*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 […]
*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 […]
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 […]
*Trial Subscription* Trial ends February 26, 2010. Please visit the new GREENR Knowledge Portal from Gale and then send us your thoughts using this comment form. With enough feedback we may be GREENR longer. GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) is a new, authoritative online resource that focuses on the academic […]
The Library has added three Bureau of National Affairs online resources to it’s collection: Environment Reporter : “This multi-part [U.S. focused] environmental resource keeps you fully up to date on rapidly changing developments in courts, Congress, federal agencies, state legislatures, industry, and environmental organizations.” International Environment Reporter : “Know and understand environmental news, laws, regulations, […]
<=Sadly, this little gem that you know and love, will be OUT OF ORDER on Saturday, January 23 from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (or later). And linking from the Library catalogue to ejournals via Online access or Alternate online access will be down as well for the same period. But while our OpenURL resolver […]
The VSO has just called on you to play the oboe parts for Adventures in a Perambulator by John Alden Carpenter… but darned if you can find the sheet music. “The largest collection of Western Classical sheet music ever assembled is now available via the internet from LibraryMusicSource.com.” Have a look at LibraryMusicSource now.
*UPDATE* Wiley 2010 issues now accessible! Even though we are well into the new year, you’ve noticed that you can’t access 2010 issues of Wiley ejournals. You’re frustrated. We, in eResources, are frustrated. UBC Library is part of a consortium of libraries (called CRKN) which negotiates our access to Wiley InterScience. A Wiley policy prevents […]
Something for everyone, this week! Zasshi kiji sakuin shusei : “The Complete Database for Japanese Magazines and Periodicals from the Meiji Era to the Present.” Business Plans Handbook : “Business Plans Handbook is a collection of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America.” African Newspapers : “On Completion, […]
Life Sciences folk: please take note. A number of online medical journals are moving from the InformaWorld platform to the new Informa Healthcare site. We have adjusted our ejournal A-Z list to add the new Informa Healthcare links (starting January 15th.), but some old InformaWorld links will persist for a short time. If you see […]