Digital Library Notices & Updates
Digital Library: Updates and Changes
Historical Abstracts with Full Text - trial
We currently have a trial to the fulltext version of Historical Abstracts until end of March 2012. This can be accessed from Database Finder.
Added by SAP on 9 February 2012
Lawtel
now has new search functionality - watch the video
Added by SAP on 7 February 2012
Lexis PSL
Lexis PSL is currently not working. Lexis are investigating the problem.
Added by AB on 3 February 2012
KeyNote - trial
We have a trial to KeyNote until end March 2012. KeyNote is the leading provider of market intelligence in the UK and offers a combination of market research and company information, on one platform. Access via Database Finder.
Added by SAP on 2 February 2012
JustCite - on trial
From today we have a months trial to Just Cite - a legal citator and search engine that allows you to search over 90 different data providers easily and quickly (including Westlaw, Lexis, Lawtel, and free resources like BAILII). Access via Database Finder, from on campus only.
Added by SAP on 1 February 2012
ProQuest Maintenance - 5th February
All new and legacy ProQuest platform products, Chadwyck-Healey products and Illumina products will be unavailable for 12 hours on Sunday 5th February from 03.00 - 15.00. This is due to ProQuest® performing infrastructure maintenance.
Added by SAP on 1 February 2012
Science Direct
Elsevier inform us that the problem with authentication to Science Direct has been resolved. Access should now be possible from both on and off campus. If you continue to experience difficulties, please contact the Library.
Added by SAP on 31 January 2012
RefWorks
A slight change has been made to the Anglia Ruskin Harvard Style v2 to correct some anomolies. All users will now have to re-add this style to their Favourites. You can do this from Bibliography / Output Style Manager.
Added by SAP on 26 January 2012
SFX Journal Linker
Tuesday PM and Wednesday AM we will be carrying out some maintenance work on the SFX Service. There may be some minor disruption to SFX whilst we carry out this work. Update: This work has been completed.
Added by AC. on 24 January 2012
Digital Library : books - search results
Please note that when you do a search in the Digital Library for books (or alternatively for a journal title) results are now ordered by title by default. You can order them alternatively by author or date by using the column headers (please refer to the notice in red on the search results page)
Added by GH on 24 January 2012
Digital Library outage
There was an unplanned outage approximately 4:30-8:45am. Service has now been restored.
Added by BP on 13 January 2012
Science Direct
There appears to be a problem logging in to Science Direct. Science Direct have been informed.
Added by SAP on 11 January 2012
MyMaths
We now have a subscription to MyMaths - a resource often used in schools and of interest primarily to our student teacher population. A username and password are required to access this resource - available from the Library.
Added by SAP on 11 January 2012
BioOne - Friday 13th January 2012
BioOne will be experiencing scheduled maintenance on Friday January 13th, 2012 starting at 23:00 GMT for a period of up to four hours. The website will be unavailable for at least one hour during this time.
Added by SAP on 10 January 2012
Science Direct
There is a problem loging in to Science Direct. Science Direct hope to have the issue resolved shortly.
Added by AC. on 9 January 2012
Digital Library Quicksearch
We have made a change to DL QuickSearch. You can no longer check multiple boxes (books, newspapers, journal articles)for a simultanoues search. Searches are restricted to one category per search.
Added by GH on 20 December 2011
PEP - Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing
We currently have a trial to this resource running until 1st February 2012.PEP is a digital archive of many of the major works of psychoanalysis. It can be accessed via Database Finder.
Added by SAP on 19 December 2011
Construction Infromation Service (CIS)
The earlier problems with CIS have been resolved.
Added by AC on 15 December 2011
Construction Information Service (CIS)
CIS are aware of a problem loging in to their service. If you get a Blue "Athens Login" page please close your browser and remove Cookies from www.ihsti.com.
Added by AC. on 13 December 2011
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) Thurs 8th December.
BoB should be considerd "at risk" on Thursday 8th December 2011 between 09.30 - 11.00 (GMT). This is to allow essential changes and fixes to be implemented and installed on the live site.
Added by AB on 7 December 2011
UK Newspapers Online
We now have full text access to the following newspapers via the database Uk Newspapers Online: The Times and Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, Guardian, Observer, Independant and Independant on Sunday, Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, The Mirror and WashingtonPost.com.
Added by SAP on 7 December 2011
SFX Problems Resolved
The earlier problems with the SFX Journal linker have been resolved.
Added by AC. on 6 December 2011
SFX Journal Linking
The SFX Journal linker is working slowly. We are working to resolve the issues with this service.
Added by AC. on 6 December 2011
ProQuest Maintenance - 4th December
Products on the new ProQuest platform will be unavailable from 03.00 - 15.00 (GMT) on Sunday 4th December. (Access to products on other Proquest platforms will not be impacted).
Added by SAP on 1 December 2011
ft.com
The Library has a new subscription to ft.com. To get the most from this resource we advise you to register at https://registration.ft.com/corporate/signup/9Um1xhx7GhBbn
Added by SAP on 1 December 2011
eLexicons - Typography
We now have a subscription to the Typography section of eLexicons. Locate using Database Finder. Contact the Library for username and password.
Added by SAP on 30 November 2011
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) Wed 30th Nov.
BoB should be considerd "at risk" on Wednesday 30th November between 13.00 - 15.30 (GMT). This is to allow essential changes and fixes to be implemented and installed on the live site.
Added by SAP on 30 November 2011
Jordan's Family Law Online
We now have a subscription to three titles within Jordan's Family Law Online (Family Law Reports, Family Law Journal Child and Family Law Quarterly). Access via Database Finder
Added by SAP on 29 November 2011
BoB National - Maintenance
Box of Broadcasts will be unavailable on Tuesday 29 November from 10:00 until 12:00 midday. This is to allow for essential maintenance.
Added by AC on 23 November 2011
Ebrary
Ebrary problems have been resolved.
Added by SAP on 21 November 2011
Ebrary E-Books Unavailable.
There is a problem accessing Ebrary E-Books. We have contacted Ebrary and they hope to have the issue resolved shortly.
Added by AC on 18 November 2011
Zetoc Alerts: 14th-15th November
Access to Zetoc Alerts will be frozen from Monday 14th until Tuesday 15 November during the transfer of the Zetoc Service. Users will be unable to access, modify or create Zetoc Alerts. Access to the Zetoc Service will not be affected, although some downtime and possible disruption is expected on 15th November. Further information at: http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/news/2011/27oct2011.html
Added by SAP on 14 November 2011
Ebrary E-Books
The Earlier problems with Ebrary have been resolved.
Added by AC. on 11 November 2011
Ebrary E-Books Unavailable
There is a problem accessing Ebrary E-Books. Ebrary have been informed and are working on the issue.
Added by AC. on 11 November 2011
Digital Library login problem-resolved
The earlier problem logging into the Digital Library has been resolved. We apologise for any inconvenience this caused.
Added by BP on 7 November 2011
Login problem
There is currently a problem with logging in to the Digital Library, resulting in the "error there is a problem with your library membership" page. We are working to rectify the situation
Added by BP on 7 November 2011
ProQuest Maintenance 6th November
ProQuest® will be performing infrastructure maintenance on Sunday 6th November 2011 at 02:00 GMT/BST for twelve hours. All products on the new ProQuest platform and Illumina products will be unavailable during this time.
Added by SAP on 3 November 2011
MyILibrary Certificate errors
The problem with MyILibrary giving Invalid Certificate Errors in Firefox has been resolved.
Added by AC on 2 November 2011
FIXED - Problems with the Digital Library
The earlier problem causing delays in accessing some pages has been resolved and the system is back to normal. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Added by BP on 31 October 2011
Problems with the Digital Library
We are currently experiencing problems with the Digital Library. You may experience a delay, or an error message. We apologise and are working to restore the service.
Added by B on 31 October 2011
The Vogue Archive
We now have a one month trial to this database, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month. Access via Database Finder
Added by SAP on 31 October 2011
LexisLibrary and PSL
The technical problems have been resolved.
Added by AC on 25 October 2011
LexisLibrary and PSL Unavailable.
Lexis are suffering Technical Problems with their service. They are aware and working to resolve the problems.
Added by AC on 25 October 2011
Bob National: Service restored
BoB have completed their maintenance work.
Added by AC on 25 October 2011
Bob National Maintenance
Box Of Broadcasts is currently unavailable.
BoB expect the service to be back later today but have not given us a time.
Added by AC on 24 October 2011
Library Login
We have been made aware of a problem with Library Login. The problems have now been resolved.
Added by AC on 22 October 2011
ProQuest Maintenance 23rd October
ProQuest® will be performing infrastructure maintenance on Sunday 23rd October 2011 at 03:00 BST for twelve hours. All ProQuest platform products and Illumina products will be unavailable during this time.
Added by SAP on 20 October 2011
Sage Research Methods Online
We currently have a trial to this resource. It is designed to help you create research projects and understand the methods behind them.
Added by SAP on 19 October 2011
eLexicons
We have a one month trial to eLexicons. Access via database Finder. Login details available from the Library.
Added by SAP on 17 October 2011
MyILibrary E-Books
We are aware of a Certificate Issue with MyILibrary E-Books whilst using catalogue terminals within the library (not affecting accees through the website). We are working with MyILibrary to resolve this.
Added by AC on 14 October 2011
UK Custom Newspapers
The problem has now been resolved.
Added by SAP on 13 October 2011
UK Custom Newspapers
There is currently a problem with access to UK Newspapers. GaleCengage have been informed.
Added by SAP on 13 October 2011
Ebrary E-Books
Ebrary have fixed the issue with their service.
Added by AC. on 10 October 2011
Ebrary E-Books
We are aware of a problem accessing Ebrary E-Books. Ebrary have been contacted.
Added by AC on 10 October 2011
Primal Pictures - 9th October
Primal Pictures will be upgrading their servers and firewalls to increase the capacity of their systems. This will affect all Primal web sites on Sunday, October 9th, from 10:00 until 16:00 BST.
