ScienceDirect (SD)-- How to access ScienceDirect articles.

Science Direct

Content from ScienceDirect is available through Drew Library's subscription to a select group of Elsevier journals (See Table below) and through "pay-per-download" (ppd) access to all other unsubscribed content, paid for by Drew Library.

Access to subscribed content from ScienceDirect is restricted to Drew University users (including current students, faculty and staff) and patrons using Drew Library public computers.
Access to unsubscribed content is restricted to Drew University users only (current students, faculty and staff).

Procedures for obtaining "pay-per-download" content varies, depending on the user. Please see the appropriate instructions for Drew Students and Drew Faculty/Staff.

Table of ScienceDirect Subscribed journal titles, 2014-2015

Drew users have unlimited access to articles from these journals

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Alzheimer's & Dementia

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Animal Behaviour

Appetite

Archives of Medical Research

Behavior Therapy

Biological Psychiatry

Body Image

Brain and Cognition

Computers in Human Behavior

Consciousness and Cognition

Ecological Economics

Economics of Education Review

Explorations in Economic History

Fertility and Sterility

Journal of Adolescence

Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Journal of Archaeological Science

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Journal of Human Evolution

Neurobiology of Disease

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Neuropharmacology

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Social Science & Medicine

The Arts in Psychotherapy

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners

The Journal of Academic Librarianship

The Lancet (North American Edition)

The Social Science Journal

Women's Studies International Forum

(Cell Press Publications)

Cell

Molecular Cell

Neuron

For Drew University Students:

Students may access pay-per-download articles from ScienceDirect journals outside of Drew University's Core Subscription package by submitting a request through the Drew Library Chat feature (link: http://www.drew.edu/library/ask-a-librarian) during select hours, Sun-Thurs; 6-10PM and Mon-Fri; 9-5PM, semesters only, or by using the Interlibrary Loan system (illiad.drew.edu). See instructions for both below.

Depending on when the request is submitted, the Librarian answering the Library Chat may be able to supply the ScienceDirect article within 30 minutes to 1 hour, while Interlibrary Loan may supply the desired article(s) sometime between 24 - 72 hours.

Step-by-step guide to obtain pay-per-download (ppd) articles

To obtain the desired article through Library Chat during the hours Sun-Thurs; 6-10PM and Mon-Fri; 9-5PM, semesters only,

Provide the Librarian with the article citation from ScienceDirect

Highlight and copy citation information

Click on the "Ask a Librarian" link to access the Library Chat feature.

If Library Chat is online, copy and paste citation into Library chat box. Please include your email address and name.

Once request has been received through Library Chat, student may receive the article via email as soon as 30 minutes to 1 hour.

To obtain the desired Pay-Per-Download article through InterLibrary Loan:

Click on the "Search For Article" button after closely examining the article abstract in ScienceDirect
Then, click “Request through InterLibrary Loan” on the bottom of the following screen. See screenshot below.

Sign into your ILLiad account and the article information will automatically fill in the appropriate spots in the form.
Type '0' in the spot marked “Max you are willing to pay”
Click “Submit request”.

You should receive the article in 24 - 72 hours after submitting your request.

Please contact the Research Help Desk at the Library (973- 408-3588) or email reference@drew.edu if you have additional questions or concerns.

Access for Faculty and Staff has not changed.

Drew University Faculty and Staff Users

PLEASE NOTE:

As of 01/01/15, access to pay-per-download content from ScienceDirect via Faculty/Staff username and password is fully restored. When buying pay-per-download content, please click the purchase icon at the top of the page rather than the one mid-page. We are working with ScienceDirect to correct a problem with the mid-page purchase icon (or have it removed entirely)-- it currently does not allow the user to complete a purchase. Please contact Drew Univ Library at reference@drew.edu with questions.

Step-by-step guide

Click on the link provided to obtain Registration ID and Password information. LINK: Request a Registration ID and Password (see Screen A)
Clicking on the link "Request a Registration ID and Password" will result in a new page that will identify you by NAME and STATUS at Drew University, e.g. staff, faculty.

1. If you are not correctly identified, log out and retry until you are correctly identified. .
2. After being correctly identified, continue the registration process by clicking the "receive Registration ID and Password." (see Screen B)

Screen A

Screenshot B

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 staff or faculty, select "Drew University - VALE faculty" 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: