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Advanced Searching Techniques: Database Accounts

Personal Database Account

Creating personal accounts in the Library’s databases is not necessary to access the database content. 

However, creating an account allows you to save and organize resources, retrieve your search history, set up various alerts, and more.

This page will explain how to set up each personal account should you choose to do so.

Creating Accounts in Databases

Please follow the steps below.

  1. From the library home page click on "advanced search" from under the search box

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  2.  Follow the instructions listed here
  1. Click on Science Direct from the list of databases here
     
  2. Click on "Sign In"
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  3. Click on "Sign in via your institution"
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  4. Enter your King's email and click on continue 
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  5. If you see a message similar to the one below, check your King's email account for a conformation email 
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  6. In your email account, click on the email from Elsevier, then click on "Get access"

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  7. You have now created an account
     
  1. Click on JStor from the database list
     
  2. Click on register 
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  3. Fill in on the information to register an account.
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