E-resource news

We are pleased to report that ProQuest have resolved the off-campus login problem and you should be able to access the following resources both on- and off-campus:

• AEI (Australian Education Index)
• ASSIA
• Avery Index
• BEI (British Education Index)
• British Periodicals
• EEBO
• ERIC
• Film Indexes Online
• House of Commons Papers
• IBSS
• John Johnson Collection
• LLBA
• MLA
• Periodicals Archive Online
• Pilots
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
• UK Newsstand

Please note, to login successfully you must follow these steps from the ProQuest login page:

1. Select ‘Login through your library or institution‘
2. Select ‘United Kingdom (UK Access Management Federation for Education and Research)’
3. Select ‘University of Reading‘ from the list of institutions
4. As long as you have the Reading Athens cookie installed on your computer you should then be directed to the Reading login page where you can log in with your University username and password

Do not select the ‘Athens login’ option.

If you experience any problems please fill in the E-resources problem report form.

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Geology Digimap is part of the Edina Digimap suite of mapping databases and allows you to view, annotate and print maps from the British Geological Survey.  You can also download data to use in a Geographical Information System.  Maps are viewed as continuous coverage of Great Britain, with Ordnance Survey background mapping.

Six digital mapping and data products are available:

•    1:50,000 – including bedrock, faults, superficial deposits, mass movements and artificial ground
•    1:250,000 – onshore bedrock and faults
•    1:250,000 – offshore bedrock, faults and seabed sediments
•    1:625,000 – bedrock, dykes and superficial layers
•    Lexicon of named rock units – definition of terms appearing on the maps
•    Geology photos – images of geological features

How do I access Geology Digimap?

You will need to register to use Geology Digimap.

1. Download the Reading Athens Cookie (if you haven’t already done so).
2. Go to the Digimap page on the Library website and login to Digimap using your University username and password.
3. Once logged in to Digimap select the ‘Geology‘ option.
4. Click on ‘Geology Roam‘ and you will be taken to a registration page.

It will take a couple of days to for your registration to be processed by Edina, but in the meantime you can see how it works by watching these introductory videos.

Once your registration is confirmed login by following the steps above.

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We are pleased to report that Edina services are now available again.

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Project MUSE provides access to a wide range of journals within the Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences and we have recently upgraded our subscription, giving you online access to many new journals and articles. Notable titles include

• Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
• Comitatus: a journal of medieval and renaissance studies
• Essays in medieval studies
• French studies: a quarterly review
• Helios
• Human rights quarterly 
• Journal of cold war studies
• Journal of medieval and early modern studies
• Monatscheft
• Victorian review

Project MUSE can be accessed both on-and off-campus using your University username and password. We have created a video that gives guidance on how to log in to Project MUSE from off-campus.

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Off-campus access to the ProQuest databases has been restored.

You still need to have the Reading Athens Cookie installed on your browser. Then follow these steps to login:

1. Go to our Databases a-z list.
2. Select the ProQuest database you want to access, or go to the ProQuest page.
3. Select the off-campus link.
4. Select ‘Login through your library or institution‘.
5. Select ‘United Kingdom (UK Access Management Federation…)‘.
6. Select ‘University of Reading‘. The Athens cookie will then direct you to the Reading login page where you can login with your University username and password.

Our ProQuest databases are:

• AEI (Australian Education Index)
• ASSIA
• Avery Index
• BEI (British Education Index)
• British Periodicals
• ERIC
• IBSS
• LLBA
• MLA
• Pilots
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
• UK Newsstand

If you experience any other problems accessing the ProQuest databases, or any other resource, please fill in our E-resources problem report form.

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On 9 March 2013 ProQuest are changing the way access their databases from off-campus.

You will still need the Reading Athens Cookie, and you will still need to use the Athens login link on ProQuest, but once you click on the link you will need to select “University of Reading” from a list of institutions.

Once you have done this the cookie will direct you to our Athens login page where you can login with your University username and password.

This will effect access to the following databases:

• AEI (Australian Education Index)
• ASSIA
• Avery Index
• BEI (British Education Index)
• British Periodicals
• ERIC
• IBSS
• LLBA
• MLA
• Pilots
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
• UK Newsstand

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We are pleased to report that Cambridge University Press have resolved the problem with off-campus access to their Cambridge Companions website.

When accessing a specific title via the Enterprise catalogue select the Athens option from the institutional login page to access titles held in this collection.

Alternatively login to the whole collection via the off-campus access link on our website.

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