How to download a

paper from an
electronic journal
Assuming you’re on the A-Z list
of journals
 The A-Z list gives you basic
information about each journal
For example, the journal Heart
 This information includes
the name of the supplier

• Heart - BMJ , Oct 1997 - , All

NHS Athens

In the case of Heart the supplier

is the BMJ group
 Alternatively,
• Journal of allied health
ProQuest , Apr 2002 - , All NHS
Athens

In this second example the

supplier is Proquest.
Select the supplier of the journal you wish
to read from the list below to see a short
presentation showing how to download
• Ovid
• Proquest
• Sage
• Science Direct
• Springer
• Wiley

Please note that instructions for

suppliers A – N can be found in the
first presentation
OVID: e.g. American journal of
surgical pathology
American journal of surgical
pathology

Note that this titles states that

it is Single concurrent user
access only. This means that we
have purchased a cheaper
licence, enabling only one user
at a time to gain access to this
title. George Osborne would be
proud of us.
 After clicking on the title input
your Athens details and click Login
Select the year you’re looking for
from the list…
Now select the appropriate issue
Find and download the article
PDF for ease of printing
Proquest, e.g. the American
journal of health behavior
 American journal of health
behavior

Note that the holdings of this title

only run from 2003 to 2009. You will
not be able to download articles free
of charge that were published
outside this date range.
Other Proquest titles have an
embargo period. An embargo of one
year means that only issues that are
more than twelve months old are
available for download.
Select Athens login
The options should default to NHS
England. Click on Login
Enter your Athens details and click
Login
Scroll down to see the issues
available
Select the year and issue you
want…
Find the article you wish to read…
Available in PDF for ease of
printing
SAGE, e.g Journal of hand
surgery: European volume
Enter your Athens details and click
Login
Click on All issues
Select the issue that contains the
article you want to read
Find and download the article
To print off in glorious PDF
 Science Direct: e.g. Acta
anaesthesiologica taiwanica
Note that the holdings of this
title only run from 2008 to 2011.
You will not be able to download
articles free of charge that were
published outside this date
range.
Many Science Direct titles have
similar restrictions, although
about fifty titles have ongoing
subscriptions.
Enter your Athens details and click
Login
The site recognises you by name
and affiliation
Select the volume and issue you
require using the options on the
left of the screen
Find the article and download it.
To download in printer-friendly
PDF.
Springer, e.g. Clinical orthopaedics and
related research
Enter your Athens details and click
Login
Select the year …
…and then the issue you’re
looking for
Before selecting the article you
wish to read…
To download in printer-friendly
PDF.
Wiley, e.g. Health information
and libraries journal
Health information and libraries
journal

Note that this journal has a nine

month embargo period. This
means that only issues that are
more than twelve months old
are available for download.
Click on the title of the journal
to proceed.
Enter your Athens details and click
Login
Select the year …
…and then the issue you’re
looking for
 Before downloading, in glorious
PDF, this groundbreaking article…
…co-authored by two Pennine
acute librarians!