Tag Archives: ProQuest

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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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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ProQuest New Platform Migration Underway

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

*UPDATE* Migration nearly complete. Some smaller Databases (like “Ceramic Abstracts“) have been absorbed by larger Databases. Those Resource pages will point to the pages for the larger site. Please contact us if you have questions. We are currently migrating ProQuest, … Continue reading →

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Times of India Archive: Now on Trial!

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

“On The Bombay Screens This Week; Action & Thrills In Metro’s Canadian Melodrama ‘River’s End’” -The Times of India 25 Jul 1941 Read the movie review -and more- in the Times of India Historical Newspaper trial. Trial on till August … Continue reading →

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ProQuest Acquires CIS & UPA from LexisNexis

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Kat

Several months ago, ProQuest acquired the acclaimed Congressional Information Service (CIS®) and University Publications of America (UPA) product lines from LexisNexis.  You can read more about this in the press release. UBC Library subscribes  to two collections involved in the … Continue reading →

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ProQuest: Some Databases Acting Up

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Lorne Madgett

*UPDATE* All fixed, per ProQuest. “We are currently experiencing system difficulties and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you and your users. We have every available resource working on the problem…” Hmm. Sounds like a peck of trouble … Continue reading →

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Extra! Extra! Black Press Newspapers Now Available

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Lorne Madgett

The Kelowna Capital News, The Peace Arch News, the Omineca Express… and more! Sixty-seven new newspapers are now available online from ProQuest via the Black Press collection. Search for a title in the Library’s A-Z list of ejournals or see … Continue reading →

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