SilverPlatter Webspirs databases are available via the World Wide Web. You will require a username and password which can be obtained from the library. Internet access is becoming more widely available, and a number of products that the University previously subscribed to on CD-Rom are now available via the internet. Some of the web-based products can be accessed from outside the University using a personal Athens account. Each site has an Athens administrator who will be able to give you advice in setting up your account.
User guides are available for most of the databases.
If you aren t sure which databases will be of use to you, ask the librarian on duty, or refer to the Greenwich Subject Guides , written by our Reader Services Librarians. The type of information that you can retrieve varies from product to product. Some products provide you with the full text of articles. However most databases act as an index ie. The Electronic Information Products that the University subscribes to contain references to a far greater amount of material than can be stored in any of the University's libraries, so you shouldn't expect to find every journal listed on the databases on our shelves.