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 ProQuest , 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• BMJ • Clinical Key• EBSCO• Highwire • Internurse• JAMA• Nature• Ovid• Proquest• Sage• Science Direct• Springer• Wiley

A BMJ title: Journal of clinical pathology

Clicking on the title of this journal takes you to the

Athens login screen

Enter your Athens details and click Login

A list of available issues appears and the information at the top right of the screen shows that you’ve logged in

successfully

Select the issue you want to view (I’ve chosen June 2013)

The contents appear and you can select the paper you want

to download

In glorious PDF for convenient printing…

• Click here to return to supplier menu

• Click here for the next supplier

• Press Esc key to exit

A Clinical Key title

Log in here

Select the volume and issue you want

…and download the paper you require

• Click here to return to supplier menu

• Click here for the next supplier

• Press esc to exit

EBSCO

Emergency medicine Australasia

Note that there is a twelve month embargo period for this tile. This means that only issues that are at least twelve months old are available to download from

Enter your Athens details and click Login

Click on the publication year of your paper (2004 in my

example)

Select the appropriate issue

The issue downloads…

Once you’ve found the paper you want click on PDF to

download it

Ready to print…

• Click here to return to supplier menu

• Click here for the next supplier

• Press esc to exit

Highwire

Anesthesia and analgesia

Note that this journal has a one year embargo period. This means that only issues that are more than twelve months old are available for download. (However, there are more issues from this title available from OVID, our alternative supplier.)Click on the title of the journal to proceed.

Highwire redirects the link to the journal’s homepage

Click on PAST ISSUES

Select the year your paper was published in

Then select the appropriate issue

Find the right paper…

And after a short wait…

• Click here to return to supplier menu

• Click here for the next supplier

• Press esc to exit

Internurse: e.g. Journal of wound care

Clicking on the title of this journal takes you to the

Athens login screen

Now you’ve been recognised simply select the issue you’re looking for from the list that

appears

Select the paper you want…

And download it.

• Click here to return to supplier menu

• Click here for the next supplier

• Press esc to exit

JAMA

Archives of dermatology

Note that the holdings of this title only run from 2008 to 2013. You will not be able to download articles free of charge that were published outside this date range.

Click on SIGN IN

Select Sign in via Athens

Enter your account details and click Login

The website should have recognised your Athens ID.

Click on All Issues

Make sure you the year you require is one to which we

have full-text access

Select the issue…

Select the article you wish to read and click on PDF

The article should download.

• Click here to return to supplier menu

• Click here for the next supplier

• Press esc to exit

Nature. We currently only purchase one title from this

supplier: Eye

Click on Login

Scroll down to find the link to the Athens Login…

here…

Enter your Athens details

There is no message to say you’ve been recognised…

Click on Archive

Select the issue you want

Find the article you’re looking for, and

Download it (select PDF if you wish to print it out)

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 ProQuest , Apr 2002 - , All NHS Athens

In this second example the supplier is Proquest.

• Click here to return to supplier menu

• Click here for the next supplier

• Press esc to exit

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

• Click here to return to supplier menu

• Click here for the next supplier

• Press esc to exit

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

• Click here to return to supplier menu

• Click here for the next supplier

• Press esc to exit

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

• Click here to return to supplier menu

• Click here for the next supplier

• Press esc to exit

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.

• Click here to return to supplier menu

• Click here for the next supplier

• Press esc to exit

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!