-
NEW LIBRARY MATERIAL !HERE!
Category Archives: Databases
Cambridge Online Journals: Day of Maintenance
*UPDATE* The barricades are down and the site has re-opened for business. Just a heads up, Cambridge Online Journals’ site was down earlier today (July 09, 2009) for maintenance… and I have been advised by CUP to “let people know … Continue reading
Posted in Databases, Ejournals, Site Down
Tagged Cambridge, maintenance
Comments Off on Cambridge Online Journals: Day of Maintenance
GeoScienceWorld – back on track
* 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
Posted in Databases, Ejournals, Vendor Drops Access
Tagged GeoScienceWorld
Comments Off on GeoScienceWorld – back on track
IMF eLibrary: Trial Access
From now till July 22nd, try the IMF e-Library. “The International Monetary Fund publishes a vast amount of information on its own activities and policies, as well as on its 185 member countries.”
Books 24×7: Slight Glitch in Connecting
**UPDATE** Problem resolved. Connection now goes from EZproxy into Books 24×7 site on 1st attempt. Now go read Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X for Dummies. If you have tried to connect to a Books 24×7 title lately, you may … Continue reading
MEDLINE with Full Text: Links to Blank Page
*UPDATE* – Links working now. Somewhere, someone altered all the internal journal IDs for the MEDLINE with Full Text titles (not us, honest!). As a result, links from our ejournal A-Z list and our button go to a mostly blank … Continue reading
Posted in Databases
Tagged Ebsco Host, MEDLINE, SFX
Comments Off on MEDLINE with Full Text: Links to Blank Page
CISTI: Firefox & I.E problem
Some people using the most recent versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer are having problems ordering material via CISTI Orders. The problem has been reported. For now, please use the InterLibrary Loan forms… and stay tuned.
Posted in Databases
Tagged Browsers, CISTI, Firefox, InterLibrary Loans, Internet Explorer
Comments Off on CISTI: Firefox & I.E problem
Interesting Database: NALD
Interested in Adult Literary, First Nations material, Education or News Media? Check out the National Adult Literacy Database. …and it’s Canadian, eh!
Books 24×7: New Access, But Where’s My Bookshelf?
Books 24×7 can now be accessed by UBCcard Barcode and PIN. Find the title in the catalogue, click on the “Online Access” under the title and sign in. New to Books 24×7? Click on their “Help” tab and read the … Continue reading
AnthroSource & Google Scholar: Linking issues
From Google Scholar (or from our own Citation eLinker, for that matter), trying to resolve to the article level via our button results in being dropped at a rather bare AnthroSource page… a journal cover but no volumes to even … Continue reading
Posted in Databases, Ejournals
Tagged AnthroSource, eLink, Google Scholar, SFX, Wiley
Comments Off on AnthroSource & Google Scholar: Linking issues
NUMDAM: A French Math Archive to Explore
So, what was the “new math” in 1810? Find out in NUMDAM (Numérisation de documents anciens mathématiques), a database of 50+ mathematical journals and seminars. The content is mostly French, but I am told there is English in there. Coverage … Continue reading