Added by SAP on 6 October 2011
Library System and Website short outage
A problem was identified with the Library System which has now been resolved and services are being restored.
Added by BP on 6 October 2011
Web of Knowledge - 9th Oct ober 2011
Thomson Reuters will be performing maintenance to Web of Knowledge on Sunday, October 9th, 2011 from 13:00 GMT. This is expected to last approximately 12 hours. During this time there may be disruption of service and product access.
Added by SAP on 6 October 2011
Library Login Issues Resolved
The earlier issues with Library Login have been resolved.
Added by AC on 6 October 2011
Library Login
We are aware of some problems with Library Login. We are working to get the issues resolved.
Added by AC on 6 October 2011
ProQuest Resources (new platform)
Please be aware that Proquest are having technical difficulties with authentication. As a result it is NOT possible to access ProQuest resources (eg BNI, ERIC) from off campus. ProQuest are working to fix this issue and apologise for any inconvenience.
Added by SAP on 5 October 2011
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB)
Access is now working from both on and off campus.
Added by SAP on 4 October 2011
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB)
There is currently a problem with accessing ODNB from off campus. We are working with the supplier to rectify.
Added by SAP on 4 October 2011
Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
BoB was unavailable between 30th September and 2nd October. If you need a programme from this period that you cannot access in the 7 day buffer, please forward the details to bob@bufvc.ac.uk.
Added by SAP on 3 October 2011
Association for Physical Education (AfPE)
We now have online access to the AfPE website and associated Journals. Please contact the Library for Login details.
Added by SAP on 29 September 2011
British Online Archives
A trial to this resource has been arranged and is active until 2nd November. Full access only available from on campus.
Added by SAP on 29 September 2011
Jordans Family Law Online
We now have a trial to this resource (from on campus only). Use Database Finder to locate it. Any feedback gratefully received.
Added by SAP on 28 September 2011
Literary Encyclopedia
Access has now been restored.
Added by SAP on 28 September 2011
Literary Encyclopedia
We currently do not have access to this resource. We have contacted the provider to investigate.
Added by SAP on 28 September 2011
Library Login at risk 28 to 30 September
We are working to improve the capacity of Library Login. We expect there to be sone disruption to service whilst we carry out this work.
Added by AC. on 28 September 2011
Library Login issues resolved
We have fixed the problem with Library Login. More resources have been requested for this service. We hope to have these additional resources in place ASAP.
Added by AC. on 26 September 2011
Slow Login
We are aware of a problem logging in to the library. We are working to resolve the issue.
Added by AC. on 26 September 2011
Library Login working again
The earlier problem with Library Login has been resolved. We are monitoring the entire system to try and find the cause of these issues.
Added by AC on 22 September 2011
Digital Library login problem
There is currently a problem with logging in to the Digital Library, which is displaying an error message when attempting to login. We are working on resolving this.
Added by BP1 on 22 September 2011
JSTOR Access problems resolved.
We have fixed the access problems with JSTOR. Please Contact Us if you still have problems.
Added by AC. on 22 September 2011
Login Problems.
We are working on the Issue with Library Login. The Library Login problem has been resolved.
Added by AC10 on 21 September 2011
Taylor & Francis Journals
Access to these has now been restored.
Added by SAP on 21 September 2011
Taylor & Francis Journals
There is currently a problem accessing T&F Journals. This is being investigated.
Added by SAP on 19 September 2011
Library PC availability screens
Please note that this system is currently out of service whilst major upgrades to the open access PCs are underway.
Added by GH on 19 September 2011
Known supplier issues. Mon 19 Sept.
We are aware that there are access issues with the following suppliers.
Science Direct
Search Results not appearing.
Please Register with Science Direct. This will resolve the issue.
DawsonERA Books
Issue with page Looping.
Dawson hope to have this issue with IE9 fixed today.
JSTOR
We believe that the main issues with JSTOR have been resolved.
Royal Marsden Manual (Off Campus)
The Access issues for off campus users have been resolved.
Westlaw Journals
The earlier issues with Westlaw Journals have been resolved.
Added by AC. on 19 September 2011
Proquest Dissertations and Theses Database
We currently have trial access to this database lasting for a period of four weeks.
Added by SAP on 19 September 2011
Library Login
Wed 14 Sept: The earlier problem with Loging in to the Library has been resolved.
Added by AC on 14 September 2011
E-Journal Search / Find E-Journal
The earlier problems with E-Journal Search / Find E-Journal have been resolved.
Added by AC. on 8 September 2011
Science Direct - 10th September
Due to new enhancements to the SciVerse platform, Science Direct is expected to be offline and unavailable on Saturday 10th September from 11.30-22.30 GMT (12.30-23.30 BST). In relation to this Science Direct alerts will be suspended for two weeks (9th -23rd September).
Added by SAP on 7 September 2011
Historical Association
We now have access to The Historical Association website. Please contact the Library for Login details
Added by SAP on 7 September 2011
PI Navigator (Perfect Information)
We currently have trial access for a limited period to this business resource. Find it under Database Finder.
Added by SAP on 7 September 2011
E-Journal Search / Find E-Journal
We are aware of a problem with the E-Journal Search / Find E-Journal Tools. Our Suppliers have been informed and will look at the issue shortly.
Added by AC. on 6 September 2011
CIS and Wiley
Off campus access to CIS and Wiley resources has now been restored.
Added by SAP on 5 September 2011
Database Access
We are aware that there are access problems with the following Databases. Wiley Interscience CIS JSTOR We are working to get these issues resolved.
Added by AC. on 2 September 2011
Construction Information Service Log In Problems
Users may experience difficulty logging into Construction Information Service (CIS) currently. Their technical team has been alerted to the problem and are looking into it.
Added by AB on 30 August 2011
Proquest Resources
ProQuest® will be performing infrastructure maintenance on Sunday, August 21, 2011 at 03:00(BST)for twelve (12) hours. The following products will be unavailable during this time: New and Legacy ProQuest platform products. Chadwyck-Healey products. Illumina products (eg Sociological Abstracts). RefWorks-COS products.
Added by SAP on 16 August 2011
Care Knowledge
Access has now been restored.
Added by SAP on 16 August 2011
Care Knowledge
Logging in to this resource is currently not working. We have notified Care Knowledge of the error.
Added by SAP on 16 August 2011
IEEE Xplore
Access has now been restored.
Added by SAP on 11 August 2011
Unable to access IEEE Xplore
We are currently unable to access IEEE Xplore. We are working with IEEE to resolve this.
Added by AB on 10 August 2011
Access to JSTOR
We have secured temporary access to JSTOR. Please use our AskUs Service to request temporary Access to JSTOR.
Added by AC. on 8 August 2011
JSTOR
We are currently unable to access JSTOR. We are working with JSTOR to resolve this.
Added by SAP on 26 July 2011
Exam Papers
The exam papers are now working.
Added by BP on 22 July 2011
Digital Library databases:
We believe that all databases are working correctly with our new authentication.
Please Contact us if you are unable to log in to a resource.
Added by AC on 21 July 2011
BioOne
will be experiencing some scheduled downtime on Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 starting at 23:00 BST (22:00 GMT). The downtime is not expected to last longer than four hours.
Added by SAP on 27 June 2011
Osiris
access has now been restored.
Added by SAP on 23 June 2011
Osiris
Access to Osiris is currently unavailable. We are working with BvD to re-establish.
Added by SAP on 23 June 2011
Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
Disruption may continue today.
Added by SAP on 22 June 2011
Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
Essential upgrades are being made to BoB National today. This work should not cause any significant downtime but there may be intermittent breaks in service between 1400hrs-1600hrs. They should last no more than ten minutes.
Added by SAP on 21 June 2011
LexisNexis
The authentication problems with Lexis have been resolved.
Added by SAP on 21 June 2011
Exam Papers June 2010
Exam Papers for June 2010 are now available and can be accessed via our Exam Paper database.
Added by BF on 21 June 2011
Digital Library Books etc. Results List
We have made a change to the Digital Library Books etc. results view: the last column will now just contain links for electronic access.
This is to make it clearer when we do/do not have items available on the shelves.
To find out the exact location of physical items, please click on the title, which will show you full availability and location of every copy we have.
If you wish to restrict your search to limit to copies held at a particular site, please use the "limit to....In..." dropdown box to choose a library and then GO!
Added by BP on 17 June 2011
CIS (Construction Information Service)
We are currently unable to access this resource. We are working with CIS on this issue.
Added by SAP on 16 June 2011
LexisNexis
Currently there are authentication problems with LexisNexis. Lexis have provided the following access route: www.lexisnexis.com/uk/legal. Please contact the library for User I.D and Password.
Added by SAP on 14 June 2011
Informaworld scheduled downtime
Informaworld will be unavailable on 1st June 2011 from 06.30-08.30 GMT (07.30-09.30 BST) to allow us to carry out essential maintenance as we prepare for the move to our new online platform
Added by AC. on 1 June 2011
Access to Mintel
The earlier problems with Mintel are now resolved.
Added by AC. on 1 June 2011
Digital Library - Login
Login problems have now been resolved.
Added by SAP on 17 May 2011
Digital Library - Athens
The Athens site which we use to authenticate access to the Digital Library is not responding. It is therefore not currently possible to login. Athens are aware and working on the problem.
Added by SAP on 17 May 2011
Journal Citation Reports
Access to Journal Citation reports has been restored.
Added by AC on 9 May 2011
ProQuest
Proquest will be performing infrastructure maintenance on May 5/6th. The maintenance is scheduled for Friday 6th May 03:00 - 05:00 BST.
Added by SAP on 5 May 2011
ScienceDirect
On Saturday May 7 SciVerse will be releasing several new enhancements to the SciVerse platform. It is possible that you may experience temporary service disruptions to SciVerse ScienceDirect on this day.
