Crossfire now Reaxys

Chemistry students - Do you need to access the Beilstein and Gmelin and Patent Chemistry databases?


You do?


Then the service you want is Reaxys formally known as Crossfire. It's available from the Databases A-Z

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E-resources disruption - Sunday 30th Jan

The following resources will be unavailable from 3am on Sunday 30th January for 12 hours:

ASSIA (Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts)

British Periodicals

Design and Applied Arts Index

International Bibliography of Social Science

Guardian and Observer

This is due to maintenance by the provider. All other resources are unaffected by this work.

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Scientists on the move - Annual Reviews goes mobile

Annual Reviews offers comprehensive collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists in the disciplines of Biomedical, Life, Physical and Social Sciences, including Economics.

Now you can access all this from your mobile. For further details take the tour of the mobile website and then download the free AR mobile app from the Apple App Store or Android Market

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We have lift-off....

The Oxford English Dictionary has relaunched OED Online with a new look and feel. The site not only contains new content but new features and functionality.



Find out more by reading the welcome letter from the Chief Editor or the OED and then start exploring.

You can access Oxford English Dictionary from the Databases A-Z and use your LJMU username and password to log in (make sure you've set the cookie)





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Did you know that if you Set LJMU as your institution (the cookie) from the Electronic Library page, you can access most resources with your LJMU username and password?

Wherever you see this symbol next to a resource name you can use your LJMU username and password as long as you have set the cookie

If you need further help with this get in touch

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Go Mobile again!!

Cambridge Journals Online has joined other resources in providing a mobile friendly version of it's services. CJOm has been optimised for smartphones and other mobile devices.

Mobile devices are detected automatically and directed to CJOm

It's only rock and roll...

Get access to thousands of classic articles by rock's finest writers spanning 50 years of music journalism.

Who said "You know the odds of us landing in a fight before the night’s over are about even...” ? - find out using Rock's Backpages.

Rock's Backpages is accessible to you as a member of LJMU, find it on the Database A-Z - please note that this is an on campus only resource.