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Accessibility

ProQuest Learning: Literature includes a number of features to help make it more accessible to disabled people.

	Skipping navigation
	Access keys
	Tab indexing
	Form labels
	Alternative text
	Resizeable text
	Popup windows
	Site map

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A Skip over navigation link has been provided at the top of each page to enable users to go directly to the content of the page without needing to negotiate the navigation links. It is invisible to the naked eye but can be read by screen readers.

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They are:

To use the access keys:

• Hold down the Alt key and press the access key
• Press Return

Mac users should hold down the Ctrl key and press the access key

The page you have chosen should now open.

Note: Access keys are supported in Internet Explorer version 4 upwards and Netscape version 6 upwards.

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You can navigate web pages by pressing the Tab key on your keyboard. The default order of navigation is from the top of the page to the bottom with each Tab key press taking you to the next link or form object in the page. ProQuest Learning: Literature has added Tab Indexing to all pages containing forms. This means that on the first press of the Tab key the cursor will move to the first field of the form and each subsequent press of the Tab key moves to the next part of the form, taking you through the form in the most logical way.

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All forms within ProQuest Learning: Literature have been labelled to make them easier to understand for people using assistive technology. Text associated with a particular form field has been given a label in the html code to show the relationship. These labels are not visible on the screen but will be read out by screen readers and other assistive technologies.

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An alternative text description has been added to each content image. This will appear as a 'tooltip' to users with visual browsers and will also be read out be screen readers. Images used purely for decorative purposes contain a null value so they will not be read by screen readers or generate a 'tooltip' unnecessarily.

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Text throughout the site (including navigation) is resizeable. Visually-impaired users, Netscape users or Mac users may find increasing the text size within their browser makes reading pages easier.

• To increase text size in Internet Explorer, click the View menu, then select Text Size and then choose larger or largest (the default is medium). Alternatively, hold down the Ctrl key and scrolling the mouse wheel (if you have one).
• To increase text size in Netscape, click the View menu, then select Text Zoom and then choose the size you would like (the default is 100%). Alternatively, hold down the Ctrl key and at the same time, push the - or = key.

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It is sometimes necessary for pages in ProQuest Learning: Literature to open in a popup window. Where possible there will be some text to inform users that this is happening. All popup windows have a Close this window link.

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ProQuest Learning: Literature has provided a site map which contains a list of links to all the different areas of the site. To access the site map:

• click on the Site map link in the left toolbar of every page

Click on a link within the site map to open the relevant page.

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