View these slides to find out how to log in and use ScienceDirect on and off campus via the university portal.
Category: Science Direct
Science Direct login change
Elsevier has changed the authentication process for Science Direct and Scopus. All users are now required to login via the UK Federation option and select ‘University of Greenwich‘ from a list of institutions.
Access via the university portal on and off campus is unchanged
Select the My Learning link
Select the Online databases and academic journals link in the Search the Library portlet
On the next page select ‘S’ from the alphabet or scroll down the A-Z list and select Science Direct to be transferred to the resource.
You should see your name at the top right of the screen above the Brought to you by: University of Greenwich box. This indicates you are logged in and authenticated.
Accessing Science Direct
If you have not registered with the Science Direct eresource at the university you will need to complete the Science Direct registration form which is displayed before directing you to the search screen to download articles. The Science Direct Athens Username Activation blog post provides more details.
Continuing students should enter the username and password from last year to reactivate their Athens username and password for this session.
Science Direct full text searching
Science Direct does not allow searches to be restricted solely to paid-for subscribed content from the usual search screen. This means that the entire holdings of Science Direct are searched by default.
If you want to limit your results only to full text content that the library has paid for or subscribes to then follow these instructions:
- In Science Direct click on the Advanced Search link in the grey panel
- Click on the Journals tab above the Term(s) box
- Next click on the arrow next to All journals in the Source field and highlight subscribed journals
- Enter your search phrase or keywords (Note: individual keywords must be linked with the word ‘and‘ unless it is a phrase). Phrases and keywords can be combined by using ‘and‘ to link them.
- Click the Search button
Science Direct Athens username activation
First login to the university portal on and off campus- Select the My Learning link
- Select the Online databases and academic journals link in the Search the Library portlet
- Scroll down the A-Z list on the next page and select Science Direct
If you have not registered with Science Direct, you will need to complete the Activate Athens User Name form which should be displayed before continuing to follow the steps below.
- Click the Login button at the top right of the screen
- Click the Athens/Other Institution Login link at the top right of the screen
- On the next screen Login via Athens or Your Institution click the View all institutions link at the bottom of the grey box
- On the next screen scroll down to UK Access Management Federation and select University of Greenwich
- You will now see an Athens login screen – wait to be transferred
- You will now be logged into Science Direct as University of Greenwich