Added by SAP on 5 May 2011
PsycARTICLES and PsycINFO
Trials available to these resources via OVID to compare with current subscriptions via EBSCO.
Added by SAP on 21 April 2011
Refworks - Saturday 23rd April
RefWorks will be performing maintenance and will be unavailable for up to 2 hours on Saturday 23rd April from 05:00 BST.
Added by SAP on 21 April 2011
Music Therapy
The erlier hardware issue with Music Therapy has been resolved. We will continue to monitor this service.
Added by AC on 13 April 2011
EBSCO E-books
Trial access to the preview version of EBSCO's Academic E-book collection. Available until July 2011 via Database Finder.
Added by SAP on 11 April 2011
MEDLINE with Full Text
We now have trial access to MEDLINE with Full Text via two providers (Ebsco and Proquest) until end April. Please send feedback to sarah.packard@anglia.ac.uk
Added by SAP on 7 April 2011
KeyNote
Trial to KeyNote now available until end June via Database Finder. From off-campus please use the Athens Login link.
Added by SAP on 31 March 2011
Book Search - edition flagged in results
We have made a change to our website book search so that the edition is displayed along with the title in the search results.
Added by GH on 31 March 2011
Digital Tutors
Now on a 14-day trial. Digital-Tutors provides access to over 14,000 interactive, self-paced lessons. To create an account click sign-up and provide the information requested. You must use your University email address. This trial is only available to Anglia Ruskin staff.
Added by SAP on 31 March 2011
DawsonEra
Dawson Era will be unavailable on Thursday 31st March 17.00 - 18.00 BST due to system upgrade.
Added by SAP on 30 March 2011
HomeBuildLife
We have a one month trial to this resource provided by WGSN. Access is only available from the Cambridge campus.
Added by SAP on 29 March 2011
Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
BoB is now back up and running.
Added by SAP on 29 March 2011
Box of Broadcasts
BoB has been taken off line for an important upgrade. Service is expected to resume on Monday 21st March. In the meantime if you have any questions or urgent requests please email the BUFVC: bob@bufvc.ac.uk
Added by SAP on 17 March 2011
ProQuest Maintenance - 19th March for 12 hours
ProQuest® will be performing infrastructure maintenance on March 19, 2011. The following products will be unavailable for a 12 hour period from 02:00 GMT:
ProQuest platform products such as Entrepreneurship
Chadwyck-Healey products such as Early English Books Online
CSA Illumina products such as DAAI, ASSIA
Added by SAP on 17 March 2011
Elsevier e-textbooks
As from now we have a 4-week trial to medical and nursing e-textbooks from Elsevier. Access only available from on campus. Trial ends 11th April 2011.
Added by SAP on 15 March 2011
MyiLibrary - printing
Printing multiple pages does not work for some books when using Internet Explorer. Instead, download the pages (to pdf) and print from there. MyiLibrary are working on the problem.
Added by SAP on 14 March 2011
Science Direct - 13th March
Due to scheduled outage, ScienceDirect will be unavailable for about two hours on Sunday 13th March, 07:00-09:00 GMT. Elsevier apologise for the inconvenience.
Added by SAP on 10 March 2011
Bridgeman Education
We currently have a trial to Bridgeman Education until the end of March (see Database of the Month).
Added by SAP on 7 March 2011
SPONS E-Books
The problem with SPONS E-Books has been resolved.
Added by AC. on 7 March 2011
SPONS Books
We are currently experiencing problems with SPONS Books for on campus users. It is hoped that this will be resolved on Monday.
Added by Andrew Boulden on 4 March 2011
Elsevier Science Direct - Intermittent Problems
Elsevier Science Direct are currently experiencing intermittent problems with their system. They are working to correct the problem. Thank you for your patience.
Added by Andrew Boulden on 28 February 2011
AJ Buildings Library
We currently have a trial to AJ Buildings Library - a database aimed at Architects that showcases hundreds of exemplar projects. Please see i button for Login information.
Added by SAP on 28 February 2011
Dawsonera
Dawsonera will be unavailable on Tuesday 15th February between 17:30 - 18.30(GMT) to enable a system update.
Added by SAP on 14 February 2011
Digital Library: Thursday 10 Feb.
There were some issues with the Database section of the Digital Library between 2000 and 2100 hrs. Renewals were not affected.
Added by AC on 11 February 2011
Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
We now have a subscription to BoB - an off-air recording and media archive service. Please note: we are aware of some technical issues with embedded links which we are progressing.
Added by SAP on 8 February 2011
Marine Digimap
We have a trial to Marine Digimap until end March 2011. Please see i button for Login information.
Added by SAP on 3 February 2011
yshlondon
We have received the following message: "The YshLondon team are very sad to announce that YshLondon.com will be shutting down as of the end of January 2011."
Added by SAP on 1 February 2011
Journal Citation Reports
We now have a subscription to JCR. The resource can be accessed via Database Finder. Search for JCR or Web of Knowledge. If accessing from Web of Knowledge click on the "Select a Database" tab.
Added by SAP on 27 January 2011
Disruption during "At Risk" Period.
There was disruption to all University Internet Services between 0700 and 0715 today during some Sceduled Testing.
Added by AC on 25 January 2011
FORS
Access to FORS was re-established on 18th January, but username and password now required.
Added by SAP on 24 January 2011
Digimap
EDINA have informed us that due to maintenance work Digimap will be unavailable and/or "at risk" from 16.00 on Friday 4th February through until midday on Monday 7th February. For further information see: http://edinadigimap.blogspot.com/2011/01/mastermap-download-4-7-february-2011.html
Added by SAP on 24 January 2011
SwetsWise Service in QuickSearch
The SwetsWise service was removed form the Digital Library QuickSearch group of databases on 4th January 2011. This was due to some incompatibilities between that database and the way the service operates
Added by GH on 21 January 2011
Digital Library: Monday 17 January 2011
The Digital Library was unavailable between 0730 and 1000 on 17 January 2011.
There was some disruption to Database Searching as a result of this work.
All services were restored by 1540.
Added by AC on 20 January 2011
Exam Papers January 2010
Exam Papers for January 2010 are now available and can be accessed via our Exam Paper database.
Added by BF on 19 January 2011
FORS
The FORS database is being moved and is currently unavailable. We have no further information with regard to down-time.
Added by SAP on 11 January 2011
Trial to Proquest Newsstand
We now have a trial to Newsstand until 4th Feb 2011. Link available via database Finder.
Added by SAP on 5 January 2011
Emerald - 5th January
Emerald will be unavailable on Wednesday 5th January 2011 from 09.00 GMT until approx 10.30 GMT. This is due to essential site maintenance.
Added by SAP on 4 January 2011
PressDisplay
New trial to PressDisplay, available until end Jan 2011.
Added by SAP on 15 December 2010
GMID Euromonitor
Athens Access to GMID Euromonitor is currently not working. GMID Euromonitor are working to resolve the issue.
Added by AC on 3 December 2010
Journal Citation Reports
Trial now available to Science and Social Science Citation Reports until end of December 2010. (Search for Journal Citation Reports or use tabs within Web of Science).
Added by SAP on 1 December 2010
Wiley Resources
There are currently problems with access to Wiley. Wiley are aware and apologise for any inconvenience.
Added by SAP on 29 November 2010
Trial to Berg Fashion Library
available until 22nd January 2011. Berg Fashion Library is the first online resource to provide access to interdisciplinary and integrated text and image content on world dress and fashion.
Added by SAP on 29 November 2010
Oxford Online
Due to essential maintenance there may be some disruption to access to Oxford Reference Online and the Oxford Digital Reference Shelf titles for a period 1 hour on Wednesday 24th November at 8.00 GMT.
Added by SAP on 23 November 2010
Digital Library
There is currently a problem with the Digital Library - we are aware and working on it. Update: 1210. This issue has been resolved.
Added by SAP on 15 November 2010
Lexis PSL - trial
One year trial arranged to Lexis PSL: Legal information on Practice areas. Available via Database Finder or "Practice Areas" tab within LexisLibrary.
Added by SAP on 15 November 2010
Nexis News - trial
A trial to Nexis is now running until mid-December. To Login select "Athens Sign-In". Training to this resource is arranged for Thursday 18th at 2pm in Cambridge.
Added by SAP on 15 November 2010
Science Direct - Saturday 13th Nov 2010
is expected to be offline and unavailable for approximately 9 hours on Saturday, November 13th due to scheduled upgrades. Down time is expected to be 12:30 - 21:30 GMT.
Added by SAP on 10 November 2010
Wiley
Problems have been reported with Wiley/SFX links. Wiley have informed ExLibris that they will have a fix in place on Tuesday (9th Nov).
Added by SAP on 8 November 2010
Trial to vLex
We have a trial to vLex available until 1st December. It is a provider of legal information from 102 countries in 12 different languages. PDF guides are available via the i button.
Added by SAP on 1 November 2010
Safari Books Online
Due to technical issues the 'Safari Tech Books Online' database cannot be found via the Advanced Search tab. It is still available via the Database Finder, by doing a title search or by clicking here and clicking on 'Athens Users Sign In' link.
Added by on 29 October 2010
ProQuest Maintenance
ProQuest® will be performing infrastructure maintenance on 30 October, 2010. A twelve (12) hour maintenance window will be required for this maintenance. The window will take place from Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 02:00 for twelve (12) hours.
Added by AB on 28 October 2010
DawsonERA Issues Resolved
We have been informed by DawsonERA that normal access to their service has been restored.
Added by AC on 27 October 2010
SFX
is now working again
Added by GH on 22 October 2010
E-Journals unavailable
E-journals are currently unavailable due to a server problem. We are working to resolve this asap.
Added by GH on 21 October 2010
SFX
There is currently a problem with SFX linking
Added by GH on 21 October 2010
DawsonEra
There is cuurently a problem with access/authentication to DawsonEra.
