By madgett on December 24, 2013
UPDATE => WE ARE BACK! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Seasonal, non-denominational nor quasi-religious greetings! Oh, wait. I already said “Closed for Christmas”. Anyway, eResources & Access is closed from December 20th, 2013 till January 2nd, 2014. Please still report any problems via our Help Form, and we will look into it when we return. Hope you […]
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By madgett on November 28, 2013
Just a quick update on what is going on in eResources & Access. Trials now on: African-American Historical Serials Collection (EBSCOhost) -ends April 30th, 2014 <click here> American Antiquarian Society historical periodicals collection (EBSCOhost) -ends April 30th, 2014 <click here> Comprehensive Physiology (Wiley) -ends Nov. 30th <click here> Medcom Streaming Video Collection [medical] -ends Sept. […]
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By madgett on November 15, 2013
Just a quick update on what is going on in eResources & Access. Trials now on: Acta Sanctorum (Chadwyck-Healey) -ends Nov. 15th <click here> African-American Historical Serials Collection (EBSCOhost) -ends April 30th, 2014 <click here> American Antiquarian Society historical periodicals collection (EBSCOhost) -ends April 30th, 2014 <click here> Colloquium Digital Library of Life Sciences (Morgan […]
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By madgett on November 1, 2013
Just a quick update on what is going on in eResources & Access. Trials now on: Associated Press => AP Images (EBSCOhost) -ends Nov. 8th <click here> Acta Sanctorum (Chadwyck-Healey) -ends Nov. 15th <click here> African-American Historical Serials Collection (EBSCOhost) -ends April 30th, 2014 <click here> American Antiquarian Society historical periodicals collection (EBSCOhost) -ends April […]
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By madgett on October 10, 2013
We have been notified the UBC IT will be making changes to Campus-Wide Log-in password guidelines. This will affect your ability to log into EZproxy: CWL passwords will now need to be changed once a year. CWL account holders will be asked to update their password on the date of their last CWL password change. […]
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By corinne2 on September 30, 2013
UPDATE => The Alexander Street Press website is up again. Alexander Street Press is currently experiencing website difficulties, as a result none of their databases are accessible. They expect access to be restored by 5:30pm Monday September 30th.
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By madgett on September 11, 2013
UPDATE => UBC eLink now working on PubMed In PubMed, the UBC eLink button is having a problem with the format of URLs. We have fixed this (hopefully) but can’t test until September 12th. In the meanwhile, if you have a PubMed ID number for an article, you can try the following: Go to “Indexes, […]
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By madgett on August 28, 2013
**UPDATE** The initial problem has been fixed. Articles are appearing as they should when we have full-text access. However, a second problem has cropped up. Several ebook titles (and some ejournals titles) where removed in error from the Catalogue (and in some cases Summon). As a result, while we still have access to, for example, […]
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By madgett on August 21, 2013
The next time you try to log into the EZproxy screen with your CWL, you may see a screen that asks you to agree to new “CWL Terms of Use“. Here is why: “On June 4, 2013, the Board of Governors repealed Policies #104 (Responsible Use of Information Technology Facilities and Services) and #106 (Access […]
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By madgett on August 16, 2013
The engineering/technical ebook site Knovel has moved to a new site. However, there seem to be a couple glitches: The old links sometimes are not re-directing to the new site. If this happens, going back a screen and trying again or reloading the page seems to help. The new site does not yet work with […]
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