As far as I can see - Blackwells Synergy is an Athens Compliant service - so you should be able to affix your Blackwells Synergy subscriptions to your nhs Athens organisation prefix. Not sure if you may get charged by Athens for this - probably £100 - but don't quote me on it... Andy Andy Richardson Electronic Services Manager electronic Knowledge Access Team eKAT London Health Libraries 20, Guilford St London WC1N 1DZ [log in to unmask] tel. 0207 692 3388 mobile 07739303494 Weblog : http://andyrffc.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Duffy Maureen Sent: 21 February 2005 11:33 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Blackwell Synergy problems? Morning all Does anyone else have as much trouble as I have trying to access journals via this? We have a subscription to the particular journal I'm trying to access, but I seem to go round in circles, being repeatedly told I need to buy the article/have an online subs. After numerous emails between me and their helpdesk, I am waiting for our IT dept. to come & see if they can sort it - seems to be an IP address/NHS firewall problem - , but we are not exactly top of their list of priorities - just wondered if anyone else had a) had the problem, and b) found a simple answer, while I 'm awaiting IT's attention. Regards, Maureen Duffy Education Centre Library S. Tyneside District Hospital Harton Lane South Shields Tyne & Wear NE34 0PL Tel. 0191 4548888 ext 2572 Fax 0191 4270096 HLN code SSH NULJ code STDH Did you know that your local health library offers Help and advice from skilled staff Journal and book collections - electronic as well as traditional - over 1000 online fulltext journals available free Study space and internet access Training courses and current awareness services Search services and document delivery This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete this message from your system. Please do not disclose its contents to another person; to do so could be a breach of confidence. LPMDE use the Messagelabs anti-virus service