eResources Blog
“What’s up with E-Resources, now?!”
EBSCOhost Connection Problems : PsycInfo & more?
FIXED!! Sorry for the delay. PLEASE do the following: Clear your Browser Cache & Cookies then try accessing the EBSCOhost database of your dreams again. UPDATE – Sorry, still seems to be a problem for EZproxy users. Doubtful there will be a resolution till Monday. Access on campus seems to be working. Suggest visiting a […]
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!
Project Muse eBooks: August Access Problem
Recently, there have been some problems linking to Project Muse eBooks. Last month, some records were added to the Catalogue for ebooks not yet published. This should all be sorted by the end of August. So, please report any ebook problems via out Help Form, but also be aware you may have to go to […]
Oxford Journals Accessible Off-Campus
Oxford Journals are accessible from off-campus again. The EZproxy issue has been resolved.
Oxford Journals
Oxford Journals are currently not accessible off-campus due to an EZproxy issue. To get around the error message while on campus, copy and paste the first URL in the message into your browser address bar. We will post on Twitter and this blog when the EZproxy issue has been resolved.
China Academic Access Restored
Access to China Academic journals has been restored. Please submit troubleshooting tickets to the library Eresources & Access unit if you notice any problems: (Troubleshooting web form): http://ow.ly/zeIoY
BrowZine: New Journal Browsing App Now Live
UPDATE! Now use BrowZine online, too. We have decided to go with a subscription to BrowZine, a great app for browsing our Library ejournal collection… from anywhere! This app is available for iPads & Android tablets & now iPhones, too. **Download here!** With BrowZine you can: Create your own custom bookshelves Download articles (PDFs) to […]
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
ScienceDirect: Article-level Linking Problem
Currently, there seems to be a problem linking at the ARTICLE level from Summon, PubMed, etc. to ScienceDirect. We are investigating. If you don’t want to land at the JOURNAL level in ScienceDirect and then hunt for your article, you can go to ScienceDirect’s Advanced Search page and search for the article from there. Remember […]
