LibGuides@Southampton: Using your online library: Home

The University Library provides access to a wide range of digital resources helping you to trace ebooks and articles, track down internet resources and view the full text of journal articles from your own device.

Accessing library resources from home

To connect to library resources such as databases and journals you will need to use the University’s VPN service called GlobalProtect. Advice on how to set your connection up can be found on the iSolutions page How do I set up VPN on my device?

If you use VPN on a Linux machine or mobile device, from June 17th 2020 you will need to reconfigure your device to point to 'globalprotect2.soton.ac.uk'. If you use a Windows PC or Mac you should continue to use 'globalprotect.soton.ac.uk'.

Off campus access

See our video for a short overview on accessing resources from off campus.

Accessing library resources from home - NHS

Students on NHS courses and NHS staff will require a OpenAthens login to access some of their resources. Details of how to register for an account can be found on the Library's OpenAthens website.

Watch this short film to find out more about Course Collections and ebooks. A text only version of the contents of the video is available Finding resources online: ebooks and Course Collections [WORD]

See our quick video for advice on finding journal articles:

When you know the details for a specific journal article
When you are looking for journal articles for your research

A text only version of video contents is available - Finding resources online: journal articles [WORD]

Ebooks can be accessed using the Library's catalogue WebCat.

Make sure that the 'Search only electronic books' box is ticked before you do your search.

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Online Course Collections are also available through WebCat.

If you are looking for a specific journal article or for articles on a topic, try carrying out a quick search using DelphiS.

DelphiS searches across most of the Library's databases and electronic journals, covering journal articles, electronic books, web resources, newspaper articles and more. undefined

Online tutorial:

Finding journal articles and more

How to search for different resources using DelphiS

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, publishers have given libraries additional access to resources to facilitate online teaching and research.

This arrangement is temporary and access to to many of the resources listed below are subject to change at short notice.

Springer Nature: Protocols
Springer Nature: Protocols has been created to aid research into the Coronavirus. Articles are sourced from Nature Research (Nature Methods, Nature Protocols) and Springer (Methods In Molecular Biology, Methods In Molecular Medicine, Springer Protocols Handbooks, Neuromethods, Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology). This trial runs until 31/7/2020..
COVID-evidence
COVID-evidence is a continuously updated database of the worldwide available evidence on interventions for COVID-19. Includes information about worldwide planned, ongoing, and completed trials on any intervention to treat or prevent SARS-CoV-2-infections
Elsevier Novel Coronavirus Information Center
Here you will find expert, curated information for the research and health community on SARS-CoV-2 (the novel coronavirus) and COVID-19 (the disease).
All resources are free to access and include guidelines for clinicians and patients.
Emerald Coronavirus
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Emerald are temporarily making these resources free at point of use. The content explores the wider impact on society and includes research on healthcare, education, homeworking, SCM and tourism.
Jisc COVID-19 Resource Access List
Jisc have compiled a list of publishers and content providers who are widening access to their resources in various ways, with details of content and measures to access them. The list is updated as they receive survey responses or further information.
Nursing Standard Covid-19
To support the nursing community RCNi have developed a dedicated COVID-19 resource centre that is completely free to access for all nurses and frontline NHS staff working with coronavirus patients. Keep up to date with the latest news and developments on COVID-19 and what it means for nursing practice. It includes peer-reviewed evidence-based articles and e-learning modules which address some of the areas of care that COVID-19 patients may require, as well as resources designed to help staff stay well during this demanding and stressful period.
The Royal Society COVID-19
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The Royal Society has made all of it's COVID-19 research findings and data open access. The collective aim is to ensure that the relevant research and data are shared rapidly and openly in order to inform the worldwide public health response and to help save lives.
Springer Nature: Coronavirus
Springer Nature is committed to supporting the global response to emerging outbreaks by enabling fast and direct access to the latest available research, evidence, and data. All content listed here is free to access.

Subject databases

Our Subject LibGuides bring together databases that enable you to find articles specifically for your subject. Use the Databases or Journal Articles tabs to access these.

Acknowledgement (click to read more...)

'Skills for studying online'. Our pages are a derivative of Remote learning SkillsGuide available at https://libguides.hull.ac.uk/remote/home licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. We thank the generosity of the University of Hull Library for providing a CC BY-NC-SA licence and under the terms provide the same licence for our pages.

Free ebook collections

BookBoon - free textbooks in the fields of IT, engineering, business and economic which have mainly been written by academic authors (registration required)

Directory of Open Access books - academic books (many peer-reviewed) published on open access

Internet Archive - home to more than a million free texts

OAPEN - peer-reviewed academic books in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Project Gutenberg - library of over 60,000 titles, mainly older literary works

Free journal collections

DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) - community-curated site that provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.