By irobb on September 29, 2010
*UPDATE* eJournal records in the Library Catalogue displaying normally again. Apologies. ejournal records in the Library Catalogue are appearing as per this: … and worse, issn searches are probably returning no ejournal results. The problem is new ejournal records were loaded in the Catalogue, but indexing hasn’t happened yet… and won’t till this week end. […]
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By irobb on September 27, 2010
Get out of that database rut and try a new TRAIL. Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL) is a collaborative project to digitize, archive, and provide persistent and unrestricted access to U.S. federal technical reports issued prior to 1975. Hosted at the University of Hawaii of Manoa, TRAIL provides access to reports from: U.S. […]
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By irobb on September 24, 2010
You can create personal bookshelves in Books 24×7 and ebrary. You can use either your UBCcard Barcode & PIN (recommended method) or your CWL, but you cannot cross-link bookshelves (ie books saved on a UBCcard generated shelf are not on a CWL generated shelf) nor cross-link platforms. Books 24×7: After logging in to Books 24×7, […]
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By irobb on September 24, 2010
Carbon Market News is a comprehensive market intelligence tool that provides current information on carbon markets. The real-time news service provides energy and carbon professionals with market-moving information through the monitoring of key players as well as business and policy developments. The daily, weekly and bi-weekly reports offer in-depth market commentaries and expert insight from […]
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By irobb on September 23, 2010
So, what’s up on The Hill this week? The CQ news team covers virtually every act of Congress, delivering nonpartisan news and analysis unavailable anywhere else. Besides CQ Weekly, we also have access to: Committee reports CQ Committee Coverage CQ Committee Rosters CQ Congressional Transcripts CQ Floor Votes
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By irobb on September 17, 2010
Woo Hoo!! Print .pdfs are now accessible for full-text articles. Clear your browser’s cache & cookies before attempting to open, please. Sorry, AGU readers, but the full-text .pdfs for journal articles are currently leading to error messages. AGU has been informed. Hopefully, this will be resolved soon. Please clear the cache & cookies from your […]
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By irobb on September 15, 2010
*UPDATE* ejournal records are back in the Catalogue… and working! Those familiar with ejournals at the UBC Library know that there are two quick ways to find links from the Library’s web space: via the ejournal A-Z list via the Library Catalogue Unfortunately, some work on the Catalogue ejournal records is still underway. As a […]
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By irobb on September 14, 2010
Wow! Who knew the OED had such a following? Rejoice, logophiles, the Oxford English Dictionary is available again. You may have to clear the cache & cookies from your browser before you re-try accessing it.
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By irobb on September 13, 2010
Having trouble getting a Library e-resouce? Need to re-set your UBCcard PIN? Just want to connect with the good folks in eResources? Try the new “Access Problems?” button. Located on the ejournals A-Z pages and the Online Indexes and Databases A-Z pages, this button opens a window that allows you to select a link related […]
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By admin on September 3, 2010
Update (Sept.7, 2010): Good news! Our access to MyiLibrary ebooks has been restored. *************************************************************************************************** Does this screen look familiar? Yes, it’s happened yet again. Excessive downloading has led to suspension of our access to MyiLibrary ebooks. We are investigating the problem and working with the vendor to have this resolved asap. We apologize for the […]
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