Category Archives: Ejournals

Taylor & Francis / Informaworld: Migration Problems

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

*NEW UPDATE* EZproxy is working. All access problems should be solved now.* Many ejournals formerly on Informaworld are moving to a new Taylor & Francis platform. Unfortunately, there has been a glitch (well, two): 1) Some URLs are not working … Continue reading →

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ejournal Portal Changes: “Online Only” Option now Available

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

**UPDATE** Some people are not seeing the changes. Clear the Cache & Cookies from your Browser(s). This should correct the problem. The ejournal Portal (our ejournal A-Z list) has changed. Starting Friday, June 2nd, there will be an “Online Only” … Continue reading →

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Problems Using Summon, Citation Linker or ejournal Portal? Send us a PURL

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

You already know that if you run into an access problem with a Library resource, you can use the blue “Access Problems?” button (when available) or just use the eResources Help Form to report the problem. But to help paint … Continue reading →

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Journal of Chemical Education: Access restored!

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

Access has been restored to the Journal of Chemical Education from the American Chemical Society. Please clear your browser’s cache & cookies before accessing the journal here.

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American Fisheries Society Journals: Now on InformaWorld

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

And what does the move mean for accessing the journals? Previously, we had only a 5-year window of access in most cases. Now, we have access back to 1997 for several titles. American Fisheries Society journals links have been updated … Continue reading →

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Open J-Gate Links: Down for Today

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

Open J-Gate (an aggregator of “free” journals) has shifted their URL from a .org to a .com, it seems. What does that mean? Currently, all links to titles in this database from the ejournal A-Z list are broken. A refresh … Continue reading →

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Emerald eJournals & eBooks: More Added!

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

Our access to ejournals & ebooks from Emerald has grown. Along with Emerald Management Plus [ currently offering 225 journals from 24 management disciplines  ] we now have: Emerald Engineering eJournal Collection – includes all 19 journals within Emerald’s engineering, … Continue reading →

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China Academic Journals & CNKI Titles: Sites Down

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

**UPDATE** The power is on and the journals are back* Due to power outages at the platform site, several Chinese journal collections are unavailable: China Academic journals from East View / CNKI. Stay tuned.

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JSTOR: Down for the Moment

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

*UPDATE* JSTOR is back* “JSTOR is experiencing temporary problems. We are sorry for the interruption, and will be back online as quickly as possible.” –JSTOR site This also means several journal collections (like University of California press) are also down. … Continue reading →

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New Journal Added: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

Who knew? Apparently, many people are pleased that we now have access to the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology from 1990 to the current issue. Enjoy! ne·phrol·o·gy, noun [ \ni-ˈfrä-lə-jē\ ] : a branch of medicine concerned with … Continue reading →

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