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Temporarily unavailable CNKI Resources
Some CNKI resources may be impacted by a review by the Cybersecurity Administration of China (CAC), and made temporarily unavailable. These include China Doctoral Dissertations, Masters’ Theses, China Statistical Yearbooks and Conference Proceedings. Details of the impact of this review are provided here: Notice of Suspension of Partial Services. The vast majority of CNKI journal […]
EBSCOhost eBooks – Possible Down Jan.3-5, 2022
EBSCOhost eBooks may be down for maintenance from January 3rd to January 5th, 2022. Per EBSCO: Starting the evening of January 3rd, 2022 (EST), EBSCO will be performing an upgrade to systems which will affect the speed with which newly acquired content is made available to your library on the EBSCOhost platform. Maintenance is expected […]
Natural Medicines: Loss of Access (August 2021)
We have recently lost access to Natural Medicines. Update (Aug.24, 2021): Access restored
Taylor & Francis ebooks and OpenAthens: 1st Visit Account Request
On a User’s 1st visit to the Taylor & Francis ebook site, after authenticating via OpenAthens, they will be asked to begin to set up an account. 1st question is to identify your Country/Region. Just say “Canada”. Ignore box for “Marketing materials”. Tick box to agree to “Terms & Conditions”. You will be then identified […]
ProQuest eBook Central – Down for Maintenance June 26th
ProQuest eBook Central will be down June 26, 2021, from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. PDT (8 hours) for maintenance. Sorry for the inconvenience.
O’Reilly (Safari) eBooks – Accounts Reset Oct. 31st weekend
O’Reilly for Higher Education (also known as Safari) ebooks will have accounts reset for those using the “new” authentication method. What does this mean? Access will still be fine, it is just that any history from previous visits to the site might be lost. We apologize, but in the transition from the “old” to “new” […]
Taylor & Francis eBook Site Having Problems -Oct.05, 2020
UPDATE – Problems resolved. Taylor & Francis eBook site is having problems with some titles. Some ebooks are producing a “ERROR 404 : Sorry, we can’t seem to find the page you’re looking for.” We are working on the problem. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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ProQuest Ebook Central – Reader unavailable
Issue RESOLVED A system issue is affecting the performance of Reader on the ProQuest Ebook Central platform. PDF download and online reading services are not available. System engineers are working to fix the issue, and we’ll update you as soon as we know more.
Journal Sites Down for Maintenance : Friday, March 13, 2020
This afternoon, Friday March 13th, there are a number of journal sites that are going to be down for maintenance. Some include: The Bone & Joint Journal site Chicago Press site University of Toronto Press site Do contact us via our Help Form if you experience any access problems.
China Academic Journals (CNKI) – Problems with California Server
Issue Resolved Many of the China Academic Journals (CNKI) are showing a log-in window when trying to download the PDF (a red button with IP appears). This is a problem with their California server. To get around this, try searching for the journal on their Qingdao server. We are working on resolving this issue.