Update 25/10: We are aware that DawsonERA E-Books are still unavailable. We are in contact with DawsonERA seeking a resolution to this issue.
Added by SAP / AC on 21 October 2010
Informaworld
have scheduled downtime on Tuesday 26th October from 8am-10am BST/7am-9am GMT, in order to release developments.
Added by SAP on 21 October 2010
Digital Library Services - maintenance
You may experience some unusual behaviour with some Digital Library services over the next fortnight as we work to improve accessibilty to journal articles and e-books. If you have queries please contact us through our AskUS Enquiry Service. The services likely to be affected are:
Science Direct
Wiley
JSTOR
Emerald
MyiLibrary (e-books)
Ebrary (e-books)
Added by GH on 21 October 2010
Wiley
Due to scheduled maintenance access to the Wiley Online Library may be disrupted on Saturday 16 October: 1200 BST to 1400 BST.
Added by SAP on 14 October 2010
Zeetoc
The intermittent problem with Zetoc searching has now been resolved
Added by SAP on 13 October 2010
Zetoc
have advised that there intermittent problems when searching Zetoc
Added by SAP on 12 October 2010
Informaworld
Informaworld is currently experiencing technical difficulties with the green access icon. As well as displaying against content to which an institution is entitled, it is also being displayed against content to which users are not subscribed.
Added by SAP on 12 October 2010
Two new links in Metalib:
Sentencing Council for England and Wales and Scenography – The Theatre Design Website
Added by SAP on 23 September 2010
InformaWorld Journals
InformaWorld have informed us that customers are being shown as having more access at Journal issue and article level than they are actually entitled to. They are working on it.
Added by SAP on 23 September 2010
SFX: Interruption to service
This work was completed at 7:45 am
Added by AC on 23 September 2010
Library Catalogue; Interruption to service.
There will be a 15 - 20 min interruption to the Digital Library on Monday 27 Sept between 8:00 and 8:30 AM. This is to allow for essential maintenance.
Added by Alex Collins on 22 September 2010
SFX: Interruption to service
There will be a short interruption to our SFX Service on Thursday 23 Sept between 7:30 and 8:00 AM. This is to allow for a database restart.
Added by Alex Collins on 22 September 2010
Oxford English Dictionary
The access problems have now been resolved by OUP.
Added by SAP on 21 September 2010
Oxford English Dictionary
We are aware of the problems accessing various Oxford Resources and hope to resolve them shortly.
Added by AC on 20 September 2010
Keesings World News Archive
We also have a trial to this running.
Added by SAP on 16 September 2010
Box of Broadcasts (Bob)
We have trial access to this until 16th October. See i button for futher information.
Added by SAP on 16 September 2010
24dash.com
A new link has been added in Metalib to this "Social Housing and Public Sector news" website.
Added by SAP on 15 September 2010
E-Journal Search Tabs
We have removed the Broken Tabs from the E-Journal Search.
Added by AC on 9 September 2010
Informaworld
will be unavailable on Wednesday 8th September, 07:00 – 09:00 B.S.T. in order to complete some essential work.
Added by SAP on 7 September 2010
Wiley Interscience
Many institutions are reporting problems with article-level linking in Wiley. Failures are not consistent and it is unclear how prevalent they are.
Added by SAP on 2 September 2010
ScienceDirect - Saturday 28th August 2010
ScienceDirect will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 9 hours on Saturday 28th August from 12:30PM to 9:30PM GMT.
Added by SAP on 26 August 2010
DawsonEra and IE7
Problem with printing reported on 19th July now resolved. Still unable to print using browser tool bar but browser will NOT shut down. (Need to use print button provided by DawsonEra).
Added by SAP on 29 July 2010
Ebrary
Access issue from off campus has been resolved.
Added by SAP on 27 July 2010
Ebrary
Problems with access to Ebrary e-books from off campus. Ebrary have been informed.
Added by SAP on 26 July 2010
JSTOR
Access from on and off campus now seems to be working again.
Added by SAP on 26 July 2010
Geology Digimap
New resource available via Digimap. Current British Geological Survey map data and Lexicon of named Rock Units. Users will need to Register prior to use.
Added by SAP on 22 July 2010
Landmap Spatial Discovery
New resource. Provides access to Landmap, Infoterra and Cities Revealed data archives, plus Bluesky data and Colour Infrared Data.
Added by SAP on 22 July 2010
JSTOR - No access from off campus
JSTOR is displaying a message "No access from off campus" when accessing from both on and off campus. However, on-campus if you do a search, etc. it will work. Off campus access is being denied - JSTOR have been informed.
Added by SAP on 22 July 2010
DawsonEra and IE7
Printing problem reported by many Universities: if try to print using browser toolbar (rather than the print button), the browser will shut down.
Added by SAP on 19 July 2010
SwetsWise Off-campus
Access from off campus has now been restored.
Added by SAP on 19 July 2010
SwetsWise Off-campus
No access to Swetswise via Database Finder from off-campus. We are working with Swetswise to resolve this.
Added by SAP on 13 July 2010
Emerald
Searches from Database Finder (Metalib) returning zero results. Problem also reported by other Universities.
Added by SAP on 13 July 2010
Grzimeks Animal Life
New Subscription as of now.
Added by SAP on 2 July 2010
Emerald Article-level linking
problem reported last week has been fixed.
Added by SAP on 29 June 2010
DawsonEra
We now have access to 48 e-books via DawsonEra accessible via Database Finder. Records are not yet in the catalogue.
Added by SAP on 28 June 2010
Emerald Article-level linking
Sorry - spoke too soon. Linking to articles is inconsisent. Problem being experienced by other Exlibris customers. Emerald been informed.
Added by SAP on 23 June 2010
Emerald
Access restored
Added by SAP on 23 June 2010
Emerald
Currently we have no access Emerald - this has been brought to their attention.
Added by SAP on 23 June 2010
Journal Finder problem
The problem with acessing e-journals through Journal Finder has been resolved
Added by on 22 June 2010
Exam Papers June 2009
Exam Papers for June 2009 are now available and can be accessed via our Exam Paper database.
Added by BF on 22 June 2010
Journal Finder problem
We are experiencing a problem with acessing e-journals through Journal Finder. We are looking into this..
Added by GH on 22 June 2010
Orlando
also on trial until 18 July. Database on authors' lives and writing careers.
Added by SAP on 21 June 2010
Grzimeks Animal Life
Trial now available until 17 July 2010. User name and password required: see i button.
Added by SAP on 21 June 2010
Kemp on Lawtel
We have a trial to this until 13 July.
Added by SAP on 21 June 2010
Zetoc "at risk"
for a minimal period of time on Tuesday 15th June from 10.00.
Added by SAP on 14 June 2010
Opthalmology E-Books
We now have access, via OVID, to a collection of 31 e-books on opthalmology. Records not yet in the catalogue but can be accessed via Database Finder.
Added by SAP on 8 June 2010
Informahealthcare
New search platform available via Metalib for Informahealthcare Journals.
Added by SAP on 7 June 2010
Login problem for some home users..?
We believe we have uncovered and fixed a library login problem for users who have the Google Toolbar running on their browser. Its difficult to test this out with the variety of options home users may employ so please report anything unusual to ESST promptly. Thanks.
Added by GH on 1 June 2010
Link to Exam Papers
A link to the Exam Papers database has been added to the bottom section of the Website homepage to highlight the service temporarily
Added by GH on 28 May 2010
Digital Library (catalogue) terminals
These were fixed 25 May 2010 at approx 17.15
Added by SAP on 26 May 2010
Digital Library terminals
There is a problem with the Digital Library (catalogue) terminals at present (4.50). We are trying to fix it.
Added by GH on 25 May 2010
Skills4StudyCampus
is available as a trial until 21 June 2010. This is an online study skills package and assessment tool of interest to a number of University Departments.
Added by SAP on 25 May 2010
Gale AcademicOneFile
The SFX access problem has now been resolved.
Added by SAP on 21 May 2010
Gale AcademicOneFile
There is a problem accessing AcademicOneFile titles via SFX. We have contacted Exlibris for a solution.
Added by SAP on 20 May 2010
Digital Library
The Scheduled work is complete.
Added by AC on 18 May 2010
Digital Library
The Digital Library will be unavailable from 9:00 this morning for about 1 hour. This is to allow for an essential upgrade.
Added by AC on 18 May 2010
Illustrated London News Historical Archive
is now available as a trial until 12 June 2010
Added by SAP on 17 May 2010
Bibliography of the History of Art
is no longer available as a free resource. International Repertory of the Literature of Art and Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie are also no longer supported.
Added by SAP on 11 May 2010
OVID Resources
Access has now been restored (12.40).
Added by SAP on 11 May 2010
OVID Resources
There is a problem authenticating to Ovid Resources. Athens are contacting Ovid to resolve.
Added by SAP on 11 May 2010
Swetswise Journals
The problem with access/authentication has been resolved.
Added by SAP on 11 May 2010
Informaworld
will be unavailable on Thursday 06 May, 07:30–08:30 BST in order to complete some essential work.
Added by SAP on 10 May 2010
E-books
The problems with e-book access have been resolved (10.00)
Added by GH on 7 May 2010
E-books
There is a problem accessing most of our e-books (titles from Ebrary)(17.10). We are investigating and hope to have the problem resolved soon
Added by GH on 6 May 2010
IngentaConnect
Full access to Ingenta Connect has been restored.
Added by SAP on 6 May 2010
IngentaConnect
Access to Ingenta Connect via Database Finder is not being correctly authorised. However access via specific Journal Title is working correctly.
Added by SAP on 6 May 2010
Swetswise Journals
Access to Swetswise Journals is not currently working - we are investigating. In the meantime - if you click on "Athens Login" it will take you through but you will need to search for the title you require.
Added by SAP on 6 May 2010
Exam Papers
The problem with accessing University exam papers [21/4/10] has now been resolved
Added by GH on 30 April 2010
Search HInts and Tips
We've added a link to some hints and tips to help when searching for books and e-books.
