Students are able to view their own borrowing records and renew their loans. To gain further knowledge from the journal literature, students can continue their voyage of discovery by searching over 200 locally held databases indexing thousands of journals. Databases indexing the journal literature cover all subject areas. These databases are available via dialup 24 hours a day. Other databases are networked from several netware servers and are accessible from workstations both within the Library and in departments across the University.
Students can then find the printed journals on the shelves or use electronic versions.
The Cybrary provides access to over 2,000 electronic journals. All are listed in the Library s catalogue under title, and direct links made to them. The Library obtains electronic journals either in association with subscriptions already paid for printed services, or as part of umbrella services which include a large number of journals. These are typically provided by publishers, or by subscription agents who provide interfaces to a large number of journals, usually in a specific disciplinary area. SpringerLink Provides full text articles from 117 journals published by Springer Verlag.