E-journals and sfx

E-journals

Queen Mary, University of London Library Services provides online access to more than 13,000 electronic journals (e-journals).

Search for journals by title on either the Library catalogue or the A-Z list of e-journals.

To report problems accessing titles email contact us.

SFX

SFX is a means of accessing the full text of an article and other resources from a reference in a database or electronic journal.

The service is available wherever you see the SFX button SFX at QM   

Resources displaying the button include:

  • The Library catalogue
  • Articles Search and MetaLib
  • Databases such as Web of Knowledge, Scopus, and PubMed.
  • Electronic journal publishers websites
  • Google Scholar (see Scholar Settings > Library links)

Click on the SFX button to view the menu of available services. Here is an example:

Also, see SFX frequently asked questions.

MetaLib

MetaLib provides a single point of access to all of the e-resources to which the Library subscribes.  To login to MetaLib taught students should use their Student Service username and password, and researchers and staff should use their Central Services (IMAP) username and password.  Once logged in users are also logged into Shibboleth / the UK Federation, as well as the Library Services proxy server, for the duration of a browser session.