Off-campus access
PLEASE NOTE: this page is being extensively revised. For current off-campus access details, please see the A-Z Databases page
The Library's electronic resources are available only to current staff and matriculated students of the University of St Andrews.
On-campus access
Access should be seamless, if you are within the University network (including Residences), with no need for a username or password. A small number of databases may require you to login using your University Username and Password.
Off-campus access
Most e-resources now use your University Account Username and Password (the same as you use for University e-mail) for off-campus access. You can access databases through a number of different routes:
- A-Z Databases page
- the Quick Links to Databases menu on that page (it will list all the databases, soon)
- SAULCAT, the Library catalogue
- the E-Journals pages also link to individual e-journals (also listed in SAULCAT)
- or via SEEKER, the Librarys new search service, which allows you to do a single search across many of the Library's databases
If youre not sure which off-campus access method to use, check the A-Z Databases page.
Logging in:
- select the database you want to search
- use the login link that you'll see on that database
- it will say something like: UK Federation WAYF / Institutional Login / Login via your Home Institution / Shibboleth login / Alternative login, or similar
- then enter your University computer account username and password details to access the database
VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection
VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection provides indirect access to the University network from another network, via a broadband internet connection; this allows seamless access to e-resources normally only available within the University network, without any username or password, as if you were on campus.
Questions / problems?
Contact Jean Young, University Library (01334 462294) with any problems or questions about database access, and e-resources in general.
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Off-campus access to databases
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modern and contemporary African-American poetry |
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American poetry |
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works by poets from 1900 to the present day |
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computing journals, proceedings, etc |
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full-text computing journals archive |
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full-text collection of documents examining the lives of saints |
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African-American poetry of the late 18th and 19th centuries |
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details of articles with abstracts, on the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present |
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poetry from the Colonial Period to the early 20th century |
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more than 2,000 plays by American dramatists |
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covers all aspects of Greco-Roman antiquity from c.500-800 A.D. |
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Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) 1920-2001 |
index of world-wide books, articles, book reviews, essays, dissertations, etc |
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index to periodicals in all branches of anthropology |
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full-text archive of journals published by the American Anthropological Association |
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ASFA (Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts: Biological Sciences and Living Resources) |
basic and applied research on aquatic organisms |
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descriptions of archives held in UK universities and colleges |
http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/ - no password required |
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index of articles from contents pages of over 12,000 journals |
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B |
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self-register, download Beilstein Commmander software, then access using ATHENS account |
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index to international books and articles of Scottish interest |
http://sbo.nls.uk/ - no password required | |||
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American writing from the period of the Revolution to 1930 |
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direct connection to the University network only | |||
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90+ peer-reviewed, full-text, open access journals in all areas of biomedical research |
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film, television and related media index databases |
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complete canon of English-language Canadian poetry from the 17th to early 20th C |
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self-register; some forms require counter-signature | |||
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over 3000 Discussion Paper abstracts, with full-text of those published from 1999 onwards |
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wide range of chemical information resources |
http://www.chemweb.com/ | |||
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large collection of resources for theory and research in international affairs, from 1991- |
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collection of resources in evidence-based medicine |
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international research funding database |
http://fundingopps.cos.com/ | |||
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index to publications in statistics and related fields |
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50,000+ specially-written biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, |
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complete record of surviving Old English texts |
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comprehensive full-text collection of early American fiction |
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digital facsimiles of over 100,000 books printed in English between 1473-1700 |
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catalogue of electronic books available through libraries worldwide |
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journal articles and working papers in economics |
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indexes over 3,000 academic journals |
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full-text of over 200 business and management journals |
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online version of the 22-volume standard encyclopaedia on Judaism |
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English Drama (1280-1915) |
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full-text of 1,300 academic journals and newspapers |
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geography, geology and ecology |
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geology and earth sciences |
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Global Insight (formerly World Markets Research Centre) |
country analysis, risk assessment Services, market research tools |
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key business intelligence on countries, companies, markets and consumers |
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entire text of the Dictionary of Art, with extensive image links |
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12-volume encyclopedia of psychology |
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over 1,300 high-quality full-text books in historical studies; unlimited concurrent access |
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important archive of medieval works of art with over 60,000 images |
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index to over 25,000 academic journals (NB., full text is only available for titles the Library subscribes to) |
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full-text archive of 669 core scholarly journals |
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the 'Authorized' version |
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English and American poetry, drama and prose |
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history of literary theory and criticism from Plato to the present |
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Manuscripts Database (St Andrews) |
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hundreds of original full-text medieval history documents |
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abstracts over 3,800 medical and biomedical journals |
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MLA (Modern Language Association) International Bibliography |
index to literature, languages, linguistics, folklore articles |
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over 1,230 full-text e-books in Classics, German History, International Relations, etc.; one concurrent access |
http://lib.myilibrary.com/members_access.asp |
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Science's Next Wave |
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novels from the period 1782 to 1903 |
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OCLC FirstSearch databases |
a collection of 17 important subject databases, listed separately |
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English dictionary on historical principles, updated quarterly |
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over 100 full-text language and subject dictionaries and reference works |
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over 1,200 full-text searchable Economics and Finance, Philosophy, Political Science and Religion e-books |
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archive of major full-text arts, humanities and social sciences journals, published between 1770 and 1995 |
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philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields |
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Photographic Database (St Andrews) |
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guide to over 2 million doctoral dissertations/ masters theses from N. American and European universities; full-text can be purchased |
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full-text psychology journals published by the APA |
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psychology and related fields |
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index to religion and theology articles |
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British and Irish history from the Roman period to the present day |
http://www.rhs.ac.uk/ - no password required | |||
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archive of over 200,000 full-text articles published between 1841-1996 |
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full-text e-books for programmers and computing scientists |
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no password required | |||
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http://wok.mimas.ac.uk/ - use your University account details | |||
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full-text of The Scotsman between 1817 and 1950 |
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searchable archive of history and culture |
http://scran.ac.uk/ | |||
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http://wok.mimas.ac.uk/ - (via the Web of Knowledge link) - use your University account details | |||
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over 650 full-text Kluwer journals, back to 1997 |
http://springerlink.metapress.com/ - use your University account details | |||
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http://edina.ac.uk/statacc/ - use your University account details | |||
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full-text of The Times between 1785 and 1985 |
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full-text of The Times Literary Supplement from 1902 - |
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TOCS-IN (Tables of Contents of Interest to Classicists) |
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source of UK television and radio data |
http://www.trilt.ac.uk/ - use your University account details | |||
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modern and contemporary African-American poetry |
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American poetry |
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works by poets from 1900 to the present day |
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http://edina.ac.uk/ukborders/ - use your University account details |
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major works of W. B. Yeats in all genres |
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Science, Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities Citation Index databases |
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Web of Science Proceedings (formerly the Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings) |
details of papers from over 4,000 international conferences |
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details of over 62 million books, from 1,000 BC onwards |
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database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat |
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World Markets Research Centre |
country analysis, risk assessment services, market research tools |
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ZETOC - British Library Electronic |
tables of contents of c. 36,000 journals and conference proceedings, held by the British Library |
http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/ | ||
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table of contents current awareness service |
http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/zetoc/bin/loginpage | |||
All other databases |
login via the Library Home page and follow the normal links into the databases you want to search |
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