BrowZine - e-shelf for e-journals

BrowZine can be used by all our patrons.

Although BrowZine is a product primarily designed for faculty and researchers who wish to stay updated in their field of expertise, other users can also benefit from its convenient interface and browsing capabilities.

Absolutely! Whenever you are curious about developments or simply want to keep track of what is happening in your field of interest, BrowZine is a tool for you!

You may also find it handy while writing a Master or Bachelor thesis, as well as when working on group projects and other student assignments.

BrowZine is quite intuitive and easy to use. To get acquainted with the solution and its basic features, we recommend watching the following tutorial video about BrowZine from Third Iron.

You can navigate and browse the platform without an account/profile. A BrowZine account is only required if you want to use the personalization features or synchronize data across devices.

With a BrowZine account/profile you can create collections of favorite titles, track new releases, set up email notifications, and save articles on a reading list.

Note that a BrowZine account does not grant you access to PDFs and full text articles. You must connect to the UiB network to access the content that UiB subscribes to.

See also:

• Information about BrowZine Account from the Developer 

No, your BrowZine account is different from your UiB-account. It is your private account, and you can use any email to create it.

BrowZine accounts are not connected to UiB accounts. Your BrowZine account will remain active even if you are no longer affiliated with UiB. However, your access privileges to various IT systems and services at UiB (such as access to VPN and paywalled electronic literature) will disappear.

See also:

• Information about BrowZine Account from the Developer  

• Information about user accounts and access privileges at UiB

You can restore your password on the BrowZine password reset page.

You can access BrowZine through the link in the article record on the results list in Oria, or go directly to BrowZine.com. The website should recognize you as a UiB-user, otherwise you will be prompted to choose your library from a list of institutions. If that’s the case, just type "Bergen" and select University of Bergen from the list.

BrowZine provides direct links to articles and other resources, but you must be connected to the UiBs-network to access the majority of them.

See also:

• Section about Articles
• Information about access to electronic resources

BrowZine is available for free to all our users.

If you encounter a paywall after accessing an article via BrowZine, it could indicate that UiB does not have access to that particular resource. Another possibility is that you're not connected to the UiB network, which prevents the provider from recognizing you as a UiB user. There could also be a technical issue. If you suspect an error, try accessing the article using alternative links in Oria.

Most of the electronic scholarly journals that UiB subscribes to, including their Table of Contents, should be available in BrowZine Library.

If a subscribed journal title is missing in BrowZine, it may be due to insufficient metadata or other technical issues. For example, journals without ISSN numbers are likely to be missing in BrowZine, but you can still access them via Oria using the journal search feature and A-Z List.

BrowZine is designed with peer-reviewed journals in mind, so this might be another reason why a title isn't listed. To read popular magazines, non-scholarly journals and newspapers, please use Press Reader.

See also:

• List of publishers and platforms supported by the developer

Information about the library’s inventory is harvested automatically by BrowZine. Newly added titles should be available at the beginning of the week. The same applies to any updates, changes or adjustments to the coverage.

Journal content update schedules depend on agreements between BrowZine and publishers. If you notice content that is not up to date, please let us know.

You can search for journals (by title, ISSN, or subject), and browse their contents.

See also:

• Information about BrowZine Taxonomy and the journal classification system from the developer

BrowZine is not searchable by keyword or phrase and will not return results like a typical database. For article search, please go to our discovery system – Oria.

BrowZine provides direct links to articles and other resources. It plays the role of a gateway, rather than a full text reader.

Remember that to access the literature UiB subscribes to, you must connect to the UiB network.

Are article abstracts available in BrowZine?

Some journals (e.g. PloS Medicine) may contain article abstracts. If available, abstracts are shown directly below the article in the Table of Contents view in BrowZine.

Many publishers make articles available before they are formally assigned to a volume and issue. If articles in press are available, they will show as such in BrowZine. You will find them in the section for new articles, categorized as "Articles in Press".

See also:

• Information about Ahead-of-Print Content in BrowZine

You can export citations to RIS file. Additionally, BrowZine supports and can be directly connected to Zotero, Mendeley, BibTeX and RefWorks. For this to work, you may need to grant BrowZine permission to access your citation manager. 

