Answered By: Hope Williard
Last Updated: 16 Feb 2024     Views: 817

Yes, if the library has purchased the book, or it is part of a subscribed database.

The library subscribes to Cambridge Companions Online and Cambridge Journals Online via Cambridge Core. To access the Cambridge Companions, click on the Databases tab on the library homepage and then click on the letter 'C' and the two databases for the Companions and Journals are listed.Screen shot of library databases page with Cambridge Companions and Cambridge Journals outlined in red.

If you have accessed Cambridge Core via Cambridge Journals online, make sure to tick the box below the main Cambridge Core search bar (the one that says 'search all book and journal content') that says 'only show content I have access to.'

Screen shot of Cambridge Core homepage with the Only search content I have access to highlighted

If you have accessed the Cambridge Core database by clicking on the 'Cambridge Companions Complete Collection' on the library databases page, you will see two search bars--the 'search all journal and book content' one at the top and a larger search bar that says 'search Cambridge Companions' a bit further down the page. Make sure to use the second search bar, to search content to which the library has access.

Screen shot of Cambridge Core search homepage

If you do use the 'search all journal and book content bar', you can select 'Only show content I have access to' in the 'Refine your search' options.

Screen shot of Cambridge Core Refine Search options with the Only show content I have access to selected.

The library has purchased some books from Cambridge University Press but we do not have a subscription to everything in Cambridge Core. The easiest way to check whether we have access to particular books is to search the main library catalogue. Keep in mind that copies of any of the Cambridge Companions can be found in that database.

If we do not have access to the book and it is needed for teaching or will appear on a reading list, please contact your Subject Librarian to request purchase. If the book is needed solely for research purposes, please request it via Inter-Library Loan (books for teaching or reading lists should not be requested via these services).

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