Regarding the ALJC collection it's my understanding the primary access method is via Swetswise, however, publishers are asked by Swets to also set-up IP range access for customers as well. We joined the ALJC collection for 2008 and have recently gone through the process of setting up access for some new customers via the IP range method. 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bernd-Christoph Kämper [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: 22 May 2008 15:53
Subject: Re: Accessing Elsevier e-journals via Swetswise

In my experience, the SwetsWise platform is notorious for such problems,
also with other publishers and providers (e.g., Ingenta). Especially this
blank screen problem is one that I encountered over and over again.
Also, quality control (including links that end nowhere) leaves a lot to
desire or does not happen at all, at least not in any systematic way. At
least that was my experience and impression over years whenever I
closely and systematically examined this platform. Quite astonishing for a
company with a ISO 9000 certification. As a result, we use Swetswise
only as a backup for making available the backfiles of certain titles for
which we no longer have direct access. We certainly would not want
to use Swetswise as our default e-journals platform. However, better
quality control and a much improved design seem necessary, if you
consider that there are some offers, like the ALPSP learned journals
collection, that are only made available via this platform (as a 
collection).
A good marketing device and a chance for smaller publishers to get
considered by consortial buyers, too, but it seems unfortunate, if these
advantages are only available in exchange for poor presentation.

Best regards,
Bernd-Christoph Kaemper, Stuttgart University Library

Sophie Price schrieb:
> 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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