FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS about the Library's Online Journals
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Which
full-text Online Journals do I have access to as an NCI-Frederick
employee?
Scientific Library's Online Journals List: Go to the Full-Text link
under "Online Journals" on the Library's Home Page as a gateway to over
8,000 full-text online journals! Here you will find an alphabetical list of
full-text titles made available by the Scientific Library and the NIH Library
to NCI-Frederick employees. The list also includes links to Open Access titles.
In the box "Title begins with", type the first few words of the title you wish
to see, or click on the letter of the first word of the title. Titles on this
list should be available to you, so please
let us know if you have access
problems with any title on the list.
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I work at NCI-Frederick, so
why am I asked for a password sometimes when I try to access a title on the
Scientific Library's list?
Check the
note next to the title on the list to see if access is restricted. For example,
you may be asked to call the library for a password, or it may be that the year
you need is not covered by the license. It is also possible, depending on which
building you are in, that there is a server or network conflict. Please be sure
to contact us via e-mail or
call us at x5849 to report a problem of this type.
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Why are some of the titles
on NIH's online journals list not available to NCI-Frederick employees? Don't
we all work for the government?
Although the Scientific Library belongs to the NIH Libraries
Consortium, with online access to many journals provided NIH-wide, not all
online titles purchased by NIH are available to NCI-Frederick at this time
either due to cost considerations or restrictions in license agreements between
NIH and various publishers. In these cases, access to some titles on NIH's list
are restricted to Bethesda and Rockville sites.
Acquiring online
access to additional titles is an ongoing process at all NIH libraries,
therefore we encourage your
input, as an employee of NCI-Frederick, regarding online titles you think
would be important to your research.
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Where can I find Contents,
Abstracts, or Instructions to Authors for Online Journals?
Some titles which charge a fee for full-text offer free
access to Tables of Contents, Abstracts, Instructions to Authors and other
features. See the Instructions to Authors link
under the "Online Journals" heading on the Library's Home
Page.
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How can I access
these journals from home if I am an NCI-Frederick employee?
If you have a DSL, ISDN, cable or other
connection to the Internet, you may access the Library's restricted resources
if you have a Library barcode on the back of your NCI-Frederick employee
ID card. If you do not yet have a barcode issued by the Library, stop by to
register at the Circulation Desk. Once you have your barcode, you may
access licensed resources by clicking on the
"Off-Site
Access" link on the upper horizontal blue bar from the
Library's Homepage.
NOTE: If you are not an employee of NCI-Frederick, publisher license agreements
consider you an unauthorized user. Members of the public or other Ft.
Detrick employees may use online journals on Scientific Library premises
only.
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What is the
difference between HTML and PDF document formats? How can I get my articles to
print in PDF format from my office computer?
HTML
documents do not look like the articles you see in journals. However, this
format links to additional information, such as related Websites and citations
contained within the article. This format also allows you to enlarge
figures. PDF documents look exactly like the
articles that appear in journals. To view an article in this format, you must
download the free
Adobe Acrobat
Reader software on your computer.
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Why does the Library provide
site-wide access to some full-text journals but not others?
The Scientific Library and NIH Library strives to
provide NCI-Frederick employees with access to as many available online
journals as possible. If a title is not on the full-text list, it may be due to
one of the following:
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Title
not published online; title on Web but full-text has not been made available by
publisher. e.g. Anticancer Research
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Site/institutional access not available or is restricted to
Library.
Restrictive License terms.
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Cost:
Titles offering site-wide access terms benefiting the most users at
NCI-Frederick are our priority.
The
NCI-Frederick is also a member of the NIH Libraries consortium and is included
in some, not all, site license agreements that the NIH Library has made with
publishers (e.g. Elsevier's ScienceDirect, Cell, Science, Nature, Wiley
Interscience). If you do not see a title on our list and think the Library
should provide access to it, please do not hesitate to recommend it by
completing the online form at
http://www-library.ncifcrf.gov/booksuggest.aspx
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Why can't I access full-text
when the title has a PubMed or Web of Science link?
Publishers provide links to their journal Web sites
according to agreements they make with
PubMed
or Web of Science. If the Scientific
Library has purchased or activated an online subscription to any of the
journals available via PubMed or Web of Science, NCI-Frederick employees will
be able to access full-text when using a computer at NCI-Frederick or remotely
via our proxy server ("Off-site Access"). Depending on the title, all years may
not be available even to subscribers.
Note: We recommend that when
using links via PubMed or other databases, keep a window open linking to the
Library's Online Journals list. We have discovered that some publishers 'bump'
you out of our proxy server, even if you click on the Library's Full-text icon,
thereby not recognizing you as an authorized user.
Tip: Look for 'ezlib' somewhere in
the URL in the web address bar. If you don't see this, it means you are not
within the proxy server gateway.
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What are the Copyright and
Licensing Issues with Online Journals?
Online information is subject to the same copyright laws as print
materials, but in addition, subscribers to online journals are generally
required to agree to more restrictive licensing by the publisher. Libraries may
not always be permitted by their legal offices to agree to terms within a
publisher's contract, and therefore may not always be able to purchase an
online subscription.
License agreements
state that if violations of the agreement are discovered, the library's
online subscription will be cancelled and the library may be liable for any
copyright violations by their users. See Notice of
Copyright/Use Restrictions for Electronic Resources for details.
Some of the restrictions for individual users are:
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Entire issues or substantial sections of an issue may not be
downloaded.
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Results may be printed or downloaded for personal or internal
business or research purposes only.
Users may not share access with, perform
searches for, or provide results to non-Frederick users.
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Derivative databases cannot be created.
Please do not hesitate to let
us know (via email) or by
calling x1682, if you're having any access problems or if you have any other
questions regarding online journals.
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