By irobb on January 14, 2011
The Distance Learning Support Librarian has put together a brief guide for creating Permanent URLs for subscribed resources. The guide “Creating Persistent URLs” is found here. PURLs for the Library’s Catalogue are covered here as well.
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By irobb on January 13, 2011
First, a “PURL“? That’s a Permanent URL. Meaning that you can send the link to a journal or article to someone and they can click that link and see the same journal or article. Platforms like EbscoHost help by providing a button: one click and a PURL is automatically created. SwetsWise / ALPSP however, is […]
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By irobb on December 6, 2010
*Problem fixed* The Barcode & PIN log-in (the left-hand part of the EZproxy screen) is having a bad Monday. Please use your CWL for now when passing through EZproxy. Repairs underway. Watch for updates. …or, if connecting from off campus, log into myVPN as an alternative.
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By irobb on November 30, 2010
*EZproxy working for this collection now. Clear browser’s cache & cookies and link away* Linking to the ALPSP Learned Journals Collection from our ejournal A-Z list or via SFX (our OpenURL resolver) is leading to an error message some thing like… To allow http://www.swetswise.com/link/access_db?issn=1387-2877 to be used in a starting point URL, your EZproxy administrator […]
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By irobb on October 18, 2010
*Update*: EZproxy now working for NetLibrary ebooks. EZproxy is not working for off-campus access to NetLibrary. Please use MyVPN if accessing a NetLibrary ebook from off campus for now. Should be fixed in a day or two (fingers crossed).
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By irobb on September 24, 2010
You can create personal bookshelves in Books 24×7 and ebrary. You can use either your UBCcard Barcode & PIN (recommended method) or your CWL, but you cannot cross-link bookshelves (ie books saved on a UBCcard generated shelf are not on a CWL generated shelf) nor cross-link platforms. Books 24×7: After logging in to Books 24×7, […]
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By irobb on August 16, 2010
When you link to a Books 24×7 title from the Library Catalogue (or connect from the Resource Page), you are presented with the EZproxy log-in screen. Please log in using your UBCcard Barcode & PIN on the left side (not your CWL on the right). Why? Books 24×7 has the ability to create a personal […]
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By irobb on August 9, 2010
As many patrons have discovered, some ebook links from the Catalogue work off-campus (via EZproxy) while others do not. Getting all the links to work is a priority, and it is expected links for ebooks will be updated for EZproxy access by the end of August. If you come across an ebook in the Catalogue […]
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By irobb on August 6, 2010
When exporting citations from the new OvidSP platform to RefWorks, keep in mind the following: If on campus, exporting to RefWorks should be no problem. If off campus and logged in via MyVPN, exporting to RefWorks should be no problem (try clearing the cache & cookies from your browser as a first solution if you […]
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By irobb on February 3, 2010
*UPDATE* – EZproxy update a success. All should be working better than before. You saw the banner on the Library Home page that reads: EZproxy Unavailable – Thursday, Feb 4th, 2:00PM – 6:00PM But what does that mean to you? If you are trying to connect to a subscribed eresource from off campus, Proxy will […]
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