Introduction to eCounterItems

What are eCounterItems?

Scans of book chapters & journal articles found on undergraduate & MPhil reading lists. They are available 24/7 and, because they are in .pdf format, can be printed easily. Access to them is RAVEN authenticated and course specific i.e. Part IIA students can only access Part IA eCounterItems.

How do you access them?

Via the iDiscover catalogue

Simply search for the book you require and then, if a chapter has been scanned & made available online, follow the electronic access link to a .pdf version of that chapter.

Via Marshall Library Moodle site

Here you will be able to browse all of the eCounterItems that have been made available for a particular paper.

Access problems ... If you are unable to obtain access via either of the options above, please contact us at marshlib@hermes.cam.ac.uk and we will investigate the cause of the problem.

Help us to help you!

Lecturers / Supervisors

Send us copies of your reading list to check. Not only will we ensure that we have everything that you are asking your students to read ... We will also scan anything that we are legally able to and make it available as eCounterItems on our Moodle site. If you are a supervisor and would like to obtain access to the Marshall Library Moodle site, please email us at marshlib@hermes.cam.ac.uk

Students 

If you are having problems getting access to certain items, it may be possible for us to scan what you are looking for and to make it availabe online as an eCounterItem ... you will then receive notification when it is available. Either let us have a copy of your reading list together with the relevant course details - Part I, IIA, IIB or MPhil and the paper name or use this suggestion form.