Scopus will no longer support Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) beginning November 3, 2016

As of November 3 2016, Scopus will no longer support Internet Explorer 9 (IE9). In January 2016, Microsoft announced its official discontinuation of Internet Explorer 8, 9, and 10 (more information can be found on Microsoft’s support page).

In order to continue benefitting from Scopus’ new features and functionalities, we would like to recommend upgrading your browser to IE 11 or higher, use Google Chrome, or Firefox browsers.

Web of Science upgrade Sunday 6 November

Web of Science are releasing a new version (Web of Science 5.23) on Sunday 6th November. They do not expect any outages or downtime, but you may experience slower-than-usual response times.
 

Maintenance window = Sunday 6 November 12:00 GMT to Monday 7 November 00:00 GMT

Turnitin maintenance

There is Turnitin maintenance scheduled for this Saturday, 5 November 1pm – 6pm. Turnitin may be unavailable during this time.

NewsBank Special Reports

NewsBank’s Special Reports are news articles, images, maps and other useful content grouped for convenience under specific topics and themes. They help you to quickly locate information while gaining better insight into current global issues and events.



NewsBank have produced a short video explaing how to access and use Special Reports.


November Topics and Monthly Themes
U.S. Presidential Campaign - 2016
Indigenous People - Native American Indian Month
World Health - National Diabetes and Epilepsy Awareness Months
Military Life
World Terrorism and Conflict 

Login problems - ebooks, RefWorks, Reading lists

We are currently having some problems with login to UK Access Management authenticated resources such as ebooks, RefWorks and Reading lists.

Login to ebooks, RefWorks etc back

It looks like the login problems are fixed, please let us know if you get any more errors.

Login problems - ebooks, RefWorks, Reading lists

The current network problem means there is no login to UK Access Management authenticated resources such as ebooks, RefWorks and Reading lists.

Literature Online is back

We're pleased to report our access to Literature Online is back. Please let us know about any further problems.

Literature Online problem

We're having a problem accessing Literature Online - we are working on it and hope to have it restored soon.

Top DISCOVER search terms - September

This is what our users have been searching DISCOVER for in September: