Frequently asked questions
Below you will find answers for the most frequently asked questions. If you need further assistance however, please e-mail mup@manchester.ac.uk
Who can obtain online access?
Online access will be available to institutional subscribers of the journals. Personal and other low cost subscription rates do not allow for online access.
Do we have to pay for online access?
No - as long as you are an institution and have a valid hard copy subscription with us online access is free.
Do we have to provide you with an IP (Internet Protocol) address and be issued with a password?
To gain access to a journal you have subscribed to, as long as you are an institution, all you have to do is provide us with your IP address/address range. Once you have done this all members of your institution will be able to gain access to the journal online as long as it is via a terminal located on the subscribed site. Once we have your IP address you, or anyone else accessing the journal from your institution, will not have to fill in any forms, enter any passwords or provide us with any further information. You will gain automatic access every time you visit the journal online.
Who can access the journals online?
All institutions who currently, or subsequently take out a subscription, will have free online access providing they have provided us with their IP (Internet Protocol) address.
We have an institutional subscription, who in our institution is entitled to online access?
Much as the hard copy of the journal is made available to every one on campus, so is the online version. Providing the journals are accessed via terminals on your site and under the control of the subscribing institution, all members (employees, faculty, staff and students) of the institution are entitled to access.
I have a current subscription to one of your journals, how do I gain access to the online version?
If you are an institution and currently have a subscription to one of our journals you will continue to have free online access to the journals as long as your paper subscription in maintained. To give you continued access all you have to do is provide us with the IP (Internet Protocol) address for your institution. (Libraries should liase with their computer support staff or their chosen Internet service provider regarding IP addresses.) To gain immediate access after the trial period, you should e-mail your institution's IP address, along with your name, the journal you subscribe to and your institution's physical address, to Ben Stebbing at ben.stebbing@manchester.ac.uk
I am a librarian at an institute which subscribes to your journals and I would like to set up direct links to the journals we subscribe to- is this possible?
Yes, you can establish links from your library system to the following static URLs:
Irish Economic and Social History
http://journals.mup.man.ac.uk/cgi-bin/MUP?COMval=journal&key=IESH
Mediterranean Studies
http://journals.mup.man.ac.uk/cgi-bin/MUP?COMval=journal&key=MEDS
Critical Studies in Television: scholarly studies in small screen fictions
http://journals.mup.man.ac.uk/cgi-bin/MUP?COMval=journal&key=CST
International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education
http://journals.mup.man.ac.uk/cgi-bin/MUP?COMval=journal&key=IJMEE
International Journal of Low Carbon Technologies
http://journals.mup.man.ac.uk/cgi-bin/MUP?COMval=journal&key=IJLCT
International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education
http://journals.mup.man.ac.uk/cgi-bin/MUP?COMval=journal&key=IJEEE
Film Studies
http://journals.mup.man.ac.uk/cgi-bin/MUP?COMval=journal&key=FSS
Visual Culture in Britain
http://journals.mup.man.ac.uk/cgi-bin/MUP?COMval=journal&key=VCB
Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film
http://journals.mup.man.ac.uk/cgi-bin/MUP?COMval=journal&key=NCTF
The Seventeenth Century
http://journals.mup.man.ac.uk/cgi-bin/MUP?COMval=journal&key=SVC
The Journal of Transport History
http://journals.mup.man.ac.uk/cgi-bin/MUP?COMval=journal&key=JTH
Research in Education
http://journals.mup.man.ac.uk/cgi-bin/MUP?COMval=journal&key=RED
Gothic Studies
http://journals.mup.man.ac.uk/cgi-bin/MUP?COMval=journal&key=GOTH
Literature & History
http://journals.mup.man.ac.uk/cgi-bin/MUP?COMval=journal&key=LITH
What are the terms and conditions of use?
Although we do not require institutions to sign a formal license, online access is subject to the following terms and conditions:
Use of the electronic versions of the journals should be for educational purposes only, not for resale or commercial gain For multiple use of articles or when compiling course packs, please gain permission for the article's use from Marilyn Cresswell email: m.cresswell@manchester.ac.uk. Single copies of articles may be downloaded, stored on a PC or printed out. No dissemination of articles to individuals who are not members of the institution should take place. All reasonable efforts should be made to ensure that members of the subscribed institution are aware of, and abide by, these conditions of us.
Once we have online access, can we download and print full text articles?
All articles appear as full text (PDF format) online and single copies can be downloaded, stored on a PC and printed off. However, we do ask you gain permission for the inclusion of articles in course packs and other systematic types of usage. To do this you should contact Marilyn Cresswell email: m.cresswell@manchester.ac.uk
Where on the Internet do we gain access to the journals?
If you are an institution, you can access the journals online through the Manchester University Press website. On our journals page, the online journal link will take you to the journals where you can access those your institution has subscribed to. We suggest if you are intend to use this free service on a regular basis that you bookmark our journal page.