By irobb on April 17, 2009
*UPDATE* sigh… The joy was short lived as the site seems to have a few quirks. We will try some experimentation to get this resolved. We are leaving the site up for now. Let us know if it gets too unstable. Stay tuned. Previously…
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By irobb on April 14, 2009
At last, ASM has restored our access to: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Applied and Environmental Microbiology Clinical and Vaccine Immunology Clinical Microbiology Reviews Eukaryotic Cell Infection and Immunity Journal of Bacteriology Journal of Clinical Microbiology Journal of Virology Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews Molecular and Cellular Biology Thank you for your patience while we resolved […]
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By irobb on April 8, 2009
Mostly, yes. If you want the full browser story from ebrary, visit here. you must use Java 1.6 or higher you must have browser cookies enabled and you may need to turn off pop-up blockers for ebrary.com use Internet Explorer 5.x or newer ( if running under Windows you need only go view a book) […]
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By irobb on April 8, 2009
Have you ever seen this icon when searching in a Gale database (Business & Company Resource Center, Sabin Americana, and Literature Criticism Online to name 3 of several)? What it means is that the URL at the top of the page (in the browser’s window) is persistent… it lasts long after you have left the […]
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By irobb on April 6, 2009
Searches in Google Scholar are yielding much more consistent results. Possible links are almost always listed as “UBC eLink” and only occasionally as “UBC Library Catalogue” (both go to the same SFX menu). But, alas, no yet. Some problems still exist, but these are due to the poor incoming information rather than a resolving problem […]
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By admin on April 3, 2009
*UPDATE* Grey Monday? AACR titles are back. Still waiting on ASM. Previously… We’ve lost access to the current content published in our subscribed journals from the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society for Microbiology. We’re working to restore access as soon as possible. This is HIGH priority and we apologize for the […]
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By irobb on April 1, 2009
The Kelowna Capital News, The Peace Arch News, the Omineca Express… and more! Sixty-seven new newspapers are now available online from ProQuest via the Black Press collection. Search for a title in the Library’s A-Z list of ejournals or see everything the Canadian Newsstand has to offer.
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