Friday 31 January 2014

Dawsonera ebooks - downtime Saturday 1st February 4pm

We've been warned of downtime for Dawsonera ebooks on Saturday 1st February. The outage will start at 4pm and last about half an hour. This is due to maintenance work on the internet lines from our supplier's premises.

Dawsonera are continuing to make improvements to the download functionality - please let us know if it is not working correctly for you.


Discover/EBSCOhost folder problem - "Application Level Exception"

We've had reports of people getting "Application Level Exception" errors when trying to access their personal folders in DISCOVER or elsewhere in EBSCOhost.

EBSCO are working on a fix for this at the moment, and hope to have it sorted in the next week or two. The problem does not affect all accounts, and it does seem to be intermittent, so if you get this error, try again later.


Tuesday 28 January 2014

Free webinar Using doctoral theses in your research: a guide to EThOS

The British Library is holding a free webinar on how their EThoS PhD theses service works.


EThOS is the national database for PhD theses, managed by the British Library. It’s a fantastic resource for researchers, with over 100,000 UK theses freely available to download and use for your own research, and another 200,000 available to search and scan on demand.

Find out how to search for and download theses, and what to do if a thesis isn’t available. If you’re a PhD student, find out what will happen to your thesis once it’s completed. We’ll also explain how EThOS works with UK universities to support the whole research cycle, making the theses more visible and available for new researchers to use and build on.

Host: Sara Gould, Development Manager at the British Library, who manages the EThOS service, and Melissa Byrd, who deals with marketing for Higher Education.

Register now to attend the webinar

Thursday 23 January 2014

Dawsonera ebooks problems

There have been some problems with downloading content from Dawsonera ebooks recently, and with getting "this title is coming soon to dawsonera" notices instead of content. Our supplier has told us that they will be upgrading the system today (Thursday 23rd January), but there should be no downtime.

Do let us know if there are any other problems!

Wednesday 22 January 2014

Web of Science Personalisation and EndNote Online - maintenance on Sunday 26th January

We've been warned that Web of Science Personalisation features and EndNote Online will be at risk on Sunday 26th January, from 12 noon until 2pm.

There may be intermittent access to Web of Science personalisation features and EndNote Online during this time. This does not affect Web of Science logins using your University account - only to an individual account you may have set up to save searches, etc..





Tuesday 21 January 2014

CBT Nuggets users - new Android App Available

Are you an Android user? If so, check out our new and improved app! It’s now easier than ever to find and watch training videos anytime, anywhere. Featuring:
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  • Speed control: Watch at your own pace (0.8, 1.0, 1.6 and 2.0 speed options).
  • Bookmarks: Mark where you left off or specific sections to watch later.
  • Search: Quickly find the training courses and videos you need.
  • Sort: Easily sort training courses by release date, title and number of videos.
To get the app, click here. If you have the prior Android app, please delete it and download the new version.
Please send any feedback or bug reports to: android@cbtnuggets.com.

Friday 17 January 2014

Copying from Dawsonera ebooks

There is a helpful video on how to copy from Dawsonera ebooks.

Dawsonera download problem

We are having a problem with downloading Dawsonera ebooks at present. We have notified our supplier and hope that it will be fixed soon. The read online function is still working correctly.

Thursday 16 January 2014

Changes coming to KeyNote

KeyNote are making a few changes to their site this month:
  • all products will now be accessed directly from the Key Note homepage, using one of the four tabs under the familiar headings of Market Reports, Company & People, List Builder and Benchmarking
  • company & People Information will be merged within one tab and so will be searchable from one point
  • we have tidied up the homepage to ensure that those links used more frequently have priority