Accessibility Tips for Library Resources

ClinicalKey aspires to meet all accessibility guidelines established by the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 A and AA and the U.S. Section 508 Standards of the Federal Rehabilitation Act, as well as similar standards enacted by countries around the globe. Customers may download the VPAT Accessibility Conformance Report to see compliance with specific guidelines.

Select the options below to find out more information on each topic:

Screen-Reader Friendly

• The user interface and all content are available in HTML, which is compatible with screen readers such as JAWS, NVDA and Apple's VoiceOver.
• Pages are well structured with headings, landmarks, and lists, which allow users of assistive technology to easily jump around pages and understand content.
• Math content is available in MathML, which can be spoken by text-to-speech engines or converted to Braille and pasted into math equation editors or Microsoft Office documents.
• Pages employ ARIA (Accessibility for Rich Internet Applications) to enhance navigation, orientation, and labelling for users of screen readers and other assistive technology.
• User interface images have alternative text descriptions to convey the meaning of an image to screen readers.
• All books and journals are available as PDFs with searchable text.

EBSCO eBooks strives to comply with the WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2.1 level A and AA and the U.S. Section 508 Standards of the Federal Rehabilitation Act. Where possible, they go beyond compliance to ensure that all users can have a positive experience with their products and equal access to information. Known limitations of the platform are documented below:

• EBSCO eBooks Accessibility Guide and FAQs

• EBSCO eBooks Accessibility Navigation Guide

ProQuest Ebook Central is designed for patrons with accessibility needs, particularly the blind and visually impaired.

• ProQuest eBook Central Accessibility Mode for Screen Readers

• ProQuest eBook Central - How to turn Accessibility Mode On/Off

Researchers can change the font for the Ebook Central interface to OpenDyslexic, an open-source typeface designed to combat symptoms of dyslexia, directly from the Profile page through Ebook Central.

Patrons using a screen reader may turn on Accessibility Mode themselves. For patrons who don’t use a screen reader but have accessibility needs, Accessibility Mode can be requested for their account at ebooksupport@proquest.com. Please also feel free to contact the Library with questions regarding resource accessibility.

Accessibility Mode controls can be adjusted through your Profile. Select "Profile" under "Settings," then adjust the accessibility settings.

Additional information about ProQuest Ebook Central's accessibility features.

Text Resizing

The site text can be resized to help readability for individual users. In order to resize the text please follow the instructions below:

PC / all browsers:

• Increase text size: Hold down the CTRL key and press +
• Decrease text size: Hold down the CTRL key and press –

Mac / all browsers:

• Increase text size: Hold down the Command key and press +
• Decrease text size: Hold down the Command key and press –

Browser Support

Wiley Online Library has been built using code compliant with W3C standards for HTML and CSS. The site displays correctly in the latest stable versions of Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, and Opera. For older browsers, visual design may be slightly compromised but all content will be readable, and features will function as intended. The site can also be accessed on tablet and mobile devices, and a selection of pages are optimized for those devices.

Wiley Screen Reader

Before using Wiley screen reader, users need to ensure they have done the following to be able to read the full text.  In Adobe Reader 8, open the Document menu and select Accessibility Setup Assistant.  Click on Next until the fifth screen and ensure that the last option "Display PDF documents in the web browser" is not checked. 

Access the basic search box on the home page by listing the Form Fields on the page and then "Enter words or phrases edit".  A link to Advanced Search enables you to narrow a search by product type (journal or book).  You can also browse by subject or product type.  Search results are displayed in the format article title, journal title, reference details, author name then links to Abstract, References and PDF (full text).  The article title is not provided as a link and not all articles are available in full text.  Full text is not provided on Wiley if you are taken to a page with the heading Access article, Options for accessing this content.  If you have conducted a search you can read the article or chapter titles by listing the Form Fields on the page.  If you browse you will not have this option and will need to read the page linearly.

If you right click on a PDF link and Save target as, it will be saved as HTML, but open in Adobe Reader.