By irobb on August 9, 2010
The ebooks at MyiLibrary are accessible again! Due to new authentication procedures, patrons will have to authenticate themselves –whether on campus or off– via EZproxy. The process is painless and requires either an active UBCcard or CWL. Note: at the moment some 2010 titles are experiencing problems, but we should have that resolved shortly. If […]
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By irobb on August 6, 2010
When exporting citations from the new OvidSP platform to RefWorks, keep in mind the following: If on campus, exporting to RefWorks should be no problem. If off campus and logged in via MyVPN, exporting to RefWorks should be no problem (try clearing the cache & cookies from your browser as a first solution if you […]
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By irobb on July 14, 2010
Currently providing online access to over 250 journals from 22 management disciplines, Emerald Management Plus is Emerald’s premium journal collection. Subscribers to this comprehensive resource will automatically gain access to new and acquired titles, as soon as they are added to the collection, and can rest assured that they will have access to the very […]
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By irobb on June 25, 2010
RESOLVED! We now have access to Emerald Management Plus journals. 258 titles. Due to unforeseen problems –which we are sorting out with the publisher– we do not have access to the latest issues of journals on the Emerald platform. These are mostly business journals. We hope to have the problem resolved shortly. Stay tuned! When […]
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By irobb on June 14, 2010
“AHFS Drug Information® is a collection of drug monographs on virtually every single-drug entity available in the United States.” “AHFS Drug Information® monographs are written principally on single-drug entities; information on various trademarked preparations and brands of a drug is contained in a single monograph. Drug combinations are described in the monographs on the principal […]
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By irobb on June 10, 2010
Still reading books made from dead trees (are live electrons really more eco-friendly, hmm)? With the end of our subscription to Global Books in Print, here are a couple other options to try when hunting for a book: Amazon.ca –yes, that Amazon. BookFinder! –search over 150 million books for sale, it says. Keep reading!
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By irobb on February 24, 2010
Due to recent changes Elsevier made to its ScienceDirect platform, our UBC eLink button is not working as it should (you get a “Server not found” error). Elsevier is working to resolve this problem. If you find a reference, citation or non-full text article in ScienceDirect you want to follow up on, try plugging the […]
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By irobb on February 11, 2010
“You now have access to two new research resources on Web of Knowledge through your library and its participation in the Canadian Research Knowledge Network.” -Thomson Reuters email MEDLINE (195o – Present) learn more here Conference Proceedings Citation Index (1899 – Present) learn more here
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By irobb on February 8, 2010
*UPDATE* – Access to 2009 data restored. For all those attempting to get 2009 Product Data, apologies. Product Measurement Bureau (PMB) says its host server is down due to maintenance issues. They assure us it should be back later, but can’t give a time line. Currently, you see a blank screen or a “Unable to […]
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