Added by GH on 30 April 2010
DIGITAL LIBRARY DISRUPTION
The Digital Library was unfortunately offline from 4.45pm Weds 28th April until 4.45pm Thurs 29th April due to a severe technical failure. At this point (4.45pm) it is still subject to disruption.[Finally fully restored at 9.00 pm on 29th April]
Added by GH on 29 April 2010
Changes to QuickSearch
We are piloting a change to the way our QuickSearch for journal articles works when the 'field' (i.e. the part of the database record) to search is not specified by the searcher. Now, by default, words or phrases entered in the search box will be searched for in the title or subject of the articles rather than by their occurrence anywhere in the database record. This we hope should make results more relevant and reduce the number of unwanted 'hits'. However you can still change the field you search on in any search you run. N.B. QuickSearch is only intended to provide a broad search of useful journal articles - for more in depth and exhaustive searches students should use Advanced Search - Journal Articles instead.
Added by GH on 26 April 2010
University Wide System Failure
A power failure interrupted University IT systems last night. All online library services were restored by 9.30am today.
Added by GH on 22 April 2010
Exam Papers
There is currently a technical problem preventing access to exam papers on our systems. We will post a notification on this board as soon as the problem is rectified
Added by GH on 21 April 2010
"My Digital Library"
We've overhauled the way this section of the Digital Library works. We hope this is now a bit clearer and easier to use. If you are having problems please Contact US
Added by GH on 21 April 2010
Digital Library updates and notices
Details of any updates or changes to the Digital Library and the Library's e-services will be posted on this web page from April 2010.
Added by GH on 15 April 2010
We currently have a trial to the fulltext version of Historical Abstracts until end of March 2012. This can be accessed from Database Finder.
Added by SAP on 9 February 2012
Lawtel
now has new search functionality - watch the video
Added by SAP on 7 February 2012
Lexis PSL
Lexis PSL is currently not working. Lexis are investigating the problem.
Added by AB on 3 February 2012
KeyNote - trial
We have a trial to KeyNote until end March 2012. KeyNote is the leading provider of market intelligence in the UK and offers a combination of market research and company information, on one platform. Access via Database Finder.
Added by SAP on 2 February 2012
JustCite - on trial
From today we have a months trial to Just Cite - a legal citator and search engine that allows you to search over 90 different data providers easily and quickly (including Westlaw, Lexis, Lawtel, and free resources like BAILII). Access via Database Finder, from on campus only.
Added by SAP on 1 February 2012
ProQuest Maintenance - 5th February
All new and legacy ProQuest platform products, Chadwyck-Healey products and Illumina products will be unavailable for 12 hours on Sunday 5th February from 03.00 - 15.00. This is due to ProQuest® performing infrastructure maintenance.
Added by SAP on 1 February 2012
Science Direct
Elsevier inform us that the problem with authentication to Science Direct has been resolved. Access should now be possible from both on and off campus. If you continue to experience difficulties, please contact the Library.
Added by SAP on 31 January 2012
RefWorks
A slight change has been made to the Anglia Ruskin Harvard Style v2 to correct some anomolies. All users will now have to re-add this style to their Favourites. You can do this from Bibliography / Output Style Manager.
Added by SAP on 26 January 2012
SFX Journal Linker
Tuesday PM and Wednesday AM we will be carrying out some maintenance work on the SFX Service. There may be some minor disruption to SFX whilst we carry out this work. Update: This work has been completed.
Added by AC. on 24 January 2012
Digital Library : books - search results
Please note that when you do a search in the Digital Library for books (or alternatively for a journal title) results are now ordered by title by default. You can order them alternatively by author or date by using the column headers (please refer to the notice in red on the search results page)
Added by GH on 24 January 2012
Digital Library outage
There was an unplanned outage approximately 4:30-8:45am. Service has now been restored.
Added by BP on 13 January 2012
Science Direct
There appears to be a problem logging in to Science Direct. Science Direct have been informed.
Added by SAP on 11 January 2012
MyMaths
We now have a subscription to MyMaths - a resource often used in schools and of interest primarily to our student teacher population. A username and password are required to access this resource - available from the Library.
Added by SAP on 11 January 2012
BioOne - Friday 13th January 2012
BioOne will be experiencing scheduled maintenance on Friday January 13th, 2012 starting at 23:00 GMT for a period of up to four hours. The website will be unavailable for at least one hour during this time.
Added by SAP on 10 January 2012
Science Direct
There is a problem loging in to Science Direct. Science Direct hope to have the issue resolved shortly.
Added by AC. on 9 January 2012
Digital Library Quicksearch
We have made a change to DL QuickSearch. You can no longer check multiple boxes (books, newspapers, journal articles)for a simultanoues search. Searches are restricted to one category per search.
Added by GH on 20 December 2011
PEP - Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing
We currently have a trial to this resource running until 1st February 2012.PEP is a digital archive of many of the major works of psychoanalysis. It can be accessed via Database Finder.
Added by SAP on 19 December 2011
Construction Infromation Service (CIS)
The earlier problems with CIS have been resolved.
Added by AC on 15 December 2011
Construction Information Service (CIS)
CIS are aware of a problem loging in to their service. If you get a Blue "Athens Login" page please close your browser and remove Cookies from www.ihsti.com.
Added by AC. on 13 December 2011
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) Thurs 8th December.
BoB should be considerd "at risk" on Thursday 8th December 2011 between 09.30 - 11.00 (GMT). This is to allow essential changes and fixes to be implemented and installed on the live site.
Added by AB on 7 December 2011
UK Newspapers Online
We now have full text access to the following newspapers via the database Uk Newspapers Online: The Times and Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, Guardian, Observer, Independant and Independant on Sunday, Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, The Mirror and WashingtonPost.com.
Added by SAP on 7 December 2011
SFX Problems Resolved
The earlier problems with the SFX Journal linker have been resolved.
Added by AC. on 6 December 2011
SFX Journal Linking
The SFX Journal linker is working slowly. We are working to resolve the issues with this service.
Added by AC. on 6 December 2011
ProQuest Maintenance - 4th December
Products on the new ProQuest platform will be unavailable from 03.00 - 15.00 (GMT) on Sunday 4th December. (Access to products on other Proquest platforms will not be impacted).
Added by SAP on 1 December 2011
ft.com
The Library has a new subscription to ft.com. To get the most from this resource we advise you to register at https://registration.ft.com/corporate/signup/9Um1xhx7GhBbn
Added by SAP on 1 December 2011
eLexicons - Typography
We now have a subscription to the Typography section of eLexicons. Locate using Database Finder. Contact the Library for username and password.
Added by SAP on 30 November 2011
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) Wed 30th Nov.
BoB should be considerd "at risk" on Wednesday 30th November between 13.00 - 15.30 (GMT). This is to allow essential changes and fixes to be implemented and installed on the live site.
Added by SAP on 30 November 2011
Jordan's Family Law Online
We now have a subscription to three titles within Jordan's Family Law Online (Family Law Reports, Family Law Journal Child and Family Law Quarterly). Access via Database Finder
Added by SAP on 29 November 2011
BoB National - Maintenance
Box of Broadcasts will be unavailable on Tuesday 29 November from 10:00 until 12:00 midday. This is to allow for essential maintenance.
Added by AC on 23 November 2011
Ebrary
Ebrary problems have been resolved.
Added by SAP on 21 November 2011
Ebrary E-Books Unavailable.
There is a problem accessing Ebrary E-Books. We have contacted Ebrary and they hope to have the issue resolved shortly.
Added by AC on 18 November 2011
Zetoc Alerts: 14th-15th November
Access to Zetoc Alerts will be frozen from Monday 14th until Tuesday 15 November during the transfer of the Zetoc Service. Users will be unable to access, modify or create Zetoc Alerts. Access to the Zetoc Service will not be affected, although some downtime and possible disruption is expected on 15th November. Further information at: http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/news/2011/27oct2011.html
Added by SAP on 14 November 2011
Ebrary E-Books
The Earlier problems with Ebrary have been resolved.
Added by AC. on 11 November 2011
Ebrary E-Books Unavailable
There is a problem accessing Ebrary E-Books. Ebrary have been informed and are working on the issue.
Added by AC. on 11 November 2011
Digital Library login problem-resolved
The earlier problem logging into the Digital Library has been resolved. We apologise for any inconvenience this caused.
Added by BP on 7 November 2011
Login problem
There is currently a problem with logging in to the Digital Library, resulting in the "error there is a problem with your library membership" page. We are working to rectify the situation
Added by BP on 7 November 2011
ProQuest Maintenance 6th November
ProQuest® will be performing infrastructure maintenance on Sunday 6th November 2011 at 02:00 GMT/BST for twelve hours. All products on the new ProQuest platform and Illumina products will be unavailable during this time.
Added by SAP on 3 November 2011
MyILibrary Certificate errors
The problem with MyILibrary giving Invalid Certificate Errors in Firefox has been resolved.
Added by AC on 2 November 2011
FIXED - Problems with the Digital Library
The earlier problem causing delays in accessing some pages has been resolved and the system is back to normal. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Added by BP on 31 October 2011
Problems with the Digital Library
We are currently experiencing problems with the Digital Library. You may experience a delay, or an error message. We apologise and are working to restore the service.
Added by B on 31 October 2011
The Vogue Archive
We now have a one month trial to this database, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month. Access via Database Finder
Added by SAP on 31 October 2011
LexisLibrary and PSL
The technical problems have been resolved.
Added by AC on 25 October 2011
LexisLibrary and PSL Unavailable.
Lexis are suffering Technical Problems with their service. They are aware and working to resolve the problems.
Added by AC on 25 October 2011
Bob National: Service restored
BoB have completed their maintenance work.
Added by AC on 25 October 2011
Bob National Maintenance
Box Of Broadcasts is currently unavailable.
BoB expect the service to be back later today but have not given us a time.
