Availability | Access
| Source-Specific Questions | Printing | Contact Information
Availability
How do I find out what journals or
articles are available electronically?
How do I tell what years are available
electronically?
Why aren't more years covered
electronically?
What e-journal providers does the
library use?
Why doesn't the library
subscribe to some e-journals I see advertised?
How do I find out what e-journals the other
campus owns?
Why do some subjects have more e-journals than others?
Access
How do I access e-journals from
the Medical Center campus?
How do I access e-journals from
an off-campus location?
Why can't I access an e-journal
from another Loyola campus or from Hines?
Why can't I connect to an e-journal?
What is the access policy for
e-journals?
What usage restrictions are in place for
e-journals?
What is the difference between HTML
and PDF?
Why do some e-journals direct me
to a search page and others link me directly to a table of contents?
How can I link to e-journals through
PubMed's LinkOut or OVID's OpenLinks?
Why are some e-journals not listed
in Pegasus, the online catalog?
Source-Specific Questions
MDConsult:
When I go to an article in MDConsult via a link in Pubmed, MDConsult
asks me for a password. How can I access the article?
Printing
Can I download and print articles?
What is the difference between HTML
and PDF?
Why am I having problems printing an
e-journal article?
Is the image quality comparable to the print
version?
How do I print from OVID?
How do I enlarge an image and print
or download it from OVID?
Contact Information
Who do I contact when I have a
problem accessing an e-journal?
Who do I contact to set up remote access
through ARCHER?
Who do I contact to request an e-journal
that we currently don't have access to?
How do I find out more information?
The alphabetical and subject e-journal lists detail
what journals are available electronically through the Health
Sciences Library. To find a specific e-journal title, view the
E-Journal
List. From there you can search by title, browse by title,
or browse by subject. Information on the alphabetical and subject
e-journal lists includes: e-journal title, a link to the e-journal
provider (sometimes more than one source is available), and years
of coverage. You can view the e-journal list from any location.
Links to e-journals can also be found in Pegasus,
the library's online catalog. Links are available in Pegasus only
for e-journals that the library also has in print. Search Pegasus
by journal title. If we have access, a link to the e-journal will
appear.
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On the alphabetical and subject e-journal lists,
clicking on a title will display coverage dates.
Publishers determine what years are available electronically.
The average e-journal is covered from 1996 onwards. There are
cases where e-journal providers will add older volumes. Some
providers only provide access to issues after a certain amount
of time has passed.
On the alphabetical and subject e-journal lists,
clicking on a title will display an e-journal provider name. Many
titles are available from more than one e-journal provider. It
is helpful to know what title or e-journal provider you are using
when you encounter a problem using the journal. Currently, the
library provides access to over 1,400 titles from a variety of
providers.
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Offering e-journal access involves complex issues
of cost, license negotiation, authorization, and notification.
A journal might not be offered for the following reasons:
- Publishers simply haven't notified us
that an e-journal is available.
- The library decided not to purchase access due to excessive
license restrictions.
- The subscription may be too expensive for us to consider at
this time.
All new e-journal requests need to meet the
library's collection development policy guidelines. Please contact
Heather Cannon at hcannon@lumc.edu
or at 708.216.5302 to request a journal title to be added or if
you have any questions regarding a journal title or service being
dropped.
Institutional Access
What sometimes appears to be a journal offering free electronic
access is not always the case for institutional subscribers.
Publishers handle personal and institutional access differently.
Oftentimes, the library needs to pay additional money for online
access and sign a license agreement.
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The other Loyola libraries have a searchable e-journal
listing on their
website . Unfortunately, the Health Sciences Library is
not able to assist you with any problems you encounter in using
e-journals maintained by the other campuses.
The Health Sciences Library receives e-journals
from a variety of sources. E-journals are offered in a number
of ways: part of a package, the other campus has a subscription,
or we receive electronic access with our print subscription.
Because of database packages, the Health Sciences Library has
more journals in some areas. We prefer to view our e-journals
by quality and not just quantity. The Health Sciences Library
reviews gaps in our e-journal collection on an annual basis.
