Author Archives: Kat

Methods and more come to UBC Library

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Kat

Yes, it’s true. UBC Library now has access to Methods in Molecular Biology, plus all the 22,000 and growing protocols included in the Springer Protocols collection. Find them now via the Springer Protocols gateway, or cross search on the Springerlink … Continue reading →

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EZProxy access RESTORED for PHC and VCH sites

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Kat

After enduring six days of Internet “throttling” and “saturated pipes” resulting in sluggish access to online resources, IT staff from Health Shared Services BC have finally resolved the problem. EZProxy is now working again for UBCers @ St. Paul’s & … Continue reading →

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ProQuest Acquires CIS & UPA from LexisNexis

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Kat

Several months ago, ProQuest acquired the acclaimed Congressional Information Service (CIS®) and University Publications of America (UPA) product lines from LexisNexis.  You can read more about this in the press release. UBC Library subscribes  to two collections involved in the … Continue reading →

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MyiLibrary – access restored!

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Kat

Update (Sept.7, 2010): Good news! Our access to MyiLibrary ebooks has been restored. *************************************************************************************************** Does this screen look familiar? Yes, it’s happened yet again. Excessive downloading has led to suspension of our access to MyiLibrary ebooks. We are investigating the … Continue reading →

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ECCO Ebooks – broken links from the Catalogue

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Kat

*UPDATE* links to ECCO ebooks from the UBC Catalogue are working again. –Friday, August 6th. Tuesday, Aug.3rd UPDATE: There is some progress to report. The vendor has found the source of the problem. Their programmers are working on the fix … Continue reading →

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Yes! – AccessMedicine & OMMBID

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Kat

**Update – we’re back on.  Happy New Year! Jan.5, 2010 – AccessMedicine & OMMBID are currently unavailable. We are working with the vendor to get our access restored as quickly as possible.  Please bear with us.

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JAMA & Archives Journals Backfiles Collection

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Kat

Now available!  The JAMA & Archives journals backfiles collection includes every issue of JAMA & Archives published from 1883-1997.    Read a classic article or  peruse the grand works of art which have graced the covers since April 20, 1964.

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EZproxy Server: *Back Up*

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Kat

EZProxy service is back.  Friday’s problems now resolved. — We’re having problems with our ezproxy server.  Systems staff are investigating and we hope access will be restored as quickly as possible. In the meantime, resources authenticated via EZProxy are unavailable.   … Continue reading →

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GeoScienceWorld – back on track

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Kat

* Update * – GSW access has been restored. Please report any continuing problems to lib-ejhelp@interchange.ubc.ca. Many of you have reported our loss of access to GeoScienceWorld. We’ve notified the vendor of the problem, but unfortunately we anticipate that this … Continue reading →

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Cambridge Journals Online

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Kat

**UPDATE** Access restored – apologies for any inconveniences caused. Yes, it’s true, we’ve temporarily lost access to everything from our Cambridge Journals Online collection. The publisher is aware of the problem and working with us to get access restored.

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