eResources Blog
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Thieme Medical Journals: Article-level Linking Problem
**UPDATE — Problem solved** Currently, there is a problem with article-level linking. What this means is that from our OpenURL resolver / Citation Linker page (see example here) the first link labelled “Article” leads to an error message. You need to click on the link labelled “Journal” and then go to the journal issue & […]
RefWorks and ProQuest Databases: Problems with Direct Exporting of Citations
Currently, there is a known problem with exporting citations directly from various ProQuest databases to RefWorks. This is being worked on, and we hope for a resolution soon. The problem seems to occur more often on campus and less often to off-campus folks working via EZproxy. In the meanwhile, there are a couple work-arounds for […]
ERIC: Update on Full-Text Documents
As you probably know, full-text documents have been unavailable from ERIC for a few weeks now. Here’s the story… “In early August we discovered that sensitive personally identifiable information appeared in some full text documents contained in the ERIC collection. Specifically, social security numbers and other highly sensitive information were found in multiple documents and […]
SAGE eJournals: Access Is Down
**UPDATE** SAGE access restored** Clear your Cache & Cookies! For the time being, we have lost access to several SAGE ejournals. We are working on it. Stay tuned!
Short Loss of Wireless Network: August 29th 4:00pm
Short outage across all wireless networks of approximately 5 minutes duration between 4:00 – 4:30PM
UBC Wireless Networks Down for Maintenance: Saturday, August 25
Hello, this Saturday UBC IT will be working on the wireless networks. Please read their Bulletin. Briefly: On Saturday August 25, 2012 UBC wireless services at all UBC facilities may sporadically be unavailable from 10:00 to 16:00 PT due to infrastructure maintenance and upgrades. During this window, there will be periodic outages to the wireless […]
Medical Resource Trials: DynaMed & SMART ImageBase
Two trials for Medical resources are underway right now. DynaMed : …is a clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health care professionals for use at the point-of-care. With clinically -organized summaries for more than 3,200 topics, DynaMed provides the latest content and resources with validity, relevance and convenience, making DynaMed an […]
National Library of Scotland: Take a Look at the Digital Archive
Thinking about how you can prepare for next year’s Robbie Burn’s Day? (He’ll be 254 on January 25th). Well, take a look at the National Library of Scotland’s Digital Gallery Covering everything from “The origins of golf … a matter of mystery and controversy” to “The life, work and legacy of Scotland’s Bard…” There are […]
China Online Journals: Work-Around Links Added
Starting tomorrow, links for the China Online Journals will all point to the WanFang Data Periodicals search page. This will mean the journal title will have to be searched a second time from there, but at least the links will work. Apologies for the extra step, but it is a work-around that works, as opposed […]
SAGE ejournals: Some Problems
*UPDATE — Access appears to be restored* Some SAGE ejournals are showing a message similar to: FORBIDDEN You don’t have permission to access /sppsp/38/7/895.full.pdf on this server. We are investigating.