At that time, we review pricing, print usage and licensing issues
to see if we can add electronic access. For more information,
contact Heather Cannon at 708.216.5302 or at hcannon@lumc.edu.
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E-journals can be accessed from a variety of sources.
If you know the journal you would like to see, you can go directly
to the title from the alphabetical or subject e-journal lists.
Links can also be found in Pegasus
, the online catalog, for e-journals that the library also receives
in print.
If you are unsure of a journal article, you can
search the different article databases such as OVID
, EBSCO
Host , or MD
Consult and find an appropriate full-text journal article.
A large number of full-text articles can be found in those databases.
Contact Jeanne Sadlik at 708.216.9192 or jsadlik@lumc.edu
for any questions regarding database use.
Links from OVID's OpenLinks or PubMed's LinkOut
to other full-text journal titles can also be used from the
Medical Center Campus. Click here for
more information .
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The library offers remote access to our electronic
resources using ARCHER, a proxy server. For information on using
ARCHER for remote access, please read the ARCHER
Help Page.
To register for remote access using ARCHER, fill
out the Proxy
Server Remote ID Request Form.
Not all e-journals will be available through ARCHER
due to technical or license restrictions. Please consult the
alphabetical or subject e-journal lists for specific information
on an e-journal's remote availability.
For user authentication or problems logging in,
contact Donald
Nagolski at 708.216.5308 or at dnagols@lumc.edu.
For technical problems, contact Heather Cannon
at 708.216.5302 or at hcannon@lumc.edu.
Due to contractual agreements, licenses, and copyright
restrictions, access to many electronic resources must be limited
to Loyola University Health System, Stritch School of Medicine,
and those enrolled in Loyola's health-related graduate programs.
ARCHER allows access to restricted electronic library resources
from Hines or another Loyola campus if you meet the criteria
of an authorized user.
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There are several possibilities for this problem.
Loyola might not have institutional access to that
journal. Please consult the E-Journal List to see if the journal is listed. If it is
not listed, it is not a title we currently provide electronic
access to then see
here for more information .
If you are trying to access the e-journal from
an off-campus location, you will need to login using ARCHER,
the library's proxy server. The alphabetical and subject e-journal
lists will let you know if remote access is available.
Click here for more information on using ARCHER.
The provider for the e-journal might be experiencing
technical problems. If the journal appears on our alphabetical
or subject e-journal lists and you still cannot connect please
contact Heather Cannon at 708.216.5302 or email at hcannon@lumc.edu
and we will look into the problem. You can also check our
alerts
page to see if we are currently working on the problem.
During the first 4 months of a new calendar year,
publishers often suspend access without notifying us. Call Heather
Cannon at 708.216.5302 or email
hcannon@lumc.edu so we can contact the publisher. We try
to make every effort to catch these unexpected suspensions of
service before they happen.
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Due to contractual agreements, licenses, and copyright
restrictions, access to many electronic resources must be limited
to Loyola University Health System, Stritch School of Medicine,
and those enrolled in Loyola's health-related graduate programs.
ARCHER allows access to restricted electronic library resources
from Hines or another Loyola campus if you meet the criteria
of an authorized user. If an e-journal is available from both
campuses, users should link to the journal from their appropriate
home library. In that case, all authorized users of Loyola University
are included. See our Access
Policy for more information.
Our
Access Policy spells out the general guidelines that all
e-journal users should adhere to.
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PDF (Portable Document Format) displays images
of the print format with the original page design, pagination,
and typeface as the print journal. To view these page images,
your computer must have Adobe Acrobat Reader software installed.
The software can be downloaded
here for no cost. HTML format is faster to load and does
not require any additional software, however it is not an exact
duplicate of the print journal. Images, pagination and text
will appear different from the print journal.
E-Journals can be considered in two ways - those
that are available directly from publishers or those found in
an article database. E-Journals found in an article database
such as MD Consult, and EBSCO Host will always require you to
use the search interface. The table of contents for an entire
issue or volume will not be found. Please contact Jeanne Sadlik
at 708.216.9192 or at jsadlik@lumc.edu
for any questions in searching the different databases.
