Third party Library resources - web accessibility statement
The University of Manchester Library is committed to making our digital resources accessible to all users.
This includes third-party content such as databases, eJournals, articles and eBooks provided by external suppliers.
Getting support and providing feedback
Report an accessibility issue
Report accessibility issues or request support for Library electronic resources.
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Provide feedback about our accessibility
Provide us with feedback about the accessibility of our third party, digital resources.
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Our responsibilities and approach
As we subscribe to these resources, we are legally responsible for their accessibility under UK law. However, as the design and delivery of third-party platforms are controlled by third party vendors, we are sometimes limited in our ability to make direct accessibility improvements. Many providers are based in countries with different accessibility standards or legislation.
How we manage accessibility issues
If we or our users identify an accessibility issue with a third-party resource, we will report it to the vendor and work with them where possible to resolve it. When an immediate fix is not possible, we will make every effort to provide an alternative, accessible version of the content.
Ongoing accessibility work
The Library runs an ongoing project to audit the accessibility of third-party platforms and interfaces. We share our findings with vendors, encourage improvements and consider accessibility when renewing contracts or selecting new suppliers.
Accessibility Information for our top resources
To help you make informed choices, we provide detailed accessibility information for the Library’s most-used third-party resources. This includes Vendor Accessibility Statements and VPATs (Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates) where available.
Vendor accessibility statements
We’ve gathered accessibility statements from our most frequently used suppliers to help you understand how accessible their platforms and resources are.
If there’s an important resource you use that isn’t included in this list, please let us know and we’ll do our best to add it.
List of frequently used suppliers
You can access accessibility statements from our most frequently used suppliers by following the links below:
- ACS Publications
- AMS
- APS Publications
- Cambridge
- Clinical Key
- DeGruyter
- Drama Online Library
- EBSCO
- Emerald
- Factiva
- Fulcrum
- Gale
- Google Scholar
- Hein Online
- IEEE
- Jama Network
- Jstor
- Knovel
- Nature
- Newsbank
- NIH National Library of Medicine
- Oxford Law Trove
- Oxford University Press
- Project MuseProQuest
- ProQuest Ebook Central
- PubMed Central
- RSC Publications
- Sage Journals
- Science
- Science Direct
- SciFinder
- Scopus
- SIAM Publications Library
- silverchair.com
- Springer
- Statista
- Taylor and Francis Online
- University of Chicago Press Journals
- Web of Science
- WGSN
- Wiley
searchBOX finder
searchBOX finder is a service from textBOX designed to help public sector bodies address the issue of third-party accessibility statements. Finder enables you to quickly search for the available accessibility statements held in the full searchBOX directory:
You can use this information to understand how accessible each resource is and find guidance on any known issues.