Author Archives: Lorne Madgett

Summon is Having Problems: 27 Sept. 2011

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

*UPDATE* Summon is fixed. Please clear your browser’s cache & cookies and report any further problems to E-Resources & Access. Yikes! Summon is having intermittent problems this morning. It is being worked on. Stay tuned.

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E-Resources & Access Blog: Now with Twitter Feed

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

Wondering what new innovations (or current problems) our online resource providers are in a twitter about? Wonder no more with the new Twitter Feed page on the E-Resources & Access blog. …but our home-grown tweets still get the Home page.

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What is happening with EBSCOhost Databases?

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

Just a heads up. There are some title URLs and coverage problems with various EBSCOhost databases. Per our good friends at Serials Solutions… “We are having data inconsistency issues… and are working to obtain the correct dates and URLs for … Continue reading →

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American National Biography: on Trial till October 12th

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

“The landmark American National Biography offers portraits of more than 18,700 men & women — from all eras and walks of life — whose lives have shaped the nation.” –American National Biography Online Try out American National Biography for the … Continue reading →

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London Review of Books: on Trial till October 7th

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

From now till October 7th, we are offering trial access to The London Review of Books. “The London Review of Books was founded in 1979, during the year-long lock-out at the Times. For the first six months, it appeared marsupially … Continue reading →

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National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts: New Database

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts is a new (and free!) Database we picked up with the migration to ProQuest’s new platform. “The NCJRS: National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database is published by the Office of Justice Programs, … Continue reading →

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E-Resource & Access Help (ejhelp): Limited Service Till September 6th.

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

Beginning Friday, August 26th, there will be limited help available from the Library’s E-Resources & Access (ejhelp) unit till September 6th. Please do continue to send in your questions/problems via our HelpForm or wherever you see the Access Problems? button … Continue reading →

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ProQuest Public Health: New Resource Trial

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

“ProQuest Public Health is a new and unique database; designed to be the ideal starting point for public health information and research. It delivers core public health literature with centralized access to over 690 publications with over 495 in full-text… … Continue reading →

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RefWorks & New ProQuest Sites: Problems!

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

There are problems with the direct exporting of citations to RefWorks from the new ProQuest platforms. Patrons are being directed to the US server, then on re-direct to Scholar’s Portal (our Canadian instance of RefWorks), an error message appears. The … Continue reading →

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The New “Search Collections” Portal: Where’s the ejournals?

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

If you are wondering where the ejournals are in the Search Collections Portal, it’s pretty simple. Print and ejournals are under “Journals“. The search box on the left searches the UBC Catalogue for Print and ejournal titles. The search box … Continue reading →

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