I think, Mitchell is right. According to my tests, the default seems to
be that
SwetsWise will link to the HTML Fulltext version of the article. (The
request
is recognized as coming from Swets because the SwetsWise symbol is
displayed at the top left of the HTML in front of the journal volume page
identification.) To get the PDF from there, is another click (and
doubles the
access statistics, by the way). If basic authentication is by IP, this
still does
not authenticate you automatically, if you are on the wrong ip network and
don't use VPN. However, authentication may happen to be by Athens or
Shibboleth, not VPN, and I am not sure whether this could be an issue here.
(It would be useful if someone could try it via Athens or Shibboleth.)
Sometimes, the PDF display problem is rather browser related. In such
cases, the trick to download first, then open, often helps. (It may be
required to rename the downloaded file as *.pdf, or alternatively one can
configure the browser to not display the PDF inline but rather launch a PDF
reader or offer the file for download.)
The blank screen problem (and timeout problem) I mentioned in my previous
posting is more often associated when Swetswise authenticates you at the
other end or works as a proxy. Of course it occurs only by exception and
intermittently but I encountered it quite often.
Bernd-Christoph Kaemper, Stuttgart University Library
Mitchell Dunkley schrieb:
> I was under the impression that SwetsWise transfers you direct to the
> ScienceDirect site for full-text access?
>
> Mitchell Dunkley
> De Montfort University Leicester
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sophie Price
> Sent: 22 May 2008 14:52
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> Subject: [LIS-E-JOURNALS] Accessing Elsevier e-journals via Swetswise
>
> Hi
>
> I wonder if anyone else has come across a problem with off-site access
> to Elsevier e-journals via Swetswise?
>
> I have received a number of queries from users who have reported
> difficulties in accessing Elsevier journals remotely. They are able to
> browse the table of contents on Swetswise but when they try to download
> a PDF article the internet is just hanging and displaying a blank screen
> - it can take over 5 minutes for a full-text article to display (if at
> all).
>
> It appears that this problems only occurs when attempting to access
> these titles remotely via Swetswise. I have tried downloading articles
> directly from ScienceDirect (via IP authentication) and there are no
> problems downloading these articles.
>
> I would be interested to hear other people's experiences, comments and
> feedback.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Sophie Price
>
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