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Taylor & Francis eBook Site Having Problems -Oct.05, 2020

By madgett on October 5, 2020

UPDATE – Problems resolved. Taylor & Francis eBook site is having problems with some titles. Some ebooks are producing a “ERROR 404 : Sorry, we can’t seem to find the page you’re looking for.” We are working on the problem. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Library Access Browser Ext. (Lean Library) : Highlight & Search Down -Oct2020

By madgett on October 5, 2020

UPDATE: Now Working The Highlight & Search feature in the Library’s Access Browser Extension (from Lean Library) will be down for this week (Oct. 5th – 9th), but should be back next week. Don’t know about the Library’s Access Browser Extension? Please read here.  

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UBC Library Catalogue Down for Maintenance -Sept. 30, 10PM

By madgett on September 30, 2020

UPDATE – No problems reported. FYI The UBC Library Catalogue will be down for maintenance from 10:00pm PDT for 90 minutes. Our Discovery Service, Summon, will continue working except for any links leading to the Catalogue. Please report any problems via our Help Form.

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EBSCOhost Databases & eBooks -Slow/Timeout -22se2020

By madgett on September 22, 2020

All Issues Resolved. PLease report any further problems via our Help Form: Electronic Resources Help EBSCOhost databases & eBook site having problems: “EBSCO Customer Support has received reports of an issue with Multiple Products showing slow response or timeouts.” Stay tuned for updates.

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Cambridge eBooks & Journals Down (Sept. 14, 2020)

By madgett on September 14, 2020

UPDATE : Access restored. If you are still having problems, please contact us via our Help form: Electronic Resources Help Several Cambridge University Press (eBooks & eJournals) collections are down. Links producing error messages. We are working on it. Stay Tuned!

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Maintenance Affecting Some Services : June 26, 5:00pm – 9:00pm

By madgett on June 24, 2020

June 26, 5:00pm – 9:00pm Due to scheduled maintenance The following services may be down on Friday, June 26th, from 5:00pm – 9:00 pm PST: Citation Linker (Full Text Online page) eJournal Portal (“Journal Titles” tab on Library Homepage) UlrichsWeb As well, the “Alternatives” feature of the Library Access Browser Extension (Lean Library) may also […]

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EBSCOhost Databases Slow (June 23, 2020)

By madgett on June 23, 2020

UPDATE: As of June 24 morning, EBSCOhost databases seem to be back to normal. EBSCOhost Databases were down earlier today They appear to be back, but are very slow. Stay tuned for any further updates.

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Passport GMID : Problems With Access (May 2020)

By madgett on May 7, 2020

RESOLVED! We have solved the problem with Passport. Please do the following: 1) clear all history (cache & cookies) from your browser (or if you know what you are doing, clear only the history/cookies related to Passport) 2) go to the Resource page & click on Connect to Resource and log into UBC’s EZproxy as […]

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EBSCOhost MedLine – Error in HttpHandler (April 2020)

By madgett on April 21, 2020

Issue resolved. Linking at the journal title level to select titles within EBSCOhost’s Medline can lead to an error: Error in HttpHandler We are working on a solution. Linking to the Database itself and then searching within the Database works fine. EBSCOhost Medline database level is HERE.

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Summon – Slow or Error (April 20, 2020)

By madgett on April 20, 2020

UPDATE – PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE RESOLVED FOR NOW. Summon, the Library’s discovery service, is experiencing issues at the moment. Page loads slow or shows an Application Error message. Working on a fix. Stay Tuned.

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