Category Archives: eBooks

ECCO Ebooks – broken links from the Catalogue

*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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NetLibrary: Links to the eBook Hidden in New OPAC

In the new OPAC, links to ebooks are displayed in the “Action” box on the right and look like this:   However, NetLibrary ebooks are not currently displaying this icon. To access the ebook, look in the “Action” box on the … Continue reading

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MyiLibrary: Excessive Downloading leads to Loss of Access

Due to repeated incidents of excessive ebook downloading (like, 10s of thousands of pages over the past month), access to the MyiLibrary ebooks has been blocked by the vendor. This includes access to many Cambridge, Oxford and Taylor & Francis … Continue reading

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CRCnetBase: eBooks not Linking from Catalogue to New Site

*UPDATE* – netBASE links work from Catalogue *NEWS FLASH* FOODnetBASE titles working *NEWS FLASH* CRCnetBASE has a new site… …but our ebooks aren’t linking to it from the catalogue. To get to a CRCnetBASE ebook, please go to the CRCnetBASE … Continue reading

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3 New eResources: Journals, Books & Newspapers

Something for everyone, this week! Zasshi kiji sakuin shusei : “The Complete Database for Japanese Magazines and Periodicals from the Meiji Era to the Present.” Business Plans Handbook : “Business Plans Handbook is a collection of actual business plans compiled … Continue reading

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Yes! – AccessMedicine & OMMBID

**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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Brill: Online Reference Works (Trial)

*UPDATE* Trial has now ended We are currently offering a trial to all Brill Reference Works online. The resources are interdisciplinary, with a focus on history, religion, Islamic studies, Asian studies, classical studies, specialist sciences and international law. Go to … Continue reading

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Brill eBooks: Trial Subscription on Now

*UPDATE* Trial now ended… but try the next Brill trial. Diseases of Babylonia.  Civil Justice in Renaissance Scotland.  Engaging Social Justice: Critical Studies of 21st Century Social Transformation …plus over 750 other titles make up the Brill eBooks collections on … Continue reading

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CRCnetBASE platform: eBook problems

*UPDATE* -All has returned to normal, links from Catalogue and platforms’ “Read it Online” working. Thank you Jessie from CRCnetBASE for the phone call. Two problems here: 1) the links from the CRCnetBASE titles in the Library Catalogue are not … Continue reading

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MIT CogNet:501 eBooks added to the Catalogue

Finding MIT CogNet titles just got easier. Over five hundred (hey, 501 is greater than 500) records for CogNet ebook titles have been added to the UBC Library Catalogue. Take a look at this list of titles.

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