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Visitor access to electronic resources

Visiting NTU and other libraries

Visitor access to electronic resources

The license agreements for some electronic resources (journals and databases) permit access by visitors to NTU. This service is available to visitors described as walk-in users to the Boots Library during library staffed opening hours.

Alternatively, visitors from other universities may be able to use the JANET Roaming service which enables access to electronic resources at your home institution using a wireless access point at NTU.

Using the visitor access service

As per the Visitor Access Policy:

Visits are limited to three days during an academic year
Visitors are required to provide photographic identification and proof of address in order to enter the library
In addition, in order to access the electronic resources, you will need to agree to and sign the access terms and conditions; these will be available from staff at the Reception Desk

Once you have produced the required documentation and signed the terms and conditions you will be issued with a password to use the visitor access PC.

Please note

You may only use the designated visitor access PC; use is on a first come, first served basis
The electronic resources may only be used for educational purposes; use for commercial purposes is prohibited
The service does not provide access to MS Office or the Internet; there is no printing from the visitor access PC but you may use a USB storage device
Library staff are only able to provide minimal support to individuals using this service. The resources have extensive online help pages and we would expect you to make use of these
For further help or advice please contact us

Which electronic resources are available?

The following electronic resources are available to visitors:

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (HCPP) - 18th Century
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (HCPP) - 19th Century
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (HCPP) - 20th Century

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers offers page facsimiles, searchable full text and a detailed subject catalogue of House of Commons sessional papers and supplementary material from 1688 to 1834 (18th Century), 1801 TO 1900 (Nineteenth Century) and 1901 to 2003 / 04 (Twentieth Century). The materials includes Parliamentary Bills, House Papers and Command Papers. HCCP does not include debates (Hansard), the House of Commons Journal, or daily business papers, such as Order papers and Votes and Proceedings.

19th Century British Library Newspapers

The 19th Century British Library Newspapers collection contains full runs of 48 newspapers specially selected by the British Library and includes national and regional newspapers, as well as those from both established country, university towns or new industrial towns in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. The collection includes newspapers that helped lead particular political or social movements such as the Reform movement, Chartism, and the Home Rule movement. So-called 'penny papers' aimed at the working and clerical classes are also present in the collection.

EEBO (Early English Books Online)

Contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473 to 1700. EEBO gives users access to a huge range of primary resources, including many important literary and historical texts.

ECCO (Eighteenth Century Collections Online)

Contains digitised format features 150,000 printed volumes — English-language and foreign-language titles printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas, with full-text search capabilities across all 26 million pages.

The Times Digital Archive: 1785 to 2006

Source includes the full-text of every page of every issue of The Times newspaper from 1785 to 1985. In addition to home and international news, contents includes: