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American Fisheries Society Journals: Now on InformaWorld
And what does the move mean for accessing the journals? Previously, we had only a 5-year window of access in most cases. Now, we have access back to 1997 for several titles. American Fisheries Society journals links have been updated and will appear in the ejornal Portal (the ejournal A-Z list) tomorrow.
360 Link: Our New OpenURL Resolver
As part of the implementation of our new Summon discover service (the “Start Here” box on the Library homepage), we are moving to a new OpenURL resolver: 360 Link from Serials Solutions. What’s this OpenURL business all about? Remember the familiar button? That lead to our old OpenURL resolver SFX and then on to ejournal […]
Naxos Video Library: On Trial Now
Naxos Video Library offers an extensive streaming video library of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts and documentaries. Watch the world’s greatest opera houses, ballet companies, orchestras and artists perform on demand! Note: Adobe Flash Player is required.
EbscoHost Databases No Longer Support Internet Explorer 6
If you are clinging to a retro version of IE, time to move on. EbscoHost databases (and we subscribe to a lot) now require Internet Explorer 7 or later. You can download the latest version (Internet Explorer 8) for free HERE.
Kokushi daijiten: Encyclopedia of Japanese History (Trial)
Kokushi daijiten is a digitized version of all 15 volumes (17 books) of one of the largest encyclopedias of Japanese history. It encompasses every aspect of Japan’s history and includes entries in related fields such as archaeology, folklore, religion, art, Japanese language, Japanese literature and geography. Take a look at Kokushi daijiten while it’s on […]
History in Video: Trial Databases
Is it almost like being there? Check out American History in Video and World History in Video and see for yourself. American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. World History in Video […]
Medical Business and Policy: Longwoods Videos & Audio
Longwoods has some audio and video files related to the business and policy side of medicine. As a UBC person, you should be able to listen/view here, whether on or off campus.
Open J-Gate Links: Down for Today
Open J-Gate (an aggregator of “free” journals) has shifted their URL from a .org to a .com, it seems. What does that mean? Currently, all links to titles in this database from the ejournal A-Z list are broken. A refresh overnight should fix this. If you can’t wait –and why should you?– go to http://www.openj-gate.com […]
U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection: Access Down
UPDATE: March 31, 2011 – Access Restored on new Proquest Platform – for details see: ProQuest Acquires CIS & UPA from LexisNexis ************************************************************** Due to a change in provider (the collection has moved from LexisNexis to ProQuest), a new agreement for this collection needs to be negotiated. We are working on it. In the meanwhile, […]
IEEE Xplore: Site Down Due to Storm
*UPDATE* They found their snow shovels. IEEE back online.* IEEE reports its Xplore Digital Library is down due to storms on the East Coast. You can follow their tweets as they try to get back online at: http://twitter.com/IEEEXplore …or look for print copies of what you need in the Library Catalogue.