The e-journals from publishers are linked directly
to the journal's web page whenever possible. Even still, all
publishers offer access to their e-journals differently so access
will vary from journal to journal.
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OVID's OpenLinks . You can now link to full-text
journals from sources other than OVID while doing a MEDLINE search
using OpenLinks (in addition to OVID full-text links). If a title
is available in a full-text format from an e-journal provider
other than OVID, a link will appear next to the citation that
says Full-Text. Following that link, will take you the full-text
article.
PubMed's LinkOut . Similar to OpenLinks,
LinkOut allows you to link full-text articles from a PubMed
search. In order to use this feature, you must use the following
URL for PubMed:
http://archer.luhs.org:80/login?url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/
query.fcgi?holdings=luclib In order to determine what e-journals
are available, you have to view search results in citation
display. Once you have selected citation display, look for the
button that says Online Full-Text.. If that
button is available, you can view the full-text article by clicking
on it. Publishers also place their logo on the citation display,
but only citations that say Online Full-Text
are available free to library users. If you encounter any problems
in using LinkOut or OpenLinks, please contact Jeanne Sadlik
at 708.216.9192 or jsadlik@lumc.edu
.
Pegasus only
has e-journals listed if we have the print volumes at the library.
If a journal has never been received at the library in print format,
it will not appear in Pegasus
. For this reason, it is a good idea to double-check the E-Journal
List.
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MDConsult requires users to provide their MDConsult
user name and password in order to link to full text articles
through Pubmed. If you do not already have a MDConsult user
name and password, you must create one. Go to MDConsult's Welcome
page by selecting MDConsult from the Loyola Health Sciences
webpages. Near the bottom of the MDConsult Welcom page, there
is a link lableled "establish an account.". By clicking
on that link and completing the form provided, you will become
a registered user. If you prefer to NOT have a Personal Account
with MDConsult, you can also take note of the citation you wish
to access and then enter MDConsult through the library's homepage,
which will give you access to the Generic Account.
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Yes. We ask that you abide by the Access
Policy when printing and downloading articles.
PDF (Portable Document Format) displays images
of the print format with the original page design, pagination,
and typeface as the print journal. To view these page images,
your computer must have
Adobe Acrobat Reader software installed. The software can
be downloaded for no cost. HTML format is faster to load and
does not require any additional software, however it is not
an exact duplicate of the print journal. Images, pagination
and text will appear different from the print journal.
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If you have problems loading a PDF file, make sure
you are using the most recent version of
Acrobat . Use the print function within the Adobe
Acrobat software rather than the print key of your Internet
browser. We also advise that you wait for the entire document
to load before printing a PDF file. If it is a large document,
it will take awhile to spool to your printer. If your printer's
memory is too small, try printing one page at a time.
You can also save the file to disk before printing. Also, Acrobat
does not work with the Internet browser, Opera.
Oftentimes, the quality of images is not equal
to that of the print journal. There are times when images are
missing from the e-version due to publisher agreements. Printing
from the article databases can also pose a problem when an article
is not available in PDF format. In OVID, select print preview
and make sure you choose full-size graphics.
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Go to citation manager on the side of the OVID screen.
Select print preview. Choose full-size graphics. OVID will format
the article to print. Use your browser print icon to print.
To enlarge an image, click on the image. To download
the image, click on the image with the right mouse button.
Choose "save image as."
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Contact Heather Cannon at hcannon@lumc.edu
or by calling 708.216.5302. If Heather is unavailable, please
leave a detailed message indicating the journal, where you are
accessing it from, the e-journal provider if there is more than
available for that journal, and the particular volume and issue.
If the problem involves a database such as OVID or MD Consult,
please contact Jeanne Sadlik at 708.216.9192 or at
jsadlik@lumc.edu.
Contact Donald
Nagolski at 708.216.5308 or at dnagols@lumc.edu.
Contact Heather Cannon at hcannon@lumc.edu
or by calling 708.216.5302.
You can sign up for a class,
Accessing Electronic Journal Articles . Class information
can be found by contacting Jeanne Sadlik at
jsadlik@lumc.edu or by calling 708.216.9192.
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