eResources & Access Closed September 1st, 2017
Hello: Due to conflicts in staff scheduling, the eResources & Access Team will all be away on Friday, September 1st. Please do report any problems or access issues via our Help Form, and we will get to them on September 5th (after Labour Day). Sorry for the inconvenience.
Christmas Shut-Down 2016 : eResources Online Help
Seasonally-Appropriate Greetings! Thanks for all your questions this past year. Your helpful (we hope) eResources staff will be away from December 24th and returning January 3rd. Do continue to send any questions/problems to our Help Form, and we will get to them ASAP in the new year. See you in 2017!
Voyager System – Catalogue, etc. Down
System back Online Voyager, the system behind the UBC Library Catalogue is down. This will also affect those trying to log into EZproxy with a Barcode & PIN. Use your Campus-wide Login (CWL) if you can.
Closed for the Holidays (eResources Help Team)
Hello & Happy Whateveryoucaretocelebrate! The team here is a little bushed, so we are taking a break over the holiday season. The eResources & Access Team, will be away from December 24th till January 4th. Please continue to submit your questions/problems via our Help Form during that time, and we will get to them ASAP […]
Several Problem Resources: UN Comtrade, Informs ejournals, etc
This time of years sees a spike in online resource problems. Partly it’s due to renewal payments being delayed, partly it’s new resources launched in January starting to get more notice… and their quirks getting more attention as well. The current list of problems we are working on includes: UN Comtrade – site thinks […]
Google Scholar & EZproxy on Macs – Problem Solved?
There had been reports of people having problems off-campus using Macs/Safari and logging into Google Scholar via EZproxy. If you are wondering why someone would even do this, the reason is that using EZproxy means you have a UBC IP address. So, you can follow the UBC eLink form the Google Scholar results and get […]
Major Problems – Database searching & More Down
UPDATE – Problems seem to be resolved. YIKES! Something has blown a gasket and Summon, Resource pages, Database searching… well, a lot of things are not working. The Tech folks have been contacted. Stay Tuned!
Banned Books Week, 2014
September 21 to 27 is Banned Books Week. So, let’s stick it to The Man! Go read a book, already!
Oxford Journals Accessible Off-Campus
Oxford Journals are accessible from off-campus again. The EZproxy issue has been resolved.
Summon 2.0 Launch
The new, streamlined interface for Summon (UBC Library’s resource discovery tool) has been launched as of Monday June 23rd. Try a search and see what you think! ow.ly/ylWEZ