A-Z Databases: Welcome
Using the A-Z
This guide provides access to all our online library databases. Please use the tabs along the top to find the resource you are looking for in the A-Z list. If you want to find out which of these databases are most relevant to your subject area look at the relevant subject guide
Acceptable use guidelines
Read our acceptable use guidelines for information about downloading, copyright, and sharing material from our electronic resources.
Chat with us
You can chat online with a member of Library staff, this service is available:
- Monday - Friday 9am-5pm
Remote Access
If you have problems accessing resources when you are away from the University, we can help!
Check our Remote Access guide.
If you cannot access a journal article after you have logged in use the Search box on the Library homepage and search using the journal publication title, to see if the Library has a subscription
Get in touch, chat, or email and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
Trial Databases
Below you will find details about the e-resource trials currently running. This is a great opportunity to try resources which the Library does not normally provide access to. Please e-mail us at library@st-andrews.ac.uk with any feedback you have about the resources and how useful you have found them.
It's not working!
Asking for payment
Either:
- We don't have a subscription to a specific journal or ebook - try searching using the Search box on the Library Homepage
- You need to sign in, look for Shibboleth or Institutional login, more details are on our remote access guide.
Problem signing in
- Caught in a loop? Does your browser keep returning you to the same page? You can either clear your browser history / cookies, or try another web browser, such as Firefox, Chrome, or Safari.
- If there is no institutional sign in option or the information on our remote access guide doesn't help, please email library@st-andrews.ac.uk
Problem viewing files
- If you can't open PDFs, if you are using a Mac, please make sure Adobe is set as the default viewer, Preview will not open some files.
- Try locating the PDF in your downloads folder rather than opening it within your browser, or try another browser as Chrome sometimes cannot open files, try Firefox or Safari.