ARTstor: Allowing Images to “Pop-Up” in Summon
Serials Solutions (the providers of our discovery service, Summon) have partnered with ARTstor to allow images to “pop-up” into search results. In order to see these images, you need to allow your browser to display pop-ups for: *.artstor.net *.artstor.org library.artstor.org.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca As well, you will have to be on campus or logged into EZproxy to see […]
In Iran: Text and Photos by Adam Jones (ebook)
Here is a preview of In Iran, an ebook that Adam Jones, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna, has made available to the UBC community. In Iran is protected by copyright, but “All photos linked in the text are published under a Creative Commons 3.0 license.” We […]
Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek – Frei zugängliche E-Journals : re-named “Regensburg OA Collection”
When looking up an ejournal title in our ejournal Portal (the ejournal A-Z list), you may have seen a result that included a link looking something like: Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek – Frei zugängliche E-Journals Note: Only select articles are freely accessible. …and been confused as to what it meant (unless you can read German). To clear […]
Off-Campus Access to Resources: EZproxy and myVPN Changes
Due to security concerns and in order to be in full compliance with our license agreements, the UBC Library is now requiring off-campus patrons to use EZproxy for authentication & access to online resources. You can read the official statement here. But I wanted to add a word of clarity about myVPN for staff and […]
eResources & Access: Open for Business… with a New Player!
Happy (belated) New Year! We are back in business and ready for your online resource related questions, problems and comments. As always, you can contact us via our Help Form. You can also follow us on Twitter, if you like. And please join Irene and I in welcoming Corinne Shortridge to the eResources troubleshooting team.
Christmas Closure for EResources & Access
EResources & Access, including “ej-help” and the License folks, will be closed after Friday, December 21st and re-opening Wednesday, January 2nd. Any questions and emails that arrive after this Friday will be reviewed when we re-open. Thanks for sending us your problems in 2012. Seriously, helping you is why we are here! Have a great […]
eResources (and ej-help) Closed for Canada Day
Just a reminder, we are closed Canada Day (Monday). So, no email, problems or questions will be looked at till Tuesday, July 3rd. See you in July!
COS Research Support Suite: to be cancelled August 1st, 2012
This just in… “CANCELLATION NOTICE: Please be advised that due to funding constraints, UBC Library and the Office of Research Services will be cancelling their jointly-funded subscription to the COS Research Support Suite (comprising COS Funding Opportunities; COS Funding Alerts; COS Papers Invited; COS Scholar Universe; and COS Pivot, formerly COS Expertise). The final day […]
SpringerLink 2012 ebooks: Now Available!
Sorry for the delay in announcing this: SpringerLink ebooks for 2012 are now available. While the records are not yet loaded in the Catalogue (soon!), the ebooks are discoverable in Summon or, if you know the title, try the Citation Linker. Just enter the ebook’s title in the box marked “Book:”. The way sub-titles are […]
EZproxy is Down!
**EZproxy is back. Clear your browser’s cache & cookies, please** Yikes! EZproxy is having a problem this morning. Please be patient as we work this out. This will affect access to MyiLibrary, EBL (eBook Library), ebrary Bookshelf and any resources requiring EZproxy. For off campus access, use myVPN for now.