EBSCO has taken over the H.W. Wilson databases. These are primarily Education, Humanities, Social Science, Fine Art, Architecture and Law focused Index & Abstract databases —some with Full Text. As a result, the following Resource pages now point to EBSCOhost sites rather than H.W. Wilson sites: Education Full Text http://resources.library.ubc.ca/91 Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983 http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1119 […]
*UPDATE* SpringerLink 2012 ebooks are now available! Records for the 2012 SpringerLINK ebooks were added (our mistake) to the Catalogue and Summon before we had the access organized. In fact, due to higher-than-expected costs, it is probable that many 2012 SpringerLINK ebooks will not be purchased by the Library. So, if you come across an […]
*UPDATE 2* PROBLEM FIXED!! CINAHL Heading Searches should be working as expected. *UPDATE* “We currently have a Critical Service Issue open and our technical team is working to address the CINAHL issues as soon as possible.“–EBSCO The EBSCOhost database CINAHL [ Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature] is currently experiencing problems with Subject […]
A few new online resources you might want to take a closer look at: American National Biography Online: “…offers portraits of more than 18,700 men & women — from all eras and walks of life — whose lives have shaped the nation.” That would be the nation just south of us. Films on Demand: “…Web-based […]
EZproxy will be down from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on this Wednesday (January 25th.). What does that mean? For off-campus access you will need to set up and use myVPN For resources that must use EZproxy (like ebrary, eBook Library and MyiLibrary), there will be no access till after 7:00 pm. Sorry for the temporary inconvenience.
This information was posted earlier, but a bit buried. Now that ebrary has the ability to download ebooks, the University of Toronto Pres has decided to pull its ebooks from all subscription collections. What does this mean? Where we have purchased a copy of a U of T ebook, we retain access. Where we only […]
*UPDATE 1* (see below) New year, new problems. There are several problems with our ebrary eBook access at the moment. We are aware and working on the problems. Please stay tuned! UPDATE 1 One problem leaves town… Authentication (Access) problem and Bookshelf problem should be resolved. Please try the following to ensure your Access & […]
Thanks for another year of problems. …no, seriously! It’s your challenging questions that keep us on our toes and make this job interesting. But we do need a break now and then. So, E-Resources & Access (we’re the folks behind this Help Form and lib-ejhelp@interchange.ubc.ca) is going to curl up with some ‘Nog for a […]
While searching and accessing journals and articles on the ACS site should not be a problem, other services (like registering for an account or setting up an alert) are not working due to maintenance.
“Tatooing, now illegal in most states, is on the rise again, in the undergroud form of secret tatoo clubs…” —The East Village Other, Vol 1, no.3 (Dec 1965) Rock and Roll, Counterculture, Peace and Protest explores the dynamic period of social, political and cultural change between 1950 and 1975. The resource offers thousands of colour […]