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Accessing Licensed eResources:

FAQ for USC Faculty, Staff, Students, and Others With a USC Computer Account

My username and password doesn’t work with the remote access portal.

  • Make sure you are using your USC username and password, and not the one you use for email through your department or school, such as Keck, Surgery, Doheny, or the Norris Cancer Hospital.
  • If you don’t already have an account and you feel that you are eligible, review the information on computer accounts and submit the appropriate application form.
  • If you have an account, but have forgotten the password, then contact the Norris Medical Library Technology Support Center at (323) 442-1968, Monday-Friday, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

The remote access portal doesn’t let me access certain journals.

Ovid journals and certain Ovid databases are not available to affiliated hospital employees with USC computer accounts since they are licensed for USC users only.

UpToDate won’t work.

UpToDate is not available from all USC-affiliated locations and is not available from remote sites. Most University Park Campus, VPN, and dial-up users do NOT have access to this resource. If you are using USC wireless or are located at LAC+USC Medical Center, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, USC University Hospital, USC Norris Cancer Hospital, Doheny Eye Institute or another USC building with health-related programs and are using VPN, try to connect to UpToDate after disconnecting from VPN.

The resource prompts me for a password.

Find the resource in eResources and check the More Info link for passwords or other instructions.

I’m getting an error message at the resource web site.

Try again later. Some resources are licensed for a certain number of concurrent users and the maximum number of users may already be connected. Alternately, the publisher’s web site may be down temporarily.

I’m still having problems!

Use the Report a problem form
                   or
Contact the Norris Library reference desk at (323) 442-1111, Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.

Revised 5/30/08

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