Select Sage Titles Unavailable (Nov. 2021)
A number of Sage titles (ebooks and other items) are unavailable for access, while others appear to be working as expected. We are working with the Provider to find out why some items are being blocked. Stay Tuned!
Maintenance on Some Discovery Services this weekend Sept. 25, 2021
The following services will be unavailable 8am-4pm, Saturday, September 25th due to planned maintenance by Ex Libris. eJournal Portal (Journal Titles tab on the Library homepage) Citation Linker (Blue Full Text button) Ulrich’s
OpenAthens Update
While the majority of the Library’s online resources have successfully transitioned to OpenAthens authentication, there are some post-launch access problems with the following providers: BMJ Best Practice CHASS (Industry Norms and Key Business Indicators) – access restored July 5 Web of Science interoperability (database cross-search) Mary Ann Liebert – access restored June 23 Grant Connect […]
Expect Some Problems – Migration to OpenAthens Underway
The Library is in the middle of a migration to a new authentication system : OpenAthens. No doubt there will be some hiccups along the way. Please be patient as we work out the bugs, and look to our new Ask Us portal to report any problems.
Service Disruption: Discovery Services, May 29-30
UPDATE: According to Ex Libris, migration successful and all services restored. On May 29th, our 3rd-party discovery service, Ex Libris, is migrating to new servers. As a result, there will be some interruption to our discovery services for 24 hours (Saturday, May 29 at 18:00 PDT to Sunday, May 30 at 18:00 PDT). Please be […]
Google Scholar Drops UBC Library (UBC eLink) -Feb.2021
UBC Restored to Google Scholar Google Scholar has dropped UBC Library (UBC eLink) as an option from its “Library Links” under “Settings”. Unfortunately, this will take about a week to resolve. In the meanwhile, if you have installed our Library Access Browser Extension from Lean Library, you can highlight the article’s title from a Google […]
Holiday Closure for eResources & Access Help (HAPPY HOLIDAYS!)
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! The eResources & Access Team will be away from Noon Dec. 24th till Jan. 4th. Please report any access problems using the Help Form , and we will dig into them when we get back.
O’Reilly (Safari) eBooks – Accounts Reset Oct. 31st weekend
O’Reilly for Higher Education (also known as Safari) ebooks will have accounts reset for those using the “new” authentication method. What does this mean? Access will still be fine, it is just that any history from previous visits to the site might be lost. We apologize, but in the transition from the “old” to “new” […]
O’Reilly for Higher Education (Safari) – New Log-in
O’Reilly now uses your CWL to log in rather than your email address. This will set up a new account on your first visit. ——- Existing Users who temporarily wish to access their older (via UBC email) account, click here.
EZproxy Down for Maintenance – Oct. 8th, 10:00 am PDT
EZproxy, used to authenticate Users into Library resources from off campus, will be down for maintenance Thursday, October 8th, at 10:00 a.m. PDT for 30 minutes. If you run into access problems outside of that window in time, please report it to us via out Help Form.