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Ethnologue Database Not Working

Issue is now fixed. April 2, 2024 Ethnologue: Languages of the World database is current not working and a “HTTP ERROR 503 Cannot contact upstream server” error is appearing. We are working to solve the issue.

IEEE site maintence outage on Saturday, March 16th

On Saturday, 16 March, IEEE Xplore will undergo scheduled maintenance from 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM ET (1:00 – 6:00 PM UTC). Due to the nature of the upgrade, the platform will be unavailable for the entire duration of this timeframe. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

Lost access to Diao Long Database of Chinese and Japanese Ancient Books

Issue is now fixed. March 13, 2024 We have lost access to the Diao Long Database of Chinese and Japanese Ancient Books https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=diao-long-database-of-chinese-and-japanese-ancient-books—&id=2670 We are working with the provider to get this issue resolved.

CPS ( RxTx) Access Issues

Issue is now fixed. March 7, 2024 Some users are seeing access issues with CPS. http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=674 The CPS website is having technical issues blocking access for some users.

Multiple Authentication Issues

Issues now fixed. March 7, 2024 There appears to be a technical issue happening with our authentication tool OpenAthens and we have lost access to multiple resources including: Access Medicine- Workaround in place here American Physical Society (APS) Journals Duke University Press eBooks and Journals Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Journals Bates Visual […]

Access Medicine Error – “do not have permission to access this particular resource”

Issue is now fixed. March 7, 2024 Users trying to access McGraw Hill’s Access Medicine may see this error: “You are logged into the OpenAthens service, but you do not have permission to access this particular resource. Please contact the OpenAthens administrator at your institution to request access.” As workaround please use the Access Medicine […]