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What is happening with EBSCOhost Databases?
Just a heads up. There are some title URLs and coverage problems with various EBSCOhost databases. Per our good friends at Serials Solutions… “We are having data inconsistency issues… and are working to obtain the correct dates and URLs for every title.” So, keep emailing us if you run into problems, but be prepared for […]
American National Biography: on Trial till October 12th
“The landmark American National Biography offers portraits of more than 18,700 men & women — from all eras and walks of life — whose lives have shaped the nation.” –American National Biography Online Try out American National Biography for the next month. And please comment on the Feedback form.
London Review of Books: on Trial till October 7th
From now till October 7th, we are offering trial access to The London Review of Books. “The London Review of Books was founded in 1979, during the year-long lock-out at the Times. For the first six months, it appeared marsupially in the New York Review of Books. In May 1980, the London Review of Books […]
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts: New Database
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts is a new (and free!) Database we picked up with the migration to ProQuest’s new platform. “The NCJRS: National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database is published by the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice’s National Criminal Justice Reference Service, an information clearinghouse for people around […]
E-Resource & Access Help (ejhelp): Limited Service Till September 6th.
Beginning Friday, August 26th, there will be limited help available from the Library’s E-Resources & Access (ejhelp) unit till September 6th. Please do continue to send in your questions/problems via our HelpForm or wherever you see the Access Problems? button during this time, but some questions will have to wait longer than normal for a […]
ProQuest Public Health: New Resource Trial
“ProQuest Public Health is a new and unique database; designed to be the ideal starting point for public health information and research. It delivers core public health literature with centralized access to over 690 publications with over 495 in full-text… ProQuest Public Health also includes current newspaper articles for uncovering timely results on the latest […]
RefWorks & New ProQuest Sites: Problems!
There are problems with the direct exporting of citations to RefWorks from the new ProQuest platforms. Patrons are being directed to the US server, then on re-direct to Scholar’s Portal (our Canadian instance of RefWorks), an error message appears. The worse news is ProQuest expects it to be August 24th or as late as September […]
The New “Search Collections” Portal: Where’s the ejournals?
If you are wondering where the ejournals are in the Search Collections Portal, it’s pretty simple. Print and ejournals are under “Journals“. The search box on the left searches the UBC Catalogue for Print and ejournal titles. The search box on the right searches searches the Serials Solutions knowledgebase for ejournal only. And what if […]
ProQuest New Platform Migration Underway
*UPDATE* Migration nearly complete. Some smaller Databases (like “Ceramic Abstracts“) have been absorbed by larger Databases. Those Resource pages will point to the pages for the larger site. Please contact us if you have questions. We are currently migrating ProQuest, CSA and a couple Chadwyck-Healey Databases to a new Platform. Here is the list (so […]
Project Muse: Beta Site with eBooks Launched
Project Muse is doing two things in the new year: launching a new site and offering ebooks. A pre-view beta site has been launched here. The symbols on the left will clearly display the content that is currently available to UBC patrons. This will most likely change after the launch in January 2012, so browse […]
