ScienceDirect: UBC eLink Not Working
Due to recent changes Elsevier made to its ScienceDirect platform, our UBC eLink button is not working as it should (you get a “Server not found” error). Elsevier is working to resolve this problem. If you find a reference, citation or non-full text article in ScienceDirect you want to follow up on, try plugging the […]
CRCnetBase: eBooks not Linking from Catalogue to New Site
*UPDATE* – netBASE links work from Catalogue *NEWS FLASH* FOODnetBASE titles working *NEWS FLASH* CRCnetBASE has a new site… …but our ebooks aren’t linking to it from the catalogue. To get to a CRCnetBASE ebook, please go to the CRCnetBASE home page and browse / search from there. NOTE: CHEMnetBASE titles seems to be OK […]
ISI Web of Knowledge: Two Databases Added
“You now have access to two new research resources on Web of Knowledge through your library and its participation in the Canadian Research Knowledge Network.” -Thomson Reuters email MEDLINE (195o – Present) learn more here Conference Proceedings Citation Index (1899 – Present) learn more here
ubcvisitor: Wireless Internet for Visitors to UBC
The next time you use your laptop on campus, you may notice a new wireless option: ubcvisitor (read more here). As the name suggests, this is a wireless gateway to the internet for visitors — non-UBC folks. If you are part of the UBC community and are trying to connect to eresources to which the […]
Print Measurement Bureau: Down (but not for long?)
*UPDATE* – Access to 2009 data restored. For all those attempting to get 2009 Product Data, apologies. Product Measurement Bureau (PMB) says its host server is down due to maintenance issues. They assure us it should be back later, but can’t give a time line. Currently, you see a blank screen or a “Unable to […]
EZproxy Down Time: How it may affect you
*UPDATE* – EZproxy update a success. All should be working better than before. You saw the banner on the Library Home page that reads: EZproxy Unavailable – Thursday, Feb 4th, 2:00PM – 6:00PM But what does that mean to you? If you are trying to connect to a subscribed eresource from off campus, Proxy will […]
Wiley Interscience 2010 Issues now Available!
Finally, access to the Wiley Interscience 2010 issues has been turned on. Thank you –especially to those in the Life Sciences who were most affected by this delay– for your patience. For a review of the issues behind this delay, please see the earlier post. If you encounter any problems, please email using our eResources […]