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Off campus access to electronic journals

Most electronic journals are available off campus. Access is restricted to registered students and staff of the University of Stirling and a portal login will be required.

 

How to access electronic journals from off campus from the catalogue

  1. Ensure you are logged into the Portal
  2. Search the library catalogue by entering the name of the journal and selecting Journals from the drop down menu
  3. Select the catalogue entry with electronic resource
  4. Check the catalogue record for the dates of the library's subscription, do the dates match your requirements?
  5. Follow the links in the catalogue record to the publisher's website
  6. If prompted, login using your university of Stirling username and password

How to access electronic journals from off campus from WebBridge

  1. Do your search by keyword in the appropriate database for your subject (see our 'finding articles' page for help on this)
  2. When you get to the list of articles found, look for the Webbridge icon Webbridge icon and click it
  3. Another window will open - Webbridge will search our library catalogue to see if we subscribe to the journal which holds the article
  4. If Webbridge finds a full text version of the article, it will give you a link to pass you through to the publisher's website

How to access electronic journals from off campus from the publishers website

  1. Most of our ejournals are available from off campus, but it is best for you to start your research by logging onto the university portal then looking up the journal title on the catalogue as you will then be authenticated as a Stirling user

How to access electronic journals from off campus from Talis List (your electronic reading list in WebCT)

  1. This should not present any problems as all links from TalisList have been set up to go via EZProxy, therefore assuming you have logged onto the portal before accessing WebCT and your reading list, you should not be asked to login again. If however, you are asked to login, you should use your Stirling university username and password.

How to access electronic journals from off campus via Google Scholar

  1. Log into the Portal before you search Google Scholar
  2. Look for and click on "Univ of Stirling links"
  3. A WebBridge window will open
  4. If WebBridge has found full text availablility for your article, there will be a link in the WebBridge window to the publisher's website
  5. If you have any difficulties with these links please make a note of the details of the article(s) and see guidance about searching the catalogue

Further help

If you have any difficulties using electronic journals off campus, please check our Finding Journal Articles page.

If your problem persists, please contact the Information Centre on 01786 467235 (Stirling) or the Library Enquiry Desk 01463 255600 (Ext. 7600) (Highland) or email library@stir.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page last modified, 31 July, 2008