There had been reports of people having problems off-campus using Macs/Safari and logging into Google Scholar via EZproxy. If you are wondering why someone would even do this, the reason is that using EZproxy means you have a UBC IP address. So, you can follow the UBC eLink form the Google Scholar results and get […]
Merry [place reason-to-celebrate or just-feel-good-about-yourself-and-others here] While we enjoy getting your email or phone calls, Gentle Patron, sometimes we just feel the need to get away. Here are the dates our services will be closed over the Holidays: ej-help/access troubleshooting – Closed December 25th, Open January 5th lib-license/license questions – Closed December 19th, Open January […]
**UPDATE** As of the Beginning of February, this problem has been sorted Problems 2 & 3 are sorted now. Problem 1 lingers on. They suggest that problem could be sorted early in January. Stay tuned! Couple of recent problems have collided to make some ebooks we have access to un-findable in the Catalogue and […]
In the EBSCOhost databases MedLine & CINAHL, the Search History now automatically appears above your search results. If you want to turn this feature off at some point, just click on “Search History” (just to the right of “Basic Search” & “Advanced Search”). For other EBSCOhost databases, if you want Search History to […]
*UPDATE* Limit raised to 100 articles per session Due to excessive downloading (in one session someone downloaded over 14,000 articles, per Factiva), our downloading ability has been reduced to one article at a time. We are investigating. This is a good opportunity to remind folks that access to a resource does not automatically mean “anything […]
FIXED!! Sorry for the delay. PLEASE do the following: Clear your Browser Cache & Cookies then try accessing the EBSCOhost database of your dreams again. UPDATE – Sorry, still seems to be a problem for EZproxy users. Doubtful there will be a resolution till Monday. Access on campus seems to be working. Suggest visiting a […]
UPDATE – Problems seem to be resolved. YIKES! Something has blown a gasket and Summon, Resource pages, Database searching… well, a lot of things are not working. The Tech folks have been contacted. Stay Tuned!
September 21 to 27 is Banned Books Week. So, let’s stick it to The Man! Go read a book, already!
Recently, there have been some problems linking to Project Muse eBooks. Last month, some records were added to the Catalogue for ebooks not yet published. This should all be sorted by the end of August. So, please report any ebook problems via out Help Form, but also be aware you may have to go to […]
UPDATE! Now use BrowZine online, too. We have decided to go with a subscription to BrowZine, a great app for browsing our Library ejournal collection… from anywhere! This app is available for iPads & Android tablets & now iPhones, too. **Download here!** With BrowZine you can: Create your own custom bookshelves Download articles (PDFs) to […]