkOut?
PubMed, the National Library of Medicine's medical article
search interface, is accessible from any computer via
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?holding=MDUWRDLIB
. There is also a direct link to PubMed on the library
homepage, listed under Databases, under Resources. To
ensure that you have access to full-text articles, use this link.
You can sign up for a My NCBI account to save your
preferences each time you sign in. Via the PubMed link, click
Sign in to NCBI to register for a free NCBI account. With your
NCBI account, you can save searches, create filters, have
alerts sent directly to your RSS reader or email, etc. For more
information on optimizing PubMed for searching, see library
staff.
How Do I Access Web of Science
?
Web of Science
is accessible from WRAIR/NMRC
computers at http://isiknowledge.com/wos. Search results
include conference proceedings and links to full text for
selected GML licensed and free content. Links for Web of
Science® are on the library’s homepage, under Databases
and under Services. Search tips for Web of Science are linked
under Help, in the upper right on Web of Science.
How Do I Access EndNote Web or EndNote?
EndNote Web, a bibliography management feature of the
Web of Science
portal, may be accessed from WRAIR/NMRC
computers at https://www.myendnoteweb.com /EndNote
Web.html?Init=Yes&SrcApp= CR&return Code=ROUTER.
Success&SID=1EJm2B7AHc64jKKFNIP. It is also accessible via
the GML homepage: under Services, click the link marked
EndNote/EndNote Web. Web of Science, on the GML
homepage under Databases, includes a link at the top for
EndNote Web. Registration for an EndNote Web account is
free. You can also have EndNote X7 installed on your
computer. A newer version will be available soon. Call the
Enterprise Service Desk (1-800-872-6482) to have EndNote
installed on your computer.
How Do I Use AMEDD Virtual Library?
The AMEDD Virtual Library allows users access to various
databases including Clinical Key, Ovid, UpToDate, PsycINFO,
and STAT! Ref. Users also have access to various full-text
textbooks, including Vaccines by Plotkin (6th
Edition, 2013);
Pathology of Infectious Diseases by Procop (1st
Edition, 2015);
and Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury (2nd
Edition, 2013).
The direct address for AMEDD Virtual Library is
http://www11.tdnet.com/Frames.asp. A link to AMEDD
Virtual Library Selected Databases, marked Army Medicine
Database, is on the GML homepage, under Databases, under
Resources. More full-text textbooks are also available on
the GML homepage, under See all E-Journals and by clicking
the link Find e-Book. If asked for affiliation, mark WRAIR.
How Do I Use Athens?
Athens is a user authentication system that controls
licensed access to full text articles via the MRMC Library
Electronic Access Portal. Once signed into Athens, you will be
able to retrieve full-text articles. To register for an Athens
account, go to https://register.athensams.net/uam/. Athens
registration is also linked on the GML homepage, under
Athens, under General Resources.
Once you have an account, access MyAthens at
https://auth.athensams.net/?ath_returl=%2Fmy%2F&ath_ds
pid=ATHENS.MY. You may also log onto MyAthens on the
GML homepage, under General Resources. After logging
onto MyAthens, use the link for MRMC LEAP to search for
articles. We recommend you routinely login to Athens prior
to database searching. Your login information will be
remembered during your search session.