Editing ScienceDirect Purchase Options- Account

The Edit ScienceDirect Purchase Options- Account page allows you to edit ScienceDirect fences and the Credit Card Purchasing flag.

• To prevent transactional access
• To allow anonymous transactional access
• To allow a cost code for transactions
• To prevent document delivery
• To edit credit card purchasing
• Additional page features

To prevent transactional access

This setting will prevent or allow users to access non-subscribed ScienceDirect content via pre-paid draw down accounts, monthly invoicing, or credit card purchasing. This prevention of access to non-subscribed content is dependent upon your Account set-up.

Note	To enable Credit Card Purchasing, this setting must be enabled as well as the Account-level Credit Card Purchasing setting.

The Inherited Default is the value as set at a level higher than the one you are working in, such as would be set at the Consortium or Product level.

1. From Account Setting, select one of the following for the Account or Group:

   Note	Clicking Yes or No will override the Inherited Default setting.

   Use Inherited Default	The default value as set at a higher level, such as the default value determined by Elsevier at Product level, or by an Administrator at the Consortium level, or (if looking at a Group), the Account level. See Administrator Viewing and Editing Privileges for more information.
   Yes	Prevent an Account User from purchasing access to ScienceDirect content.
   No	Allow an Account User to purchase access to ScienceDirect content.

2. From Edit ScienceDirect Purchase Options, click one of the following:
• Click Overview of Group Settings to display the ScienceDirect Purchase Options- Overview of Group Settings page.
• Click Save to save your Purchase Options settings. The View ScienceDirect Purchase Options- Account will display.
• Click Cancel to return to the Account ScienceDirect Information page
 

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To allow anonymous transactional access

This setting determines whether or not users are asked to login before accessing unsubscribed ScienceDirect content via pre-paid accounts or monthly invoicing.

Allowing Anonymous Transactional Access is easier for users to access non-subscribed content by removing the registration barrier, however, it means that a breakdown of transactional usage by user name on your monthly invoice will no longer be possible. This will make it impossible to track non-subscribed access back to individuals

The Inherited Default is the value as set at a level higher than the one you are working in, such as would be set at the Consortium or Product level.

1. From Account Setting, select one of the following for the Account or Group:

   Note	Clicking Yes or No will override the Inherited Default setting.

   Use Inherited Default	The default value as set at a higher level, such as the default value determined by Elsevier at Product level, or by an Administrator at the Consortium level, or (if looking at a Group), the Account level. See Administrator Viewing and Editing Privileges for more information.
   Yes	Allow an anonymous User to purchase access to ScienceDirect content.
   No	Prevent an anonymous User from purchasing access to ScienceDirect content.

2. From Edit ScienceDirect Purchase Options, click one of the following:
• Click Overview of Group Settings to display the ScienceDirect Purchase Options- Overview of Group Settings page.
• Click Save to save your Purchase Options settings. The View ScienceDirect Purchase Options- Account will display.
• Click Cancel to return to the Account ScienceDirect Information page

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To allow a cost code for transactions

This setting will require that a user must enter a cost code when requesting transactional access for unsubscribed ScienceDirect content.

The Inherited Default is the value as set at a level higher than the one you are working in, such as would be set at the Consortium or Product level.

1. From Account Setting, select one of the following for the Account or Group:

   Note	Clicking Yes or No will override the Inherited Default setting.

   Use Inherited Default	The default value as set at a higher level, such as the default value determined by Elsevier at Product level, or by an Administrator at the Consortium level, or (if looking at a Group), the Account level. See Administrator Viewing and Editing Privileges for more information.
   Yes	Prevents an Account User from transactional access to ScienceDirect content unless a cost code is entered.
   No	Allows an Account User to access ScienceDirect content through transactional access without having to enter a cost code.

2. From Edit ScienceDirect Purchase Options, click one of the following:
• Click Overview of Group Settings to display the ScienceDirect Purchase Options- Overview of Group Settings page.
• Click Save to save your Purchase Options settings. The View ScienceDirect Purchase Options- Account will display.
• Click Cancel to return to the Account ScienceDirect Information page.

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To prevent document delivery

This setting controls whether ScienceDirect will display an Order Document link next to unsubscribed, full-text content and A& E database records. The Order Document link allows an e-mail document delivery request to be sent to the e-mail address of your choice.

The Inherited Default is the value as set at a level higher than the one you are working in, such as would be set at the Consortium or Product level.

1. From Account Setting, select one of the following for the Account or Group:

   Note	Clicking Yes or No will override the Inherited Default setting.

   Use Inherited Default	The default value as set at a higher level, such as the default value determined by Elsevier at Product level, or by an Administrator at the Consortium level, or (if looking at a Group), the Account level. See Administrator Viewing and Editing Privileges for more information.
   Yes	Prevent document delivery services for ScienceDirect content.
   No	Allow document delivery services for ScienceDirect content.

   Note	If you choose to prevent document delivery service of ScienceDirect content, these settings also apply to Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery settings arranged from the Admin Tool General Tab.

2. From Edit ScienceDirect Purchase Options, click one of the following:
• Click Overview of Group Settings to display the ScienceDirect Purchase Options- Overview of Group Settings page.
• Click Save to save your Purchase Options settings. The View ScienceDirect Purchase Options- Account will display.
• Click Cancel to return to the Account ScienceDirect Information page.

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To edit credit card purchasing

1. From Credit Card Purchasing, select whether or not to Allow Credit Card Purchasing.

   Yes	Allows Credit Card Purchasing.
   No	Prevents Credit Card Purchasing.

2. In Edit ScienceDirect Purchase Options, click one of the following:
• Click Overview of Group Settings to display the ScienceDirect Purchase Options- Overview of Group Settings page.
• Click Save to save your Purchase Options settings. The View ScienceDirect Purchase Options- Account will display.
• Click Cancel to return to the Account ScienceDirect Information page
 

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Additional Features

Return To Account ScienceDirect Page

Click this link to exit the Edit ScienceDirect Purchase Options- Account page and to return to the Account ScienceDirect Information page.

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