Tuesday 31 January 2017

Dawsonera technical problems yesterday

We've been told by our supplier that there were some technical issues accessing Dawsonera ebooks yesterday. These have now been fixed, if you continue to have any trouble please let us know.


Thursday 12 January 2017

ProQuest/RefWorks downtime 29 January 3am-11am


During this 8-hour window, ProQuest products will be unavailable. While the date and time were chosen to minimize the impact on users, ProQuest realize that some users may be affected, and  apologize for the inconvenience.  Customer access will be redirected to a webpage stating the planned maintenance times. 

Resources affected:

All ProQuest databases including British Nursing Database and ASSIA.

RefWorks




Thursday 5 January 2017

NewsBank special reports - January


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


January Topics and Monthly Themes
U.S. Presidential Election and Transition
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Film and Television Around the World
World Economics - Financial Wellness Month
Year in Review - 2016


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

Top DISCOVER searches from December

Here's what everyone has been searching for last month


















Tip: if you're searching for a database, like Scopus or Marketline, use the Library Catalogue and do a title search - you'll find the database right away.








DISCOVER will tend to give you a list of articles about Scopus, rather than Scopus itself:


Taylor & Francis problems

Taylor & Francis have a message up on their site:

Taylor & Francis Online is currently experiencing technical issues, impacting access for some customers. We are working on it with highest priority.

This is affecting all journals with tandfonline.com in the URL.