Added by AC on 24 October 2011
Library Login
We have been made aware of a problem with Library Login. The problems have now been resolved.
Added by AC on 22 October 2011
ProQuest Maintenance 23rd October
ProQuest® will be performing infrastructure maintenance on Sunday 23rd October 2011 at 03:00 BST for twelve hours. All ProQuest platform products and Illumina products will be unavailable during this time.
Added by SAP on 20 October 2011
Sage Research Methods Online
We currently have a trial to this resource. It is designed to help you create research projects and understand the methods behind them.
Added by SAP on 19 October 2011
eLexicons
We have a one month trial to eLexicons. Access via database Finder. Login details available from the Library.
Added by SAP on 17 October 2011
MyILibrary E-Books
We are aware of a Certificate Issue with MyILibrary E-Books whilst using catalogue terminals within the library (not affecting accees through the website). We are working with MyILibrary to resolve this.
Added by AC on 14 October 2011
UK Custom Newspapers
The problem has now been resolved.
Added by SAP on 13 October 2011
UK Custom Newspapers
There is currently a problem with access to UK Newspapers. GaleCengage have been informed.
Added by SAP on 13 October 2011
Ebrary E-Books
Ebrary have fixed the issue with their service.
Added by AC. on 10 October 2011
Ebrary E-Books
We are aware of a problem accessing Ebrary E-Books. Ebrary have been contacted.
Added by AC on 10 October 2011
Primal Pictures - 9th October
Primal Pictures will be upgrading their servers and firewalls to increase the capacity of their systems. This will affect all Primal web sites on Sunday, October 9th, from 10:00 until 16:00 BST.
Added by SAP on 6 October 2011
Library System and Website short outage
A problem was identified with the Library System which has now been resolved and services are being restored.
Added by BP on 6 October 2011
Web of Knowledge - 9th Oct ober 2011
Thomson Reuters will be performing maintenance to Web of Knowledge on Sunday, October 9th, 2011 from 13:00 GMT. This is expected to last approximately 12 hours. During this time there may be disruption of service and product access.
Added by SAP on 6 October 2011
Library Login Issues Resolved
The earlier issues with Library Login have been resolved.
Added by AC on 6 October 2011
Library Login
We are aware of some problems with Library Login. We are working to get the issues resolved.
Added by AC on 6 October 2011
ProQuest Resources (new platform)
Please be aware that Proquest are having technical difficulties with authentication. As a result it is NOT possible to access ProQuest resources (eg BNI, ERIC) from off campus. ProQuest are working to fix this issue and apologise for any inconvenience.
Added by SAP on 5 October 2011
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB)
Access is now working from both on and off campus.
Added by SAP on 4 October 2011
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB)
There is currently a problem with accessing ODNB from off campus. We are working with the supplier to rectify.
Added by SAP on 4 October 2011
Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
BoB was unavailable between 30th September and 2nd October. If you need a programme from this period that you cannot access in the 7 day buffer, please forward the details to bob@bufvc.ac.uk.
Added by SAP on 3 October 2011
Association for Physical Education (AfPE)
We now have online access to the AfPE website and associated Journals. Please contact the Library for Login details.
Added by SAP on 29 September 2011
British Online Archives
A trial to this resource has been arranged and is active until 2nd November. Full access only available from on campus.
Added by SAP on 29 September 2011
Jordans Family Law Online
We now have a trial to this resource (from on campus only). Use Database Finder to locate it. Any feedback gratefully received.
Added by SAP on 28 September 2011
Literary Encyclopedia
Access has now been restored.
Added by SAP on 28 September 2011
Literary Encyclopedia
We currently do not have access to this resource. We have contacted the provider to investigate.
Added by SAP on 28 September 2011
Library Login at risk 28 to 30 September
We are working to improve the capacity of Library Login. We expect there to be sone disruption to service whilst we carry out this work.
Added by AC. on 28 September 2011
Library Login issues resolved
We have fixed the problem with Library Login. More resources have been requested for this service. We hope to have these additional resources in place ASAP.
Added by AC. on 26 September 2011
Slow Login
We are aware of a problem logging in to the library. We are working to resolve the issue.
Added by AC. on 26 September 2011
Library Login working again
The earlier problem with Library Login has been resolved. We are monitoring the entire system to try and find the cause of these issues.
Added by AC on 22 September 2011
Digital Library login problem
There is currently a problem with logging in to the Digital Library, which is displaying an error message when attempting to login. We are working on resolving this.
Added by BP1 on 22 September 2011
JSTOR Access problems resolved.
We have fixed the access problems with JSTOR. Please Contact Us if you still have problems.
Added by AC. on 22 September 2011
Login Problems.
We are working on the Issue with Library Login. The Library Login problem has been resolved.
Added by AC10 on 21 September 2011
Taylor & Francis Journals
Access to these has now been restored.
Added by SAP on 21 September 2011
Taylor & Francis Journals
There is currently a problem accessing T&F Journals. This is being investigated.
Added by SAP on 19 September 2011
Library PC availability screens
Please note that this system is currently out of service whilst major upgrades to the open access PCs are underway.
Added by GH on 19 September 2011
Known supplier issues. Mon 19 Sept.
We are aware that there are access issues with the following suppliers.
Science Direct
Search Results not appearing.
Please Register with Science Direct. This will resolve the issue.
DawsonERA Books
Issue with page Looping.
Dawson hope to have this issue with IE9 fixed today.
JSTOR
We believe that the main issues with JSTOR have been resolved.
Royal Marsden Manual (Off Campus)
The Access issues for off campus users have been resolved.
Westlaw Journals
The earlier issues with Westlaw Journals have been resolved.
Added by AC. on 19 September 2011
Proquest Dissertations and Theses Database
We currently have trial access to this database lasting for a period of four weeks.
Added by SAP on 19 September 2011
Library Login
Wed 14 Sept: The earlier problem with Loging in to the Library has been resolved.
Added by AC on 14 September 2011
E-Journal Search / Find E-Journal
The earlier problems with E-Journal Search / Find E-Journal have been resolved.
Added by AC. on 8 September 2011
Science Direct - 10th September
Due to new enhancements to the SciVerse platform, Science Direct is expected to be offline and unavailable on Saturday 10th September from 11.30-22.30 GMT (12.30-23.30 BST). In relation to this Science Direct alerts will be suspended for two weeks (9th -23rd September).
Added by SAP on 7 September 2011
Historical Association
We now have access to The Historical Association website. Please contact the Library for Login details
Added by SAP on 7 September 2011
PI Navigator (Perfect Information)
We currently have trial access for a limited period to this business resource. Find it under Database Finder.
Added by SAP on 7 September 2011
E-Journal Search / Find E-Journal
We are aware of a problem with the E-Journal Search / Find E-Journal Tools. Our Suppliers have been informed and will look at the issue shortly.
Added by AC. on 6 September 2011
CIS and Wiley
Off campus access to CIS and Wiley resources has now been restored.
Added by SAP on 5 September 2011
Database Access
We are aware that there are access problems with the following Databases. Wiley Interscience CIS JSTOR We are working to get these issues resolved.
Added by AC. on 2 September 2011
Construction Information Service Log In Problems
Users may experience difficulty logging into Construction Information Service (CIS) currently. Their technical team has been alerted to the problem and are looking into it.
Added by AB on 30 August 2011
Proquest Resources
ProQuest® will be performing infrastructure maintenance on Sunday, August 21, 2011 at 03:00(BST)for twelve (12) hours. The following products will be unavailable during this time: New and Legacy ProQuest platform products. Chadwyck-Healey products. Illumina products (eg Sociological Abstracts). RefWorks-COS products.
Added by SAP on 16 August 2011
Care Knowledge
Access has now been restored.
Added by SAP on 16 August 2011
Care Knowledge
Logging in to this resource is currently not working. We have notified Care Knowledge of the error.
Added by SAP on 16 August 2011
IEEE Xplore
Access has now been restored.
Added by SAP on 11 August 2011
Unable to access IEEE Xplore
We are currently unable to access IEEE Xplore. We are working with IEEE to resolve this.
Added by AB on 10 August 2011
Access to JSTOR
We have secured temporary access to JSTOR. Please use our AskUs Service to request temporary Access to JSTOR.
Added by AC. on 8 August 2011
JSTOR
We are currently unable to access JSTOR. We are working with JSTOR to resolve this.
Added by SAP on 26 July 2011
Exam Papers
The exam papers are now working.
Added by BP on 22 July 2011
Digital Library databases:
We believe that all databases are working correctly with our new authentication.
Please Contact us if you are unable to log in to a resource.
Added by AC on 21 July 2011
BioOne
will be experiencing some scheduled downtime on Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 starting at 23:00 BST (22:00 GMT). The downtime is not expected to last longer than four hours.
Added by SAP on 27 June 2011
Osiris
access has now been restored.
Added by SAP on 23 June 2011
Osiris
Access to Osiris is currently unavailable. We are working with BvD to re-establish.
Added by SAP on 23 June 2011
Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
Disruption may continue today.
Added by SAP on 22 June 2011
Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
Essential upgrades are being made to BoB National today. This work should not cause any significant downtime but there may be intermittent breaks in service between 1400hrs-1600hrs. They should last no more than ten minutes.
Added by SAP on 21 June 2011
LexisNexis
The authentication problems with Lexis have been resolved.
Added by SAP on 21 June 2011
Exam Papers June 2010
Exam Papers for June 2010 are now available and can be accessed via our Exam Paper database.
Added by BF on 21 June 2011
Digital Library Books etc. Results List
We have made a change to the Digital Library Books etc. results view: the last column will now just contain links for electronic access.
This is to make it clearer when we do/do not have items available on the shelves.
To find out the exact location of physical items, please click on the title, which will show you full availability and location of every copy we have.
If you wish to restrict your search to limit to copies held at a particular site, please use the "limit to....In..." dropdown box to choose a library and then GO!
