How to download a paper from an electronic

How to download a paper from an electronic journal Assuming you’re on the A-Z list of journals

The A-Z list gives you basic information about each journal

For example, the journal Heart

This information includes the name of the supplier • Heart - BMJ , Oct 1997 - , All NHS Athens In the case of Heart the supplier is the BMJ group

Alternatively, • Journal of allied health Pro. Quest , Apr 2002 - , All NHS Athens In this second example the supplier is Proquest.

Select the supplier of the journal you wish to read from the list below to see a short presentation showing how to download • • • Ovid Proquest Sage Science Direct Springer Wiley Please note that instructions for suppliers A – N can be found in the first presentation

OVID: e. g. American journal of surgical pathology

American journal of surgical pathology Note that this titles states that it is Single concurrent user access only. This means that we have purchased a cheaper licence, enabling only one user at a time to gain access to this title. George Osborne would be proud of us.

After clicking on the title input your Athens details and click Login

Select the year you’re looking for from the list…

Now select the appropriate issue

Find and download the article

PDF for ease of printing

Proquest, e. g. the American journal of health behavior

American journal of health behavior Note that the holdings of this title only run from 2003 to 2009. You will not be able to download articles free of charge that were published outside this date range. Other Proquest titles have an embargo period. An embargo of one year means that only issues that are more than twelve months old are available for download.

Select Athens login

The options should default to NHS England. Click on Login

Enter your Athens details and click Login

Scroll down to see the issues available

Select the year and issue you want…

Find the article you wish to read…

Available in PDF for ease of printing

SAGE, e. g Journal of hand surgery: European volume

Enter your Athens details and click Login

Click on All issues

Select the issue that contains the article you want to read

Find and download the article

To print off in glorious PDF

Science Direct: e. g. Acta anaesthesiologica taiwanica

Note that the holdings of this title only run from 2008 to 2011. You will not be able to download articles free of charge that were published outside this date range. Many Science Direct titles have similar restrictions, although about fifty titles have ongoing subscriptions.

Enter your Athens details and click Login

The site recognises you by name and affiliation

Select the volume and issue you require using the options on the left of the screen

Find the article and download it.

To download in printer-friendly PDF.

Springer, e. g. Clinical orthopaedics and related research

Enter your Athens details and click Login

Select the year …

…and then the issue you’re looking for

Before selecting the article you wish to read…

To download in printer-friendly PDF.

Wiley, e. g. Health information and libraries journal

Health information and libraries journal Note that this journal has a nine month embargo period. This means that only issues that are more than twelve months old are available for download. Click on the title of the journal to proceed.

Enter your Athens details and click Login

Select the year …

…and then the issue you’re looking for

Before downloading, in glorious PDF, this groundbreaking article…

…co-authored by two Pennine acute librarians!