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Walk-in Access to E-Resources

Access to some of The Albert Sloman Library's e-resources may be permitted to external readers, alumni, ex-members of staff and members of partner institutions within the library premises.

Such 'walk-in' users must complete a 'Visitors E-Resource Access Form' at the Enquiry Desk on Floor One of The Albert Sloman Library, in addition two forms of proof of identification and address are required i.e. one must include a photo (e.g. drivers licence or passport) and the other proof of current postal address (e.g. utilities bill). 

See: Walk-in Users for more information

Open Access Resources of Interest

E-Journal Sites

Highwire Press Free Journals

The journals that HighWire supports focus on science, technology, and medicine (STM). Much content is available without subscription.

Directory of Open Access Journals

This collection of e-journals covers full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. It aims to cover all subjects and languages.

Open J-Gate

Open J-Gate is an electronic gateway to open access journal literature.


E-Books Sites

E-Scholarship editions public texts

a selection of digitised books on various subjects and from various publishers, collated by the University of California (part of the California Digital Library project). See the "Public" collection for texts that can be freely downloaded.

Free E-books

A gateway to free books on the web.

Google Books

Out-of copyright books freely available via the Library Project.

Internet Public Library

A directory of online text collections, projects and services covering all subject areas hosted at the University of Michigan.

Online Books Page

A Listing over 30,000 free books on the Web from the University of Pennsylvannia.

Turning the Pages

Digitised manuscripts from the British Library.

Universal Digital Library: Million Book Collection

A book-scanning project backed by several major libraries across the globe. The online library offers full text downloads of works that are in the public domain, or for which the copyright holder has been given permission to make available.

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