Technical Information

If you are a library customer, A&I service or link resolver, please contact your usual Wiley-Blackwell representative if you have any specific queries.

Browser compatibility

Wiley Online Library is compatible with the following internet browsers:

• Internet Explorer (Windows): versions 6 and higher
• Firefox (Mac + Windows): versions 3 and higher
• Safari (Mac + Windows): versions 4 and higher
• Opera (Mac + Windows): versions 10 and higher
• Google Chrome (Mac + Windows); all versions

Support for Open URL linking

Wiley Online Library is both a source of, and target for, OpenURL links down to the article/chapter level for all content types. We support OpenURL version 1.0.

Full details are available in this Wiley Online Library OpenURL Interface and DOI Interface document.

Full List of Journal DOIs and New Journal URLs

We now have available a spreadsheet of journal DOIs and new URLs on Wiley Online Library. The spreadsheet also includes RSS feed URLs on Wiley Online Library and can be filtered by collection as well as subject category.

Full List of Online Book DOIs and New Title Level URLs 

We now have available a spreadsheet of online book DOIs and new URLs on Wiley Online Library. The spreadsheet can be filtered by subject category and also includes pricing and forthcoming titles information.

New URL Structure

For a listing of the new URL structure for Wiley Online Library and many of the sub-pages, please see this URL structure spreadsheet. The table below is extracted from the spreadsheet.

Support for Z39.50 

The Z39.50 protocol allows federated searching of site content with regard to journals and The Cochrane Library

Wiley continues to support version 3 of the Z39.50 NISO standard for searching journal content on Wiley Online Library (book and database content will be made available via Z39.50 in the future).  To find out more about the NISO standard, please go to http://www.loc.gov/z3950/agency/Z39-50-2003.pdf.

This service is freely available and does not require a subscription. It is not necessary to register your server or IP addresses with Wiley Online Library.

The URL to connect to Wiley’s Z39.50 service is:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com:210
or
tcp:onlinelibrary.wiley.com:210

Support for Shibboleth

Shibboleth is a federated access management service and this is now available for the UK, France, Czech Republic, and Germany.

To download request forms for access, go to Resources > For Librarians > Customer Administration

Support for Athens access

Users can log into Athens via Wiley Online Library to get access to their institution’s licensed content.

IP access

IP Based authentication – most users will be able to seamlessly access their institution’s licensed content seamlessly via their IP address. For those customers who cannot use IPs we provide further options outlined below.

Username & password access

For those institutions that do not have the technical capabilities to support IP based or TPS we allow the creation of an institutional login which all users can use to access licensed content.

Trusted Proxy Server access

Trusted proxy server is a remote authentication method provided to customers and partners of Wiley Online Library who prefer to manage the access control rights of their users on their own websites.

To use TPS customers and partners will need to have a secure web site (password protected) running on a web server with a fixed IP address and the capability to run scripts in the following supported languages – ASP, ASP.NET, JSP, PHP, Perl and Coldfusion.

To access Wiley Online Library users log in on the customer/partner’s site and click on a link to Wiley Online Library. The link will send the needed authentication details and users will then get access to all licensed content.

COUNTER3 compliant Usage Reports

Usage reports for institutional customers are compliant with the latest Release 3 of the COUNTER Code of Practice for Journals and Databases with its SUSHI protocol. Usage data for Journals, Books and Reference Works is accessible through the Customer Administration area of the site.