Hi,
For the last few weeks I've been running sessions for students on using
databases and electronic journals, which has raised a whole host of
queries re: design of ejournal sites, problems with linking from
databases to full text of journals we subscribe to etc. etc.
One of the students was doing a search on IBSS (International
Bibliography of the Social Sciences) on BIDS, which provides some links
to full text journals. She had found a good reference to an article in
Parliamentary Affairs, an OUP title, but when we tried to access the
full text she was told by ingenta that "we were not recognised as a
subscriber of this journal, but could pay to view the full text.
Now, not only do we have a subscription to this journal, we also have a
deal for 2003 to access almost all of OUP journals. So why are we being
refused access? We can access the full text of this article through the
Highwire site where this title is located, but we can't access the full
text of this title on ingenta. I thought that with OUP titles on ingenta
that the authentication for access was carried out at the OUP site, as
is the case with titles on ScienceDirect, so why are we being refused
access? Should we really be expected to pay twice for what we have
already paid for?
It is extremely frustrating to see a student find an article of interest
through a database, that I know we have access to, but then see them
refused access.
Can anyone shed any light on this particular glitch, or have I
misunderstood how access to OUP titles are authenticated?
Cheers
Lesley
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