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Author Archives: Lorne Madgett
ejournals in the Library Catalogue: What the @#*%!
*UPDATE* eJournal records in the Library Catalogue displaying normally again. Apologies. ejournal records in the Library Catalogue are appearing as per this: … and worse, issn searches are probably returning no ejournal results. The problem is new ejournal records were … Continue reading
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Tagged MARCit, OPAC, UBC Catalogue
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Hit the TRAIL: Technical Reports Archive and Image Library
Get out of that database rut and try a new TRAIL. Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL) is a collaborative project to digitize, archive, and provide persistent and unrestricted access to U.S. federal technical reports issued prior to 1975. … Continue reading
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Tagged TRAIL, University of Hawaii
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eBook Update: Books 24×7 & ebrary
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 … Continue reading
Carbon Market News: The Business of Being Green
Carbon Market News is a comprehensive market intelligence tool that provides current information on carbon markets. The real-time news service provides energy and carbon professionals with market-moving information through the monitoring of key players as well as business and policy … Continue reading
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Tagged Carbon Market News, Green, Thompson Reuters
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CQ Weekly: Keeping Up with our Neighbours
So, what’s up on The Hill this week? The CQ news team covers virtually every act of Congress, delivering nonpartisan news and analysis unavailable anywhere else. Besides CQ Weekly, we also have access to: Committee reports CQ Committee Coverage CQ … Continue reading
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Tagged CQ Roll Call, CQ Weekly
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American Geophysical Union Journals: .pdfs Down
Woo Hoo!! Print .pdfs are now accessible for full-text articles. Clear your browser’s cache & cookies before attempting to open, please. Sorry, AGU readers, but the full-text .pdfs for journal articles are currently leading to error messages. AGU has been … Continue reading
Many eJournals Missing from Catalogue… for now
*UPDATE* ejournal records are back in the Catalogue… and working! Those familiar with ejournals at the UBC Library know that there are two quick ways to find links from the Library’s web space: via the ejournal A-Z list via the … Continue reading
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Tagged MARCit, UBC Catalogue
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Oxford English Dictionary: It’s Back!
Wow! Who knew the OED had such a following? Rejoice, logophiles, the Oxford English Dictionary is available again. You may have to clear the cache & cookies from your browser before you re-try accessing it.
Posted in Databases, Site Down
Tagged OED, Oxford English Dictionary
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Need to Contact eResources?: Try the “Access Problems?” Button
Having trouble getting a Library e-resouce? Need to re-set your UBCcard PIN? Just want to connect with the good folks in eResources? Try the new “Access Problems?” button. Located on the ejournals A-Z pages and the Online Indexes and Databases … Continue reading
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Tagged eResources, Help Form
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British Institute of Radiology: Access to Three ejournals
Just a heads up, Life Sciences folks, to let you know that we have sorted out our online access to three British Institute of Radiology journals: British Journal of Radiology Dentomaxillofacial Radiology Imaging They should all be in the ejournal … Continue reading
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Tagged British Institute of Radiology
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