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Missed the News Yesterday? Try the Internet Archive TV News
How would you like to be able to search a news archive for all the major news networks (and some smaller ones) at once? Now you can. Try out the Internet Archive TV News. Streaming Video (or, it says, you can “borrow” via DVD, but I haven’t explored that) results for keyword searches. It was […]
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 […]
Little Cree Books: eBooks in Cree
Came across this… “The Little Cree Books below are the first in what we hope will become a large collection of online books designed for early Cree readers. Please check out the About the Project section of this website to learn more…” —Little Cree Books maskosis okîsikâm (Little Bear’s Day) askiw meskocipayowina (The Seasons) Note: […]
Geographies of Globalization : Alternate Link to the eBook
To our patrons having problems accessing “Geographies of Globalization” on MyiLibrary, here is an alternate link [NOTE: this link will be functional as of February 1st]: Geographies of Globalization Now, there are a few restrictions on access to this ebook (set by the publisher, not us): Access controls on this title is protected with DRM, […]
General Dentistry Access Down
*Access has been restored. Check it out here.* It appears that we have lost access to “General Dentistry“. We will post an update when we know more. Apologies for the inconvenience.
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 […]
Education Research Complete: EBSCOhost Site Unavailable
**ACCESS RESTORED** We have lost access to the EBSCOhost database “Education Research Complete.” …but we are working on it! Stay tuned.
Emerald Site Down
**ACCESS RESTORED** The Emerald sites seem to be down. This means that some others that re-route there (for example some ALPSP Learned Journals Collection titles) are also experiencing problems. We will watch and update when they are back on line.
