Institutional subscribers to BJR have access to both BJR and Imaging Online.
Institutional subscribers to Imaging only have access to Imaging Online.
Institutional subscribers to DMFR only have access to DMFR.

1. My institution has a subscription to BJR/Imaging/DMFR, and access to BJR/Imaging/DMFR Online, but I'm not able to see the full text of articles. I'm prompted for a username and password. Why is this happening?

   When this happens, the IP address for your machine is not being recognized by our computer. This failure is caused by one of three things:

   Your institutional subscription has not yet been activated.

   The person who "activated" the online subscription did not enter in all the necessary IP addresses for your institution.

   The person who "activated" the online subscription does not realize that some subnets of your institution are routed through a proxy server.

   What should I do?

   1. Send us Feedback so we can begin to diagnose the problem.
   2. Talk to your librarian, and let them know you are having trouble.

2. My library subscribes to the print version of BJR/Imaging/DMFR, but I can't get access online. Why?

   Your institution has not yet activated its institutional subscription to BJR/Imaging/DMFR Online. All subscribers to the paper journal also receive access to the online journal. Notify your library that you would like access to BIR Journals Online, and encourage your librarian to activate the online subscription.

3. Who from my institution can access BJR/Imaging/DMFR Online?

   The subscription fee allows for unrestricted Internet access at one location. Any user connecting from an authorized computer on your institutional network will be allowed access to the BIR Online Journal to which the institution has a print subscription (BJR print subscribers also have access to Imaging Online).

4. What is an Institution?

   For the most part, an institutional subscription authorizes use at a localized site. A "site" is an organizational unit, and may be academic or non-academic. For organizations located in more than one city, each city office is considered a different site. For organizations within the same city that are administered independently, each office is considered a different site.

   For example, each campus in the State University of New York system is considered a different site, and each branch or office of UpJohn Laboratories is considered a different site.

5. How will this work?

   When someone attempts to use BJR/Imaging/DMFR Online, our server checks to see whether the requesting computer is within the list of Internet IP address provided by a subscribing institution. If it is, the reader will be able to use all those services enabled for institutional readers. For institutional subscribers, there are no usernames or passwords to remember, and there is currently no limit on the number of readers from your institution who may access BJR/Imaging/DMFR Online simultaneously.

   If readers want to access BJR/Imaging/DMFR Online from computers that are not part of your institutional network (e.g. through dial-in or telnet through a commercial Internet service provider) they can do so only through a member subscription.

6. What subscription packages are available?

   Institutional BJR Subscribers have access to current issues for both for BJR and Imaging, as well as the online archive:

   Tables of contents, abstracts, full text searching, full text display, PDFs, links to Medline, future tables of contents, and document delivery. Access is limited to computers within a particular set of Internet IP addresses. (Note that individuals who are not BIR members must subscribe at the Institutional level.)
   [Ordering Procedure] [Cost] [ BIR Membership]

   Institutional Imaging Subscribers have access to current issues plus the online archive for Imaging only:

   Tables of contents, abstracts, full text searching, full text display, PDFs, links to Medline, future tables of contents, and document delivery. Access is limited to computers within a particular set of Internet IP addresses.
   [Ordering Procedure] [Cost] [ BIR Membership]

7. How can I tell whether my institution has subscribed to BJR/Imaging/DMFR Online?

   If your institution has a subscription, you'll automatically have access to the tables of contents, abstracts, full text searching, full text display, PDFs, Medline and GenBank links, and future tables of contents. You'll also see a button at the top of the page confirming you're signed in as part of an institution.

8. Can my institution subscribe only to the electronic versions?

   No, at the present time, the electronic version is provided to print subscribers as an added benefit.

9. If our BJR/Imaging/DFMR Online subscription expires and at some later date we reinstate our subscription, will we have access to all years of the electronic version?

   Yes, when you buy a subscription to BJR, Imaging or DMFR, you have access to all years included in the online database for that journal.

10. How can I access BJR/Imaging (or DMFR) Online if I am not a BIR (or IADMFR) Member and I don't have access through an institutional subscription?

    You may purchase Imaging (and DFMR) as an Individual (Non-Member) subscriber, or you may wish to apply for BIR (or IADMFR) membership. BIR Members receive BJR and a discounted Imaging subscription. (IADMRF Members receive DMFR and a discounted BJR and Imaging subscription.) Without a subscription you have access to the Table of Contents, abstracts, and full text searching (but not full text viewing) at no cost and without having to register.

Still have questions?

For further information, please contact the BIR:

Office hours are 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (GMT)
British Institute of Radiology
36 Portland Place
London W1B 1AT
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7307 1421
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7307 1414
publications{at}bir.org.uk