Radiologic Science: Distance Ed Quick Start

This guide was developed by the Health Sciences Library in collaboration with the Division of Radiologic Science

Created by Health Science Librarians

Borrowing and Document Delivery for Distance Learners
Information for currently registered off-campus Distance Learners, including students out of town on rotations and fieldwork assignments.
Help Site: School of Medicine IT
Are you a Department of Health Sciences Distance Education student having problems using your computer for your classes or to get to library resources?

Your best bet is to choose the Live Chat option on the School of Medicine IT Help Site.

Note: Live Chat is available 7am-7pm weekdays. You can also submit a Help Request that will be reviewed when the office is open.

Service Portal (help.unc.edu)
Chat, submit an online help request form, search the online knowledge base or phone 919-962-HELP.
Customizable Online Skills Test
This skills test will check if you have the basic computer system requirements, plug-ins, and skills to take an online course at UNC.
Onyen Services
Manage your Onyen, password, and e-mail here.
PID Lookup
You'll need your birth date and SSN to look up your PID online.
UNC Online & Distance Education Website
UNC-Chapel Hill Shareware Distribution
Download shareware for UNC-Chapel Hill affiliates here
UNC ITS Software Distribution site
ITS Software Acquisition provides a single, centralized point of contact to find and obtain software on campus. The ITS Software Acquisition office also provides software media to Students, Faculty, Staff and Visiting Scholars. Procedures for obtaining software will vary depending on the license agreement. Software is free or deeply discounted for qualified UNC users.
UNC ITS LearnIT-Online
UNC online training resources.

This is what you will see when you are asked to authenticate to use library resources from off campus.

First, choose your authentication type.

Onyen for UNC faculty, staff, students and hospital staff
Create/Manage Onyen
AHEC for AHEC Digital Library (ADL) members including most preceptors and fieldwork supervisors.
AHEC Digital Library (ADL) Information
Self-Paced Courses for Friday Center Self-Paced Course students without Onyens
Friday Center Information

Then, sign in using your Onyen or UNC Guest ID and password.

or, for AHEC Digital Library (ADL) users: sign in with your AHEC User ID.

Welcome! Download this 1-page brochure for links to the most critical resources for remote students new to UNC.

Welcome & Orientation to HSL for Dept. of Health Sciences Students (narrated .pptx via Panopto for UNC affiliates)
Introduction to some key resources available to you at HSL. How to contact the library for help, how to access research databases and guides, where to search for resources using the HSL website
• All of our online library resources can be accessed remotely with your ONYEN and password, no matter where you are located.

Welcome & Orientation to HSL slide narrations as Word .doc (2022)
These are the slide notes for the narrated PowerPoint slides making up the Panopto Welcome & Intro to the Health Sciences Library Video. The Panopto video version also contains live captioning.
Welcome & Orientation to HSL .pptx slides as .pdf (2022)
with speaker notes

NEW! Additional videos covering the following topics:

Catalog Searching
Using Databases
Article Searching (including how to use Interlibrary Loan - free to you - to get articles we do not own)
Advanced Searching Tips including
- Boolean Searching with AND, OR, NOT
- Using PubMed's MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) as an example of controlled vocabulary searching
- Advanced Searching in PubMed