Accessing the full-text of journals
The aim of this guide is to demonstrate how to access a journal (or article) from each
of the suppliers that support Athens authentication through Social Services
Knowledge Scotland (SSKS) at http://www.ssks.org.uk . Please note that OVID, BMJ
and EBSCOhost titles can be accessed on NHS premises without the requirement to
login.
The suppliers we will focus on are:
1. BMJ Journals
2. CSA PsycARTICLES
3. EBSCOhost
4. EBSCO EJS
5. Emerald
6. Informahealthcare
7. Informaworld Taylor & Francis
8. Ingenta
See part 2 of this guide for no.s 9-16 below
9. Karger
10. Metapress
11. OVID
12. Oxford University Press
13. Proquest
14. Science Direct
15. Springer
16. Wiley
You can also access individual guidance on each supplier hosted on The Knowledge
Network help and training pages by clicking here.
http://www.ssks.org.uk
Introduction
For ease of use it is recommended that you login to SSKS with your Athens username
and password first. If you have not yet registered, click the link in the top left of the
home page and follow the on-screen instructions.
Login /
Register
To register, select
the “Login /
Register” option at
the top of the
homepage and
follow the onscreen instructions.
http://www.ssks.org.uk
To search for known journal titles and articles click on Library in the menu bar.
Journals You
can find a
journal title
using the
search box or
the A to Z
journal finder.
http://www.ssks.org.uk
Articles - Search
for journal
articles. Enter
information
about the article
in to the relevant
fields (title,
keyword, author,
etc.)
From your search results, click on the title of the journal or article to link through to
the supplier website. The screenshots below provides an example of the search
results page which links through to the SFX holdings page, providing details of the
reference and link through to full-text options.
http://www.ssks.org.uk
Export article
reference in to the
reference
management tool
Refworks
Click on the supplier link to be directed through to access the full-text. If the
resource is not available from SSKS you will be presented with alternative options for
requesting the full-text.
http://www.ssks.org.uk
1. BMJ Journals
After clicking through from the SFX menu you will be taken to the BMJ Journals
interface (in this example it is for the journal Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and
Psychiatry). If you are using a computer on NHS premises you will not need to
login.
http://www.ssks.org.uk
Select ‘Login via Athens’.
Select ‘Login via Athens’.
Select the Athens
login button.
If you have not already logged in to SSKS you will be asked to enter your Athens
username and password to access the full-text (see screenshot below). If you have
logged in you will be taken straight through to the full-text
http://www.ssks.org.uk
Full-text options are now available. You will be identified as part of the NHS Scotland
consortia. As well as HTML you can also view the full-text of the article in PDF (this is
a better format if you are printing it off).
2. CSA PsycARTICLES
http://www.ssks.org.uk
If you have not already logged in to SSKS you will be asked to enter your Athens
username and password to access the full-text.
If you have already logged in you will be taken straight through to the full-text.
3.
EBSCOhost
http://www.ssks.org.uk
If you have not already logged in to SSKS you will be asked to enter your Athens
username and password to access the full-text. (If you are using a computer on NHS
premises you will not need to login).
or
http://www.ssks.org.uk
Select the
ATHENS Loin link.
If you have already logged in you will be taken straight through to the full-text.
Link back to
SSKS
View the full-text of
the article in PDF
http://www.ssks.org.uk
4. EBSCO EJS
If you are not logged in you will be taken to the login screen below.
Select the ATHENS
Login link at the top of
the page.
Enter your Athens password at the login page below. If you have already logged in to
SSKS you should not need to re-enter your login details.
http://www.ssks.org.uk
Link through to view the full-text. In some instances you will be directed to the
journal publisher’s own website and in some instances you will require an additional
publisher username and password. Please contact knowledge@nes.scot.nhs.uk for
the login details.
View the full-text of
the article in PDF
http://www.ssks.org.uk
5. Emerald
You will be taken to Emerald interface. You are not taken directly to the article only
the issue the article is in.
http://www.ssks.org.uk
Select the Athens
login link.
On the next screen select the Athens Login link.
http://www.ssks.org.uk
If you have already logged in to SSKS with your Athens username and password you
will be taken straight through to access full-text, if not you will be asked to login at
this point.
http://www.ssks.org.uk
At this point you may be taken back to Emerald’s homepage – see below.
Recognised
as logged in
Browse for
the journal of
interest.
At this point you can browse for the relevant journal and locate the specific article.
My advice would be to use the SFX page again to link through to the article or title
you are trying to access and you should be taken through to the relevant content
now as a logged in user. Once logged in locate the article click on the Full Text or
PDF link to access the full-text.
http://www.ssks.org.uk
6. Informahealthcare
You will be taken to informahealthcare interface. You are not taken directly to the
article only the issue the article is in.
http://www.ssks.org.uk
At this point you can
click on the Athens
login link.
Find the article you are looking for and click on the Full Text or PDF link to access the
full-text.
http://www.ssks.org.uk
Select the Athens
login link.
If you have already logged in to SSKS with your Athens username and password you
will be taken straight through to the full-text, if not you will be asked to login at this
point – see below.
7. Informaworld Taylor & Francis
http://www.ssks.org.uk
You will be taken to infromaworld Taylor & Franics interface. You are not taken
directly to the article only the issue the article is in.
At this point
you can login
http://www.ssks.org.uk
On the next page select Sign in via Athens
If you have already logged in to SSKS with your Athens username and password you
will be taken straight through, if not you will be asked to login.
http://www.ssks.org.uk
Once logged in locate the article click on the Full Text or PDF link to access the fulltext.
http://www.ssks.org.uk
8. Ingenta
You will be taken to Ingenta interface. You are not taken directly to the article only
the issue the article is in.
http://www.ssks.org.uk
Click on the Athens
login link.
If you have already logged in to SSKS with your Athens username and password you
will be taken straight through to the full-text, if not you will be asked to login at this
point – see below.
Find the article you are looking for and click the title of the article.
http://www.ssks.org.uk
Indicates that you have
successfully logged in.
The ‘S’ indicates that it is
subscribed content.
Click on the title of the
article to access the full-text.
You can view the article in
PDF or HTML formats.
http://www.ssks.org.uk