UBC Library eResources: Service Bulletins

East View: China Academic Journals (Chinese Interface) Down

Posted on January 11, 2012 @10:31 am by madgett

*UPDATE* Chinese interface now working, but connection to Chinese & English very slow.*

*BONUS* .pdf files (not working in Firefox for about a month) are now opening.*

Per our good friends at East View:

“The Chinese interface for the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database platform (http://cnki.zh.eastview.com) is currently unavailable. East View is working to resolve this problem, and we will send out a notice as soon as access returns to normal. Please note that CNKI databases are currently available via the English interface at http://cnki.en.eastview.com.“–28no2011 email

So, in the ejournal Portal (the ejournal A-Z list), chose the “English” site –when it’s an option– for now. Stay tuned.

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CSA Standards: Still No Access

Posted on January 11, 2012 @10:31 am by madgett

*Update* CSA is back up*

Apologies to people desperately trying to access the CSA Standards via the IHS platform. We are still waiting for them to resolve this access problem.

If you have further questions, please contact the folks in Science & Engineering.

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Internet Trouble: Nov. 2nd.

Posted on January 11, 2012 @10:31 am by madgett

UBC IT has posted to their UBC IT Bulletins blog:

Sporadic routing instability with BCNET Vancouver upstream Internet Transit providers November 2, 2011 12:00

“Due Sporadic routing instability with one of the BCNET Vancouver upstream Internet Transit providers, some Vancouver sites are experiences difficulties in reaching some Internet sites. The cause of this issue is being investigated.” –UBC IT

Be prepared for turbulence as you travel the internet.

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Gale Databases: All Access Lost Wednesday, 02Nov.2011

Posted on January 11, 2012 @10:31 am by irobb

Access to all Gale databases from on campus has been lost this morning. The problem seems to be somewhere between here and their servers.

Off-campus access via EZproxy & myVPN seems to be working fine. Stay tuned.

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ARBA Online [American Reference Books Annual Online]: New Resource

Posted on January 11, 2012 @10:31 am by irobb

ARBA Online [American Reference Books Annual Online] is now available for perusing.

“ARBAonline is the most comprehensive, authoritative database for quality reviews of print and electronic reference works.”–ABC CLIO

More than 23,000 reviews of reference works published since 1997
Written by librarians for librarians
More than 400 publishers in over 500 subject areas.

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Life Sciences: a Collection of Titles from Elsevier

Posted on January 11, 2012 @10:31 am by irobb

The Life Sciences Package is a collection of related ejournals. Here is a title list:

Advances in Agronomy
Advances in Applied Microbiology
Advances in Botanical Research
Advances in Cancer Research
Advances in Clinical Chemistry
Advances in Ecological Research
Advances in Food and Nutrition Research
Advances in Genetics
Advances in Immunology
Advances in Insect Physiology
Advances in Marine Biology
Advances in Microbial Physiology
Advances in Parasitology
Advances in Pharmacology
Advances in Protein Chemistry & Structural Biology
Advances in Virus Research
Current Topics in Developmental Biology
Current Topics in Membranes
The Enzymes
Fish Physiology
International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology
International Review of Neurobiology
Methods in Cell Biology
Methods in Microbiology
New Comprehensive Biochemistry
Progress in Brain Research
Progress in Medicinal Chemistry
Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology
Side Effects of Drugs Annual (SEDA)
Vitamins & Hormones

To access these titles, go to the “Search Collection / Journals” Library webpage and search the titles in the “Search for Online Journals Only” search box on the right.

Links labeled “ScienceDirect Life Sciences Book Series” are for this new collection.

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In the Mood for Something New?: A Few Free Resources

Posted on January 11, 2012 @10:31 am by irobb

…okay, really the info is mostly old. But it may be “new” to you. Here’s some free online resources worth a look:

AFRO Black History Archives : AFRO-American newspaper archives
Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons & Surgery News : both from American College of Surgeons
Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society : name says it all
Thresor de la Langue Francoyse & Dictionaire historique et critique : from ATILF
CaltechAUTHORS (repository) & Einstein Archives Online : both from California Institute of Technology
U.S. Naval War College Publications : several publications, including /luce.nt/

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Methods in Enzymology: an eBook Collection from Elsevier

Posted on January 11, 2012 @10:31 am by irobb

“Methods in Enzymology is a series of scientific publications focused primarily on research methods in biochemistry…The series is widely used and cited in the biomedical research field.” -Wikipedia

We have access back to the 2000 publications.

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Irwin Law ebooks: Slight Connection Problem

Posted on January 11, 2012 @10:31 am by irobb

Due to technical complications, the ebooks in the Irwin Law Collection are a bit tricky to find at the moment. The records in the Catalogue have old links and will be replaced soon.