Information about the electronic resources available across the University.
To jump straight in, just go to the page Discover articles, journals, databases and books online.
For further guidance, see below.
- Track down an electronic journal
Check the Journal Search page for details of supplier / publisher platforms for all titles, and the date ranges for which full text articles are available. It may be that a journal's whole run from volume 1 is not available to us, or not on every platform.
- Cambridge ebooks
ebooks@cambridge is a guide to finding and using ebooks at the University of Cambridge. Please check the guide's FAQs tab for guidance on recommending a new ebook title.
- Detailed information on searching for resources
Sidney Library's helpsheet on searching for electronic resources (PDF 243 KB)
- Recommend an electronic resource to the UL
Electronic resources are generally bought centrally, so that they are then available across all Departments and Colleges. You can recommend journals, databases and other things to the UL. Please note that this may not be a rapid process.
- See which electronic resources are on trial
Currently running and recently completed trial access to electronic resources, including a feedback form.
- Electronic legal deposit
Find out about electronic legal deposit; a new method some publishers are using to deposit their books at the UL.
- User accounts and passwords
Accounts and passwords are the key to obtaining access, especially from outside Cambridge.