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CNKI Databases (Journals, Thesis, etc.) – No Downloading (Sept.2021)

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Latest Update : Another day, another update 🙂 CNKI is now downloading PDFs again. Resource Page here: CNKI Database If linking by title or article level, titles using the Qingdao platform  https:chn.oversea.cnki.net  are working better than titles using the California platform  https:global.cnki.net  . UPDATE – Nov. 15th: Currently, the California server (https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ubc.ca?url=http://global.cnki.net) seems to be […]

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Elsevier ScienceDirect – PDF download problem

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Issue Resolved There is an issue affecting certain Elsevier ScienceDirect journals. While green ‘Full-Text Access’ icons may be displaying next to an article, the PDF Download functionality isn’t working correctly, and all users are confronted with a paywall. The Elsevier team is working on this issue and we hope to have an update for you […]

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ScienceDirect (Elsevier) Journals – PDFs not downloading

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UPDATE : PDFs now working PDFs of articles are not downloading for a number of ScienceDirect ejournals. An error message saying “Something went wrong” appears. We have reported the problem. Stay tuned!

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eBooks @ EBSCOhost : Firefox 45 Not Working

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UPDATE – Temporary Fix But… Per EBSCOhost: “We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience of eBook PDFs not loading in Firefox 45 and above. This issue is a result of an update to the Firefox code base which is incompatible with our eBook viewer. We are working to fully resolve this issue as soon as possible […]

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ScienceDirect PDFs: Problem with Off-Campus Access

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**UPDATE**Problem Solved. Please clear the cache & cookies from your browser and try the PDF icon at the article level. It should pop-up into a .pdf document now. For people off campus accessing PDFs of articles from journals on ScienceDirect, you can access the HTML version no problem through EZproxy, but clicking on the PDF […]

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ERIC: Problem with PDFs Continues… Update

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ERIC management team and the U.S. Department of Education became aware that some full-text documents in the ERIC Collection contained personally identifiable information.

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ERIC: Update on Full-Text Documents

ERIC: Update on Full-Text Documents

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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 […]

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