The online databases provided through this website are licensed for use only by current LAU students, faculty and staff. There are two ways of accessing the databases:
To log in you must provide your LAU email username (for example, jsmith or john.smith) and password. This information is encrypted before being transmitted to LAU, so as not to expose your email login on public networks.
If you are in Beirut, you should go in person to the IT Department, located at the Faculty Apartments Building, Room 006, and see Ms. Rola Turk. If you are in Byblos, please see Mr. Charbel Baaklini, Tohme-Rizk Building, Room 304.
The online databases are authenticated based on IP addresses associated with LAU networks. For people accessing these databases from outside LAU networks, LAU has installed an application called EZProxy that acts as an intermediary between users and the databases. Once the off-campus user is authenticated, EZProxy fetches the IP-restricted databases on the user’s behalf.
As with any service, we ask you to provide us with feedback on remote access to the Library. Please send comments to houeida.charara@lau.edu.lb. If you encounter databases that deny access please send us the URL at the point that access was denied.
Full-time faculty may access the LAU intranet and the internet from their homes via dial-up connections provided by LAU. Among other things, this standard modem dial-up service allows access to the libraries’ online databases. If you’re interested in this option please check the connection instructions.