By madgett on October 3, 2018
The UBC Library DOES NOT subscribe to Harvard Business Review. We have limited access through a subscription to EBSCOhost journal aggregator database “Business Source Complete.” UPDATE : As an alternative to the “browse” method below, if you have followed a PURL into the EBSCOhost database, you can also re-do your search within the EBSCOhost Database […]
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By madgett on October 2, 2018
Certain ebook URLs are breaking and leading to the Off-Campus Access “Oops” page (even when users are on campus). Mostly, these are ebooks that were on the old eBook Library platform (retired some time ago) and are now on the ProQuest eBoook Central platform. We are working on the issue and hope for a solutions […]
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By madgett on August 31, 2018
Occasionally, on the Taylor & Francis ebook site, you will see a title that says “This title is not available for sale” and you will not have access to the full text. We apologize for any confusion this causes. We try to only list in the Catalogue and Summon ebooks that have full-text access. However, […]
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By madgett on August 28, 2018
The Ulrichsweb link (under hypertext “Title details from ulrichsweb.com” from the eJournal Portal’s result page is currently leading to the error message: We do not have enough information. We are working to resolve the issue. You can still get to Ulrichsweb to see information about journals via our Resource page, and then search for the […]
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By madgett on July 27, 2018
Using Google Scholar with EZproxy (the UBC Library off-campus authentication method) can be tricky. You need to set up a Google Scholar session BEFORE logging into EZproxy. Our Google Scholar resource page (with instructions) is HERE (Google Scholar). Basically, the steps are: Go to Google Scholar and log in, if you have a Gmail account. […]
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By madgett on July 27, 2018
ProQuest eBook sites and Database sites will be off-line on August 18th & August 19th for maintenance. eBooks will be down from approximately 9:00 a.m. PDT till 2:00 p.m. PDT August 18th. Other resources will be down from 7:00 p.m. august 18th till 8 hours later on August 19th. Note: times may change without notice […]
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By madgett on July 10, 2018
UPDATE : Issue has been temporarily resolved. IF you had problems in the past, please clear history (cache & cookies) from your browser and try to set up a folder now. Contact us if problems persist via our Help Form. Due to technical difficulties that EBSCOhost is aware of (and working on), patrons cannot create […]
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By madgett on July 10, 2018
New search linking from EBSCOhost to the UBC Catalogue for Journals When searching in EBSCOhost Databases, you will now see a new link next to Journal / Article results that has a “rainbow” book case: This link will search for the journal ISSN in the UBC Catalogue so that you can see what Print […]
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By madgett on March 16, 2018
Wiley OnLine Library Moving UPDATE Moved March 17 or 18 2018 Well, looks like the move happened. Site looks different and has some changes to functionality, I believe. Have a look HERE. Please talk to your Subject or Liaison Librarian if you have any questions about using the site or its features. Contact us at […]
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By madgett on January 15, 2018
FYI: Due to scheduled maintenance, ProQuest Ebook Central will be unavailable at: Saturday, January 20, from 10am to 4pm Pacific Time
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