The entire site is menu driven and designed in separate modules to make browsing, searching, viewing and ordering operations easy for registered visitors. All the different modules are accessed simply by a mouse click and the Sitemap, Help and FAQ modules offer immediate assistance, if required.
2) Registration for New Users
New Users are required to register themselves against which a unique User ID and password will be sent through email to the new user. This User ID and password will provide access to all the different working modules of the site.
3) Login and Logout
The User ID and password are necessary and sufficient for logging onto the secure site modules. Users are advised to logout after completion of their visit to the site to preserve online security of their accounts.
4) Home
The Home pages contain overall information about the site, its evolvement, the organization and the services and facilities. This page has some unique features for visitors. The Home Page contains a Subject Menu displaying a list of subject categories to search from. The page also indicates the IP address of the particular Visitor and the Visitor number for each visit to the site.
5) Profile
The Profile pages contain overall information about the site, its evolvement, the organization and the services and facilities. These are accessible free to all visitors to gather an extensive overview of the nature, background and objectives of the site.
6) Sitemap
The Sitemap offers a chart of the layout and different sections of the site. It is a foldable presentation of navigation through the complete site. The Sitemap will help the User to instantly locate and navigate with just a click to the required area of the site.
7) Search facilities
To begin a Standard Search
1. Click the Search tab.
2. Enter your search in the search box by typing a word, words, or exact phrase. Put an exact phrase in quotes.
3. Click the Search button or press Enter.
The more specific the words you type in the search box are, the more specific your results will be.
To begin an Advanced Search
Advanced Search provides more sophisticated search options than a Standard Search.
1. Use the Advanced Search portion of the screen.
2. Enter your search into any or all of the fields. (Title, Author, Subject, Publisher, Content of the entire publication).
You can search any one of these fields, or any combination of the fields.
Other Search methods are also available as per your convenience, such as Keyword Search and Alphabetic Search to help you locate your choice of publication.
Free Journals Search
This is a facility for visitors to search and book all free-online journals available through the site.
This is a powerful Help tool and can be utilized to know your Account details at all times.
The View Profile allows you to view your own as well as your consignee details.
The Change Password icon lets you modify your password to enable better control and security.
Particular consignee details can be accessed through Search Consignee.
Shopping Cart Details helps you to see and verify your order details of those journals booked online through the various options available. There are multi options enabling you to access your particular order details pertaining to orders for prints, for e-journals, orders placed within a time frame, order search etc.
My Complete Orders lets you access relevant details of all the orders placed by you.
The Dispatch Status can be viewed by using the menu option My Dispatch Status. It allows you to search your dispatch status using seven different parameters, which you may fill or leave blank as options.
9) IP Address
Online access for institutional subscribers is by IP authentication. This information helps us to authenticate your subscription and evaluate how our visitors and subscribers use and navigate our Web sites.
10) System Requirements
PC
MAC
Operating System Version
Microsoft Windows
(XP, 2000, Me, NT, 98SE, 98, 95)
MAC OS 9,10
Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer
(Version 5.5, 6.0+)
Netscape Communicator
(Version 7.2+)
Microsoft Explorer
(Version 5.0)
Apple Safari
(Version 1.0+)
Word Processor*
Microsoft Word
Open Office (Free)
Word Perfect**
Microsoft Word
Apple Works
*Other word processors may work but are unsupported at this time.
**Not yet fully compatible.
11) Privacy Policy
We are committed to safeguarding your personally identifying information while giving you the most benefit from visiting our Web site and using its facilities. As part of our normal operations we collect and use information about you. Please read our Privacy Policy to understand what information we collect, how we will treat this information and what options you have to direct our activities. By registering or using our site or services, you agree to the terms of our Privacy Policy.
As described in the policy, some of your personally identifying information is used by us and may, under some circumstances, be disclosed to third parties. Your use of this Web site represents your consent to our use and disclosure of your personally identifying information in accordance with this policy.
12) Web Browser and PDF files
Web Browsers - This website supports the following browsers:
IE 5.x and 6.x on Windows
IE 5.x on Mac OS and OSX
All Gecko based browsers (eg Mozilla 0.9+, Firefox 0.5+, Netscape 6.x, Netscape 7.x)
Safari
Konqueror
Opera
You should find that all pages are functional in all of the above browsers, however, no two browsers or different versions of a single browser will render all pages identically. It is recommended that Mac users view this site using Safari rather than IE.
If you wish to upgrade your browser to the latest Microsoft or Netscape browser, or wish to download Open Office, please select the appropriate link below:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x (for Windows)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x (for Mac)
Netscape Navigator Version 8.0+
Open Office Version 1.1 (Windows only)
PDF - Articles that are available for PDF download will require Adobe Reader. This is free to download from Adobe's website.
Although we aim to make all documents as accessible as possible, some newer PDFs may not be readable in older versions of Adobe Reader. We recommend that you upgrade to Adobe 5.0 or higher to ensure that all content is viewable.
13) Printing
There are various pages displaying an Print button/icon. Wherever any page contains such a button/icon, the user can print the page by clicking on the same.
14) Reading e-journals online
When the user books any online journal, the booking needs to be authenticated by the Administrator of the site. After receiving the payment from the user, the Administrator assigns the particular journal to the user’s ‘My Account’. Thereafter the user can read the particular online journal through the ‘My Account’ module.
15) Feedback
The Feedback module is designed for obtaining valuable comments from you regarding your observations relating to your experience at our site. The format helps you to mention your suggestions and helps us in further developing the site to suit your needs.
16) Contact Us
For any specific queries, clarifications, requests or in case you desire to get in touch with us through e-mail, fax, normal mail or telephone, you may useContact Us module for assistance and information.
