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RefWorks: Please Read the Update

By irobb on July 22, 2009

The Library’s RefWorks crew has updated their information page. Please take a look. Remember to use the CORRECT URL for UBC patrons. Or as the Library’s RefWorks crew puts it: “Do NOT create an account from the US refworks site.”

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Global NewsBank: Now Access World News

By irobb on July 20, 2009

With nearly 3,000 newspapers from around the world, Access World News (formerly Global NewsBank) really is your one-stop newsstand. So grab your morning cuppa and settle in with the Daily Monitor from Addis Ababa or maybe Orillia Today. Note: from the NewsBank site, you also have the option of clicking on “World Newspaper Archive.” It’s […]

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Sabin Americana: Publications about the Americas

By irobb on July 13, 2009

Based on Joseph Sabin’s landmark bibliography, this collection contains works about the Americas published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900’s. Read more at our Sabin Americana info page. Then go in and have a look at “British Columbia and Vancouver’s island : a complete handbook” – 1858.

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MEDLINE Full Text (Ebsco): Not Linking

By irobb on July 10, 2009

*UPDATE* The links are now working for both the A-Z list and the eLink. Feels almost like déjà vu all over again. MEDLINE with Full Text is displaying an error page when you try to link in from our A-Z list or via our button (previous problem was a blank page). The authorities have been […]

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Cambridge Online Journals: Day of Maintenance

By irobb on July 9, 2009

*UPDATE* The barricades are down and the site has re-opened for business. Just a heads up, Cambridge Online Journals’ site was down earlier today (July 09, 2009) for maintenance… and I have been advised by CUP to “let people know that it might have sporadic downtime for the rest of today.” …so now you know.

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IMF eLibrary: Trial Access

By irobb on June 24, 2009

From now till July 22nd, try the IMF e-Library. “The International Monetary Fund publishes a vast amount of information on its own activities and policies, as well as on its 185 member countries.”

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Books 24×7: Slight Glitch in Connecting

By irobb on June 19, 2009

**UPDATE** Problem resolved. Connection now goes from EZproxy into Books 24×7 site on 1st attempt. Now go read Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X for Dummies. If you have tried to connect to a Books 24×7 title lately, you may have noticed a small glitch. On the first attempt through EZproxy (where you enter your […]

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MEDLINE with Full Text: Links to Blank Page

By irobb on June 17, 2009

*UPDATE* – Links working now. Somewhere, someone altered all the internal journal IDs for the MEDLINE with Full Text titles (not us, honest!). As a result, links from our ejournal A-Z list and our button go to a mostly blank Ebsco Host page. If you click on “Publications” in the upper left of that page, […]

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CISTI: Firefox & I.E problem

By irobb on June 17, 2009

Some people using the most recent versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer are having problems ordering material via CISTI Orders. The problem has been reported. For now, please use the InterLibrary Loan forms… and stay tuned.

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Interesting Database: NALD

By irobb on June 16, 2009

Interested in Adult Literary, First Nations material, Education or News Media? Check out the National Adult Literacy Database. …and it’s Canadian, eh!

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