Added by BP on 17 June 2011
CIS (Construction Information Service)
We are currently unable to access this resource. We are working with CIS on this issue.
Added by SAP on 16 June 2011
LexisNexis
Currently there are authentication problems with LexisNexis. Lexis have provided the following access route: www.lexisnexis.com/uk/legal. Please contact the library for User I.D and Password.
Added by SAP on 14 June 2011
Informaworld scheduled downtime
Informaworld will be unavailable on 1st June 2011 from 06.30-08.30 GMT (07.30-09.30 BST) to allow us to carry out essential maintenance as we prepare for the move to our new online platform
Added by AC. on 1 June 2011
Access to Mintel
The earlier problems with Mintel are now resolved.
Added by AC. on 1 June 2011
Digital Library - Login
Login problems have now been resolved.
Added by SAP on 17 May 2011
Digital Library - Athens
The Athens site which we use to authenticate access to the Digital Library is not responding. It is therefore not currently possible to login. Athens are aware and working on the problem.
Added by SAP on 17 May 2011
Journal Citation Reports
Access to Journal Citation reports has been restored.
Added by AC on 9 May 2011
ProQuest
Proquest will be performing infrastructure maintenance on May 5/6th. The maintenance is scheduled for Friday 6th May 03:00 - 05:00 BST.
Added by SAP on 5 May 2011
ScienceDirect
On Saturday May 7 SciVerse will be releasing several new enhancements to the SciVerse platform. It is possible that you may experience temporary service disruptions to SciVerse ScienceDirect on this day.
Added by SAP on 5 May 2011
PsycARTICLES and PsycINFO
Trials available to these resources via OVID to compare with current subscriptions via EBSCO.
Added by SAP on 21 April 2011
Refworks - Saturday 23rd April
RefWorks will be performing maintenance and will be unavailable for up to 2 hours on Saturday 23rd April from 05:00 BST.
Added by SAP on 21 April 2011
Music Therapy
The erlier hardware issue with Music Therapy has been resolved. We will continue to monitor this service.
Added by AC on 13 April 2011
EBSCO E-books
Trial access to the preview version of EBSCO's Academic E-book collection. Available until July 2011 via Database Finder.
Added by SAP on 11 April 2011
MEDLINE with Full Text
We now have trial access to MEDLINE with Full Text via two providers (Ebsco and Proquest) until end April. Please send feedback to sarah.packard@anglia.ac.uk
Added by SAP on 7 April 2011
KeyNote
Trial to KeyNote now available until end June via Database Finder. From off-campus please use the Athens Login link.
Added by SAP on 31 March 2011
Book Search - edition flagged in results
We have made a change to our website book search so that the edition is displayed along with the title in the search results.
Added by GH on 31 March 2011
Digital Tutors
Now on a 14-day trial. Digital-Tutors provides access to over 14,000 interactive, self-paced lessons. To create an account click sign-up and provide the information requested. You must use your University email address. This trial is only available to Anglia Ruskin staff.
Added by SAP on 31 March 2011
DawsonEra
Dawson Era will be unavailable on Thursday 31st March 17.00 - 18.00 BST due to system upgrade.
Added by SAP on 30 March 2011
HomeBuildLife
We have a one month trial to this resource provided by WGSN. Access is only available from the Cambridge campus.
Added by SAP on 29 March 2011
Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
BoB is now back up and running.
Added by SAP on 29 March 2011
Box of Broadcasts
BoB has been taken off line for an important upgrade. Service is expected to resume on Monday 21st March. In the meantime if you have any questions or urgent requests please email the BUFVC: bob@bufvc.ac.uk
Added by SAP on 17 March 2011
ProQuest Maintenance - 19th March for 12 hours
ProQuest® will be performing infrastructure maintenance on March 19, 2011. The following products will be unavailable for a 12 hour period from 02:00 GMT:
ProQuest platform products such as Entrepreneurship
Chadwyck-Healey products such as Early English Books Online
CSA Illumina products such as DAAI, ASSIA
Added by SAP on 17 March 2011
Elsevier e-textbooks
As from now we have a 4-week trial to medical and nursing e-textbooks from Elsevier. Access only available from on campus. Trial ends 11th April 2011.
Added by SAP on 15 March 2011
MyiLibrary - printing
Printing multiple pages does not work for some books when using Internet Explorer. Instead, download the pages (to pdf) and print from there. MyiLibrary are working on the problem.
Added by SAP on 14 March 2011
Science Direct - 13th March
Due to scheduled outage, ScienceDirect will be unavailable for about two hours on Sunday 13th March, 07:00-09:00 GMT. Elsevier apologise for the inconvenience.
Added by SAP on 10 March 2011
Bridgeman Education
We currently have a trial to Bridgeman Education until the end of March (see Database of the Month).
Added by SAP on 7 March 2011
SPONS E-Books
The problem with SPONS E-Books has been resolved.
Added by AC. on 7 March 2011
SPONS Books
We are currently experiencing problems with SPONS Books for on campus users. It is hoped that this will be resolved on Monday.
Added by Andrew Boulden on 4 March 2011
Elsevier Science Direct - Intermittent Problems
Elsevier Science Direct are currently experiencing intermittent problems with their system. They are working to correct the problem. Thank you for your patience.
Added by Andrew Boulden on 28 February 2011
AJ Buildings Library
We currently have a trial to AJ Buildings Library - a database aimed at Architects that showcases hundreds of exemplar projects. Please see i button for Login information.
Added by SAP on 28 February 2011
Dawsonera
Dawsonera will be unavailable on Tuesday 15th February between 17:30 - 18.30(GMT) to enable a system update.
Added by SAP on 14 February 2011
Digital Library: Thursday 10 Feb.
There were some issues with the Database section of the Digital Library between 2000 and 2100 hrs. Renewals were not affected.
Added by AC on 11 February 2011
Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
We now have a subscription to BoB - an off-air recording and media archive service. Please note: we are aware of some technical issues with embedded links which we are progressing.
Added by SAP on 8 February 2011
Marine Digimap
We have a trial to Marine Digimap until end March 2011. Please see i button for Login information.
Added by SAP on 3 February 2011
yshlondon
We have received the following message: "The YshLondon team are very sad to announce that YshLondon.com will be shutting down as of the end of January 2011."
Added by SAP on 1 February 2011
Journal Citation Reports
We now have a subscription to JCR. The resource can be accessed via Database Finder. Search for JCR or Web of Knowledge. If accessing from Web of Knowledge click on the "Select a Database" tab.
Added by SAP on 27 January 2011
Disruption during "At Risk" Period.
There was disruption to all University Internet Services between 0700 and 0715 today during some Sceduled Testing.
Added by AC on 25 January 2011
FORS
Access to FORS was re-established on 18th January, but username and password now required.
Added by SAP on 24 January 2011
Digimap
EDINA have informed us that due to maintenance work Digimap will be unavailable and/or "at risk" from 16.00 on Friday 4th February through until midday on Monday 7th February. For further information see: http://edinadigimap.blogspot.com/2011/01/mastermap-download-4-7-february-2011.html
Added by SAP on 24 January 2011
SwetsWise Service in QuickSearch
The SwetsWise service was removed form the Digital Library QuickSearch group of databases on 4th January 2011. This was due to some incompatibilities between that database and the way the service operates
Added by GH on 21 January 2011
Digital Library: Monday 17 January 2011
The Digital Library was unavailable between 0730 and 1000 on 17 January 2011.
There was some disruption to Database Searching as a result of this work.
All services were restored by 1540.
Added by AC on 20 January 2011
Exam Papers January 2010
Exam Papers for January 2010 are now available and can be accessed via our Exam Paper database.
Added by BF on 19 January 2011
FORS
The FORS database is being moved and is currently unavailable. We have no further information with regard to down-time.
Added by SAP on 11 January 2011
Trial to Proquest Newsstand
We now have a trial to Newsstand until 4th Feb 2011. Link available via database Finder.
Added by SAP on 5 January 2011
Emerald - 5th January
Emerald will be unavailable on Wednesday 5th January 2011 from 09.00 GMT until approx 10.30 GMT. This is due to essential site maintenance.
Added by SAP on 4 January 2011
PressDisplay
New trial to PressDisplay, available until end Jan 2011.
Added by SAP on 15 December 2010
GMID Euromonitor
Athens Access to GMID Euromonitor is currently not working. GMID Euromonitor are working to resolve the issue.
Added by AC on 3 December 2010
Journal Citation Reports
Trial now available to Science and Social Science Citation Reports until end of December 2010. (Search for Journal Citation Reports or use tabs within Web of Science).
Added by SAP on 1 December 2010
Wiley Resources
There are currently problems with access to Wiley. Wiley are aware and apologise for any inconvenience.
Added by SAP on 29 November 2010
Trial to Berg Fashion Library
available until 22nd January 2011. Berg Fashion Library is the first online resource to provide access to interdisciplinary and integrated text and image content on world dress and fashion.
Added by SAP on 29 November 2010
Oxford Online
Due to essential maintenance there may be some disruption to access to Oxford Reference Online and the Oxford Digital Reference Shelf titles for a period 1 hour on Wednesday 24th November at 8.00 GMT.
Added by SAP on 23 November 2010
Digital Library
There is currently a problem with the Digital Library - we are aware and working on it. Update: 1210. This issue has been resolved.
Added by SAP on 15 November 2010
Lexis PSL - trial
One year trial arranged to Lexis PSL: Legal information on Practice areas. Available via Database Finder or "Practice Areas" tab within LexisLibrary.
Added by SAP on 15 November 2010
Nexis News - trial
A trial to Nexis is now running until mid-December. To Login select "Athens Sign-In". Training to this resource is arranged for Thursday 18th at 2pm in Cambridge.
Added by SAP on 15 November 2010
Science Direct - Saturday 13th Nov 2010
is expected to be offline and unavailable for approximately 9 hours on Saturday, November 13th due to scheduled upgrades. Down time is expected to be 12:30 - 21:30 GMT.
