UNLV is a member of InCommon, which is a federation of U.S. education and research communities that provides a secure and privacy-preserving trust fabric for research and higher education. This membership allows you to access to many online resources. For a searchable list of members, including service providers, see: https://www.incommon.org/community-organizations/

When you arrive at most InCommon service provider sites you will be given the option of logging in to access resources only available to InCommon members. There may be several ways of logging in. In some cases, you will be logged in automatically. Sometimes you will see a login window. In other cases, you must scan the page for a “Log in” text or icon that you can click on to get a log in screen. Once you get to the login screen, select the option labeled something like "Access through your Institution." You will then usually see a pull down to select your institution. The list of institutions is very long, but you can almost always begin typing “University of Nevada.” By the time you type the “v,” in "Nevada" you should have the choice of two institutions, UNLV and UNR. In some cases, after you log in you will be asked to provide additional information to set up your account for the first time.

Below are links to some popular and useful resources.

Libraries and Publishing

• Brill - Over three centuries of scholarly publishing
• Hathitrust - Digital Library
• Liverpool University Press - The UK’s third oldest university press
• Nature - The finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology
• Springer Link - Providing researchers with access to millions of scientific documents
• Science Direct - Search for peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters
• Scientific.net - Publisher in materials science and engineering

Research and Scholarship

• DMP Tool - Create data management plans that meet requirements and promote your research
• ORCID - Connecting research and researchers
• Ames Laboratory - (no login) Materials and energy solutions
• Fermilab - (no login) America's particle physics and accelerator laboratory

Student Employment and Volunteering

• Handshake.com - Launch the next step in your career
• givepulse.com - Find unique, exciting, and educational opportunities for social change

Information Technology

• Educause - A community of technology, academic, and industry leaders advancing higher education through the use of IT
• Geni - A nationwide suite of infrastructure supporting "at scale" research in networking
• Internet2 - (no login) A community of leaders in academia, industry, and government who create and collaborate via innovative technologies.