Information Services

DiscoverEd is unavailable

If DiscoverEd is unavailable, it should still be possible to access e-resource content.

I can't access e-resources.

If DiscoverEd is unavailable, it should still be possible to access e-resources.

What can I do?

 

Ejournals

Try going directly to the publisher's website. You should still be able to access e-journal content and other services.

On campus

If you are on campus, carry out a Google search by the journal title to identify the publisher's website - go directly to the website and it should be possible to access the e-journal.

Off campus

If you are off campus, then you can use either the Virtual Private Network (VPN), or UK Access Management Federation.

Ebooks

The main ebook services are listed on this page:

Databases

Most of our databases are listed on our Database AZ and Database Subject lists below:

Database AZ 

Subect Lists

EZProxy

If there is any problem with "EZProxy", then you can still use the links provided but remove the EZProxy details.

e.g. use http://www.oxfordscholarship.com instead of

http://www.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk/login?url=http://www.oxfordscholarship.com

If you are off campus, then follow the same route as for e-journals [see above]