American Journal on Mental Retardation: title change
The AMERICAN JOURNAL ON MENTAL RETARDATION (published by the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities) is now the American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Look it up in our A-Z eJournal list.
Books 24×7: New Access, But Where’s My Bookshelf?
Books 24×7 can now be accessed by UBCcard Barcode and PIN. Find the title in the catalogue, click on the “Online Access” under the title and sign in. New to Books 24×7? Click on their “Help” tab and read the FAQs. “OK, it’s easier,” you say. “But I’ve used Books 24×7 before. Where’s my saved […]
AnthroSource & Google Scholar: Linking issues
From Google Scholar (or from our own Citation eLinker, for that matter), trying to resolve to the article level via our button results in being dropped at a rather bare AnthroSource page… a journal cover but no volumes to even click on. Part of the reason is all the articles have moved to the Wiley […]
NUMDAM: A French Math Archive to Explore
So, what was the “new math” in 1810? Find out in NUMDAM (Numérisation de documents anciens mathématiques), a database of 50+ mathematical journals and seminars. The content is mostly French, but I am told there is English in there. Coverage runs from the 1800’s up to near Present (the most recent articles are only for […]
Investext Lives!
*UPDATE* sigh… The joy was short lived as the site seems to have a few quirks. We will try some experimentation to get this resolved. We are leaving the site up for now. Let us know if it gets too unstable. Stay tuned. Previously…
American Society for Microbiology: Access Restored!
At last, ASM has restored our access to: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Applied and Environmental Microbiology Clinical and Vaccine Immunology Clinical Microbiology Reviews Eukaryotic Cell Infection and Immunity Journal of Bacteriology Journal of Clinical Microbiology Journal of Virology Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews Molecular and Cellular Biology Thank you for your patience while we resolved […]
ebrary Reader: Will it work with my browser?
Mostly, yes. If you want the full browser story from ebrary, visit here. you must use Java 1.6 or higher you must have browser cookies enabled and you may need to turn off pop-up blockers for ebrary.com use Internet Explorer 5.x or newer ( if running under Windows you need only go view a book) […]
Gale Databases: What’s “InfoMark”?
Have you ever seen this icon when searching in a Gale database (Business & Company Resource Center, Sabin Americana, and Literature Criticism Online to name 3 of several)? What it means is that the URL at the top of the page (in the browser’s window) is persistent… it lasts long after you have left the […]
Google Scholar & UBC eLink: Dare I Say Success?
Searches in Google Scholar are yielding much more consistent results. Possible links are almost always listed as “UBC eLink” and only occasionally as “UBC Library Catalogue” (both go to the same SFX menu). But, alas, no yet. Some problems still exist, but these are due to the poor incoming information rather than a resolving problem […]
Extra! Extra! Black Press Newspapers Now Available
The Kelowna Capital News, The Peace Arch News, the Omineca Express… and more! Sixty-seven new newspapers are now available online from ProQuest via the Black Press collection. Search for a title in the Library’s A-Z list of ejournals or see everything the Canadian Newsstand has to offer.