[nabs-l] accessibility of ebsco databases

[Ashley Bramlett]

Bridget,
Glad you shared your experience.
So which jaws do you use? Just wondering because sometimes versions make a 
difference.
I use jaws 15.

Have you also found gale databases problematic?
I definitely have. I cannot click on some of the links. when I click on some 
of them, nothing happens and right clicking on them with the applications 
key does not help either.

Since you could not read the articles, curious if you hired a reader. that 
is what I ended up doing for library research. Not only do I need help with 
articles, but the books too.

Thanks.
Ashley
-----Original Message----- 
From: Bridget Walker
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 1:25 PM
To: Ashley Bramlett ; National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessibility of ebsco databases

Hi Ashley,
I go to college in New York. I have a problem finding the check boxes that 
say "full text" "peer reviewed" I can usually get to the edit fields ok. I 
have a difficult time accessing the articles I have selected in my folder. I 
can get to my folder and go through the list but, like you said, the PDFS 
documents do not work. I have been tore lying on iBooks but, when I'm in the 
middle of a paper siting on the computer gets difficult because I can't copy 
any correct spellings easily.
I hope this helps.
Bridget

Sent from my iPad

> On Jan 14, 27 Heisei, at 12:51 PM, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> As I conduct research at the library, I run into access issues with many 
> databases.
> Not only are the pdf files hard to read with the full articles in them, 
> but searching poses problems with jaws. When trying advanced searching, I 
> cannot change the combo boxes from the default And to say “or”.
>
> Has anyone had issues with ebsco databases? If so which ones?
> Another challenge is finding the search button.
>
> The head of the library at Northern virginia community college, called 
> nova for short, where I’m taking electives, is going to send EBSCo a note 
> about access. But it would be helpful to know other problems.
>
> If you are a student in a Virginia college and experience database 
> problems, please also write me off list. Maybe we can have a conference 
> call on this.
> I’d like to hear from other students in Virginia schools so we can write 
> jointly to Ebsco and tell them the problems and request they fix them.
> The same goes for other databases.
>
> When I asked about research a few  months back, some of you mentioned 
> accessible databases which you used, but for every accessible database, I 
> would guess there are 3 that are semi accessible.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ashley
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