According to Mariner Information description, Ingenta.com (a Statewide subscription) is an index to the tables of contents of 17,000 English language periodicals. Covers all disciplines. Updated daily. NOTE: Full text access available ONLY with subscriptions to individual titles. Check your library for holdings.

From Ingenta’s website:

What is ingenta.com?

ingenta.com is our most comprehensive multi-disciplinary document delivery service. From the home page it is possible to search across more than 27,000 publications, including more than 5,400 electronic journals from more than 190 publishers. Researchers can access publications and articles as subscribers, or on a pay-per-view basis. Publications and articles are available in downloadable electronic format, or as fax or Ariel documents.

What is Ingenta Select?

Ingenta Select is a sister site to ingenta.com, offering access to Ingenta's electronic collection. Like ingenta.com, it offers researchers and librarians access to academic and professional publications.

What's the difference between ingenta.com and Ingenta Select?

ingenta.com is a comprehensive document delivery service, offering access to our electronic collection of publications, as well as access to our larger database of publications which are available for fax or Ariel delivery.

Ingenta Select offers access to just our electronic collection.

Is the electronic content on both sites exactly the same?

Our electronic journals collection is the same on both sites. Ingenta Select also contains some books which are not available on ingenta.com.

Why are there two sites?

Ingenta acquired CatchWord, our then largest direct competitor, with the aim of merging the two companies' services into one. The introduction of the Ingenta Select name to replace CatchWord is an important step in that integration process. We have also been integrating our infrastructure: we have been sharing content between both sites, and we have merged our access rights databases to ensure that subscribers can access their subscriptions on whichever site they visit.

Why haven't you just integrated the two sites together?

Integrating two sites is a complex and timely process. We are undertaking the integration in stages, starting with the invisible infrastructure. We are also using the opportunity of integrating the sites to undertake customer research to be sure that we are meeting the needs of our publishers, libraries and researchers. We will integrate the sites completely when we are in a position to do so, and at a time and in a way that is most convenient to our users.

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Do I need to register?

All guests are free to search and browse on ingenta.com. However, if you wish to purchase an article, register your subscriptions, or use the alerting services, then you will need to register. You can do this by following the [register] button on the home page. Registration is free.

How do I register my subscriptions?

To get started, first you must register on ingenta.com. Follow the [register] button from the home page, and follow the instructions from there. Once registered, you will be taken to the "manage my subscriptions" page, which allows you to request access to your subscribed titles. We will then confirm your access rights with the publisher(s), and contact you when this has been done.

Can I download articles for free?

While some electronic content on ingenta.com is available for free, most publishers charge non-subscribers to access their content. If either you or your institution has a registered subscription to the journal you are trying to access, then in most instances it costs nothing to download the article. There is always a charge for articles available through fax or Ariel delivery.

How do I know whether an article I want is available online or as a fax/Ariel document?

Once you have run a search, your results will be divided into online articles and fax/Ariel articles. The tabs at the top of the page indicate which set of results you are looking at.

Who do I contact for help with ingenta.com?

Please e-mail help@ingenta.com if you have any further questions.