By corinne2 on July 16, 2014
Access to China Academic journals has been restored. Please submit troubleshooting tickets to the library Eresources & Access unit if you notice any problems: (Troubleshooting web form): http://ow.ly/zeIoY
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By corinne2 on July 10, 2014
There is a server problem with China Academic Journals that is preventing access. We are in contact with CNKI trying to get it fixed. Monitor our tweets and blog posts for updates.
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By madgett on July 4, 2014
UPDATE! Now use BrowZine online, too. We have decided to go with a subscription to BrowZine, a great app for browsing our Library ejournal collection… from anywhere! This app is available for iPads & Android tablets & now iPhones, too. **Download here!** With BrowZine you can: Create your own custom bookshelves Download articles (PDFs) to […]
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By corinne2 on June 23, 2014
The new, streamlined interface for Summon (UBC Library’s resource discovery tool) has been launched as of Monday June 23rd. Try a search and see what you think! ow.ly/ylWEZ
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By madgett on June 6, 2014
Currently, there seems to be a problem linking at the ARTICLE level from Summon, PubMed, etc. to ScienceDirect. We are investigating. If you don’t want to land at the JOURNAL level in ScienceDirect and then hunt for your article, you can go to ScienceDirect’s Advanced Search page and search for the article from there. Remember […]
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By madgett on May 7, 2014
*TRIAL HAS ENDED* Remember the “old” days when you could brows the journals on a magazine stand? Well, BrowZine virtually brings that back! From now till June 4th, 2014, UBC Library is trialling the BrowZine App. This app is available for iPads & Android tablets only. You can: Create your own custom bookshelves Download articles […]
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By corinne2 on April 29, 2014
*UPDATE* China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database (CNKI) access has been restored. – Wednesday April 30th, 2014 China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database (CNKI) is down, it includes: China Academic Journals Full-text Database Century Journals Social Sciences China Doctor Dissertations Full-text Database China Master Dissertations Full-text Database China Proceedings of Conference Full-text Database China Core Newspapers Full-text […]
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By corinne2 on April 9, 2014
The eDuke Ebook linking issue has been fixed. Please continue to submit tickets to the Eresource & Access unit if you encounter any issues: http://ow.ly/wfD1K Some eDuke ebooks are linking to DOI error messages because they are not yet published on the eDuke site. We are in contact with Duke University Press to fix the […]
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By madgett on March 27, 2014
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> Medcom Streaming Video Collection [medical] -ends Sept. 22nd, 2014 <click here> Readex U.S. Congressional serial […]
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By madgett on March 13, 2014
[I will be away next week, so publishing early] NEWS!! On the positive side, we have resolved the problem with ebrary “Canada embargoed” ebooks. Only ebrary ebooks accessible in Canada will be listed moving forward. On the down side, the Catalogue records need to catch up and may be quirky for a day or two. […]
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