See also:

• Information about the citation export from the developer

If you have connected your BrowZine account to a Reference Management Software, you can manage it through "Settings" in BrowZine.

See also:

• Information about the citation export from the developer

Every record in BrowZine has a permanent link that you can copy and share with others. You can share links to articles via email, Facebook, X (Twitter) or Linkedin.

BrowZine is available for download for Android and iOS mobile devices. You can find it in the application store on your device, or use the direct links provided by the developer at thirdiron.com/download

The app is free to use and download.

The app requires online access to work properly.

We have noticed that the authentication and user recognition can take longer time in the BrowZine App than in BrowZine Web. If you have recurring problems accessing your journals outside campus, please let us know.

If you have found an error in BrowZine (for example concerning linking or coverage), you can let us know about it using the contact form in UiBhjelp. We will either solve the problem locally or pass the case to the developer (Third Iron).

For interface, performance, or functionality issues, you can contact Third Iron directly at support@thirdiron.com or through the Support module in the BrowZine app.

See also:

• Why is a journal title missing in BrowZine? 

There may be several reasons why a title is missing in BrowZine. We have described them in the section concerning Content, Coverage and Updates.

See also:

• Why is a journal title missing in BrowZine? 
• When can we expect a newly acquired journal to show up in BrowZine?

The "This issue contains no full text" message means that we subscribe to the journal, but the content is not yet accessible for us. 

Some resources may contain journals with an embargo period. These embargoes provide only index information for newer issues but do not contain full text until weeks, months or years after they were originally published.

You may encounter several messages and notices in the BrowZine environment. The "No Full Text available" message means that our library does not have access to the full content via our subscriptions.

When searching for literature, you may come across an article that has been retracted. This means that the article is no longer considered reliable or valid. LibKey and BrowZine has partnered with Retraction Watch to keep track on retracted articles.

When an article is retracted, a notice about it will appear in BrowZine (or in Oria). When you open a link to a retracted article, you will be redirected to a LibKey-powered page and presented with a link to the article, as well as additional information such as: official retraction notices from the publisher, related articles from Retraction Watch, and reasons for retraction.

Here is an example of a retracted article. For more information about this matter, please visit the developer's support pages.

Expression of Concern (EOC) is issued by journal publishers or editors when concerns have been raised about an article's findings or methodology. It mainly serves as a warning to readers. Sometimes the EOC is a first step before an article is retracted, while other times the EOC will remain to clarify concerns about the article.

When you see a "concern message" attached to an article in BrowZine (or in Oria), it does not mean that the article is invalid, but it signals that you should critically evaluate the findings and perhaps seek additional sources. These messages are highlighted by the system to help you be aware of any doubts about research integrity.

Information about EOC comes automatically from LibKey and is based on data from journal publishers.

Here is an example of an article with EOC. For more information about this matter, please visit the developer's support pages.

We have tried to cover the most important topics in our article. However, if you are in need for more information, please visit the developer's (Third Iron) support portal. Here are some popular BrowZine support articles that you may find interesting. They are all available in English:

• BrowZine Account FAQs
• BrowZine MyBookshelf FAQs
• BrowZine My Articles FAQs
• BrowZine email notifications
• Abstracts available in BrowZine
• Articles in Press/Ahead-of-Press in BrowZine

Sometimes when you click on links in BrowZine (or in Oria), you may see a LibKey-powered page before you reach the full text of the article. Don’t panic, it’s totally normal.

LibKey is another solution from Third Iron that the University Library subscribes to. It is an AI-powered linking technology that provides one-click direct access to PDFs and full text articles from major academic journals and databases available for our Library.

You may encounter LibKey on different occasions and in multiple e-resources. For example, when you search for literature in Oria, explore various databases, or simply browse the web.

Feel free to try the following LibKey variants we have access to, and enhance your overall linking experience:

• LibKey.io - DOI/PMID Lookup – A landing page where you can connect to millions of library-subscribed and open access articles using a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) or PubMed ID number. It’s basically a DOI/PMID-resolver that knows what our library has access to.
• LibKey Nomad – A browser extension that connects users to library-licensed and open access full-text articles referenced on public websites (like Wikipedia), publisher pages and scholarly databases (like Oxford or Cambridge University Press, PubMed, Web of Science, and more).