Want to have full text access to the journal articles in the database ScienceDirect? Then follow the simple steps in the guide that follows.
Why register?
- WITHOUT registering AND/or signing in
- No full-text access to restricted content
- ONLY full-text access to a select list of subscribed journals
- WITH registering AND signing in
- Full-text access to ALL ScienceDirect content on a pay-per-use basis, paid for by the Library.
Step-by-step guide
- If you are unable to locate your invitation to register from ScienceDirect (email from sciencedirect@prod.lexis-nexis.com sent to all faculty and students late February 2014), click on the link provided to access Registration ID and Password information. LINK: Request a Registration ID and Password (see Screen A)
- Clicking on the "Request a Registration ID and Password" in the resulting page will result in a new page that will identify you by NAME and STATUS at Drew University, e.g. student, staff, faculty. ( see Screen B)
- If you are not correctly identified, log out and retry until you are correctly identified. .
- Continue the process by clicking the "receive Registration ID and Password." (see Screen C)
SCREEN A
SCREEN B
SCREEN C
3. After inputting your registration ID and password information, you will land on a page where you may register by entering the required information. On the next screen, depending if you are student, staff, or faculty, select "Drew University - VALE faculty" or "Drew University – VALE Student" as your organization and select "continue". You should now have full text access to ScienceDirect resources on a "pay-per-use" basis, paid for by the library. See below for sample screen:
CLICK HERE to go to ScienceDirect
Registered vs. unregistered results
Search results look like this:
- for the UN-registered and UN-signed in Drew user
- for the registered AND signed in Drew user
Have other questions? Ask us!
Contact information:
Library staff | Phone | |
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Margery Ashmun Science reference | mashmun@drew.edu | 973.408.3483 |
Guy Dobson Library Systems Administrator | gdobson@drew.edu | 973.408.3207 |