Help with navigating our site
Using your mouse to navigate our website
If you are using a Microsoft Windows computer, you can change a number of control options on your mouse, including the speed of the pointer or the wheel, how quickly you need to double-click, and swapping the buttons for left and right handed use.
To change your mouse options click the Start button in the bottom left of your screen and select Control Panel > Mouse.
If you are using an Apple Macintosh computer, please visit the Apple Accessibility website for more information on how to change your settings.
Using your keyboard to navigate our website
Opinion is divided on whether access keys (keyboard shortcuts) help or hinder users when navigating a website. Until best practice on use of access keys emerges, we have chosen not to implement them on this website.
However, it is still possible to navigate our website using your keyboard. This can be done using the following keys:
- Arrow keys to scroll up or down the page
- Tab key to move between links
- Return or Enter key to select a link
- Backspace key to go back to the previous page
Help with accessing PDFs on our website
If you are having trouble reading a PDF document on this website, Adobe offers a free online tool for converting PDF documents to HTML or text. To use the tool you will need to know the URL (web address) of the document you want to convert. This can be found in the browser address bar at the top of the screen and begins with http://
Help with finding out more
The BBC's 'My Web, My Way' website is a useful resource for anyone who has difficulty browsing the internet. The site explains the many ways you can change your browser, computer, keyboard and mouse settings to make the web more accessible to you.
Contact us
If you experience problems accessing any of the information on our site, please contact our Web Team at webmaster@jisc-collections.ac.uk and we will try our best to fix the problem or provide the information in an alternative format.
