Online Access
Access Online for Subscribers
The online versions of the Earthscan journals are hosted by Ingenta Connect and are available to institutions holding current Combined or Online Only journal subscriptions and individuals holding current Online Only journal subscriptions.
Subscription rates: If you would like to take out a subscription please contact Portland Customer Services at Sales@portlandpress.com or telephone +44 (0) 1206 796351.
Institutional Subscribers
Online Activation for Institutions
If your institution is already registered with Ingenta go to
Step 5 to add a new subscription.
If your institution does not already hold an IngentaConnect registration, you can register and activate your institutional journal subscriptions by going to:
https://www.ingentaconnect.com/register/institutionalRegistration is simple and free, and it enables you to take advantage of the following IngentaConnect features:
- Marked Lists
- New Issue alerts
- Personal subscription access
The whole process involves 5 simple steps and should take you no more than 5 minutes.
Please have the following information available before you begin:
- As administrator, your basic contact details
- Your library/institution's name and address – please make sure you enter your postcode/zipcode
- Your library/institution's name and address – please make sure you enter your postcode/zipcode
Step 1 - Institutional and administrator contact details
You will need to enter your organization name, address, and provide an administrator contact name and email address.
Step 2 – Authentication
Authentication details: How do you want to access the publications you are subscribed to? Access to IngentaConnect can be set up in two ways. You may choose one or both methods of authentication.
IP address/range (users accessing from computers within an IP range defined by the site administrator) - You may need to consult your network administrator for this information. For more than one IP address or range, insert a semicolon between each. Ex. 78.123.456.789;78.456.567.765-768
User name and password. This will be the shared login for general student/staff access.
Step 3 – Administrator sign in
This will be the login to access the administrator home page. From here you can create payment accounts, setup subscription access, view statistics, sign up for alerting, change administrator or authentication details, and configure library branding. The administrator username must be different from the shared username created in the previous step. Once all details are complete, tick the box after “I agree to Ingenta’s terms and conditions” and select the “Register” button.
Step 4 – Confirmation of Registration
The confirmation screen will provide you with your IngentaConnect customer ID number. This is your registration ID - please provide this number whenever you contact Ingenta as this will allow them to bring up your registration details immediately.
Step 5 – Set up subscriptions
You can now click on the link “set up subscriptions” to add your institutional subscriptions.
Search for or browse to the journal title(s) you subscribe to. Enter your publisher subscription/customer/membership number in the box provided to the right of the publication title and tick the box to the left of the publication title. Please contact Portland Customer Services if you are unsure of your subscription number. If you purchase subscriptions through an agent see the instructions below.
Click the “add” link at the top or bottom of the journal list.
You will then receive an on-screen confirmation message that your request has been received.
Once access has been verified, the publication title will appear in your current subscriptions list. Requests for access will be validated and confirmation will be emailed to you at the address with which you registered.
In the future, to request access to any further titles, go to www.ingentaconnect.com and login with your administrator username and password. Once logged in, you will be on the IngentaConnect administrator Home Page where you can select the link “set up subscriptions” to activate access to new subscriptions. You will need to search for the publication title and then enter your subscription/customer/membership number before submitting the request. The request will be sent to Portland Customer Services for verification, and you will be emailed when access has been enabled.
Subscription Agent Activation on behalf of the Publisher
To arrange for your subscription agent to setup access on your behalf please access www.ingentaconnect.com and login in using your administrator username/password. Next, select the link “Activate your access using your Subscription Agent” and check the box next to the name of your agent. Your agent will receive notification that you wish for them to activate your subscription access.
For assistance with subscription-related queries, please contact Ingenta’s customer service team.
Personal Subscribers
Activating Subscriptions
If you have not already done so, you will need to register in order to activate your subscriptions. Registration is simple and free, and it enables you to take advantage of the following IngentaConnect features:
- Marked Lists
- New Issue alerts
- Personal subscription access
Personal Subscribers can register here
Online Activation for Individuals
If you have already registered you can activate your personal subscription here Note that you must be signed in as a personal user to activate your personal subscription.