Added by SAP on 10 November 2010
Wiley
Problems have been reported with Wiley/SFX links. Wiley have informed ExLibris that they will have a fix in place on Tuesday (9th Nov).
Added by SAP on 8 November 2010
Trial to vLex
We have a trial to vLex available until 1st December. It is a provider of legal information from 102 countries in 12 different languages. PDF guides are available via the i button.
Added by SAP on 1 November 2010
Safari Books Online
Due to technical issues the 'Safari Tech Books Online' database cannot be found via the Advanced Search tab. It is still available via the Database Finder, by doing a title search or by clicking here and clicking on 'Athens Users Sign In' link.
Added by on 29 October 2010
ProQuest Maintenance
ProQuest® will be performing infrastructure maintenance on 30 October, 2010. A twelve (12) hour maintenance window will be required for this maintenance. The window will take place from Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 02:00 for twelve (12) hours.
Added by AB on 28 October 2010
DawsonERA Issues Resolved
We have been informed by DawsonERA that normal access to their service has been restored.
Added by AC on 27 October 2010
SFX
is now working again
Added by GH on 22 October 2010
E-Journals unavailable
E-journals are currently unavailable due to a server problem. We are working to resolve this asap.
Added by GH on 21 October 2010
SFX
There is currently a problem with SFX linking
Added by GH on 21 October 2010
DawsonEra
There is cuurently a problem with access/authentication to DawsonEra.
Update 25/10: We are aware that DawsonERA E-Books are still unavailable. We are in contact with DawsonERA seeking a resolution to this issue.
Added by SAP / AC on 21 October 2010
Informaworld
have scheduled downtime on Tuesday 26th October from 8am-10am BST/7am-9am GMT, in order to release developments.
Added by SAP on 21 October 2010
Digital Library Services - maintenance
You may experience some unusual behaviour with some Digital Library services over the next fortnight as we work to improve accessibilty to journal articles and e-books. If you have queries please contact us through our AskUS Enquiry Service. The services likely to be affected are:
Science Direct
Wiley
JSTOR
Emerald
MyiLibrary (e-books)
Ebrary (e-books)
Added by GH on 21 October 2010
Wiley
Due to scheduled maintenance access to the Wiley Online Library may be disrupted on Saturday 16 October: 1200 BST to 1400 BST.
Added by SAP on 14 October 2010
Zeetoc
The intermittent problem with Zetoc searching has now been resolved
Added by SAP on 13 October 2010
Zetoc
have advised that there intermittent problems when searching Zetoc
Added by SAP on 12 October 2010
Informaworld
Informaworld is currently experiencing technical difficulties with the green access icon. As well as displaying against content to which an institution is entitled, it is also being displayed against content to which users are not subscribed.
Added by SAP on 12 October 2010
Two new links in Metalib:
Sentencing Council for England and Wales and Scenography – The Theatre Design Website
Added by SAP on 23 September 2010
InformaWorld Journals
InformaWorld have informed us that customers are being shown as having more access at Journal issue and article level than they are actually entitled to. They are working on it.
Added by SAP on 23 September 2010
SFX: Interruption to service
This work was completed at 7:45 am
Added by AC on 23 September 2010
Library Catalogue; Interruption to service.
There will be a 15 - 20 min interruption to the Digital Library on Monday 27 Sept between 8:00 and 8:30 AM. This is to allow for essential maintenance.
Added by Alex Collins on 22 September 2010
SFX: Interruption to service
There will be a short interruption to our SFX Service on Thursday 23 Sept between 7:30 and 8:00 AM. This is to allow for a database restart.
Added by Alex Collins on 22 September 2010
Oxford English Dictionary
The access problems have now been resolved by OUP.
Added by SAP on 21 September 2010
Oxford English Dictionary
We are aware of the problems accessing various Oxford Resources and hope to resolve them shortly.
Added by AC on 20 September 2010
Keesings World News Archive
We also have a trial to this running.
Added by SAP on 16 September 2010
Box of Broadcasts (Bob)
We have trial access to this until 16th October. See i button for futher information.
Added by SAP on 16 September 2010
24dash.com
A new link has been added in Metalib to this "Social Housing and Public Sector news" website.
Added by SAP on 15 September 2010
E-Journal Search Tabs
We have removed the Broken Tabs from the E-Journal Search.
Added by AC on 9 September 2010
Informaworld
will be unavailable on Wednesday 8th September, 07:00 – 09:00 B.S.T. in order to complete some essential work.
Added by SAP on 7 September 2010
Wiley Interscience
Many institutions are reporting problems with article-level linking in Wiley. Failures are not consistent and it is unclear how prevalent they are.
Added by SAP on 2 September 2010
ScienceDirect - Saturday 28th August 2010
ScienceDirect will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 9 hours on Saturday 28th August from 12:30PM to 9:30PM GMT.
Added by SAP on 26 August 2010
DawsonEra and IE7
Problem with printing reported on 19th July now resolved. Still unable to print using browser tool bar but browser will NOT shut down. (Need to use print button provided by DawsonEra).
Added by SAP on 29 July 2010
Ebrary
Access issue from off campus has been resolved.
Added by SAP on 27 July 2010
Ebrary
Problems with access to Ebrary e-books from off campus. Ebrary have been informed.
Added by SAP on 26 July 2010
JSTOR
Access from on and off campus now seems to be working again.
Added by SAP on 26 July 2010
Geology Digimap
New resource available via Digimap. Current British Geological Survey map data and Lexicon of named Rock Units. Users will need to Register prior to use.
Added by SAP on 22 July 2010
Landmap Spatial Discovery
New resource. Provides access to Landmap, Infoterra and Cities Revealed data archives, plus Bluesky data and Colour Infrared Data.
Added by SAP on 22 July 2010
JSTOR - No access from off campus
JSTOR is displaying a message "No access from off campus" when accessing from both on and off campus. However, on-campus if you do a search, etc. it will work. Off campus access is being denied - JSTOR have been informed.
Added by SAP on 22 July 2010
DawsonEra and IE7
Printing problem reported by many Universities: if try to print using browser toolbar (rather than the print button), the browser will shut down.
Added by SAP on 19 July 2010
SwetsWise Off-campus
Access from off campus has now been restored.
Added by SAP on 19 July 2010
SwetsWise Off-campus
No access to Swetswise via Database Finder from off-campus. We are working with Swetswise to resolve this.
Added by SAP on 13 July 2010
Emerald
Searches from Database Finder (Metalib) returning zero results. Problem also reported by other Universities.
Added by SAP on 13 July 2010
Grzimeks Animal Life
New Subscription as of now.
Added by SAP on 2 July 2010
Emerald Article-level linking
problem reported last week has been fixed.
Added by SAP on 29 June 2010
DawsonEra
We now have access to 48 e-books via DawsonEra accessible via Database Finder. Records are not yet in the catalogue.
Added by SAP on 28 June 2010
Emerald Article-level linking
Sorry - spoke too soon. Linking to articles is inconsisent. Problem being experienced by other Exlibris customers. Emerald been informed.
Added by SAP on 23 June 2010
Emerald
Access restored
Added by SAP on 23 June 2010
Emerald
Currently we have no access Emerald - this has been brought to their attention.
Added by SAP on 23 June 2010
Journal Finder problem
The problem with acessing e-journals through Journal Finder has been resolved
Added by on 22 June 2010
Exam Papers June 2009
Exam Papers for June 2009 are now available and can be accessed via our Exam Paper database.
Added by BF on 22 June 2010
Journal Finder problem
We are experiencing a problem with acessing e-journals through Journal Finder. We are looking into this..
Added by GH on 22 June 2010
Orlando
also on trial until 18 July. Database on authors' lives and writing careers.
Added by SAP on 21 June 2010
Grzimeks Animal Life
Trial now available until 17 July 2010. User name and password required: see i button.
Added by SAP on 21 June 2010
Kemp on Lawtel
We have a trial to this until 13 July.
Added by SAP on 21 June 2010
Zetoc "at risk"
for a minimal period of time on Tuesday 15th June from 10.00.
Added by SAP on 14 June 2010
Opthalmology E-Books
We now have access, via OVID, to a collection of 31 e-books on opthalmology. Records not yet in the catalogue but can be accessed via Database Finder.
Added by SAP on 8 June 2010
Informahealthcare
New search platform available via Metalib for Informahealthcare Journals.
Added by SAP on 7 June 2010
Login problem for some home users..?
We believe we have uncovered and fixed a library login problem for users who have the Google Toolbar running on their browser. Its difficult to test this out with the variety of options home users may employ so please report anything unusual to ESST promptly. Thanks.
Added by GH on 1 June 2010
Link to Exam Papers
A link to the Exam Papers database has been added to the bottom section of the Website homepage to highlight the service temporarily
Added by GH on 28 May 2010
Digital Library (catalogue) terminals
These were fixed 25 May 2010 at approx 17.15
Added by SAP on 26 May 2010
Digital Library terminals
There is a problem with the Digital Library (catalogue) terminals at present (4.50). We are trying to fix it.
Added by GH on 25 May 2010
Skills4StudyCampus
is available as a trial until 21 June 2010. This is an online study skills package and assessment tool of interest to a number of University Departments.
Added by SAP on 25 May 2010
Gale AcademicOneFile
The SFX access problem has now been resolved.
Added by SAP on 21 May 2010
Gale AcademicOneFile
There is a problem accessing AcademicOneFile titles via SFX. We have contacted Exlibris for a solution.
Added by SAP on 20 May 2010
Digital Library
The Scheduled work is complete.
Added by AC on 18 May 2010
Digital Library
The Digital Library will be unavailable from 9:00 this morning for about 1 hour. This is to allow for an essential upgrade.
Added by AC on 18 May 2010
Illustrated London News Historical Archive
is now available as a trial until 12 June 2010
Added by SAP on 17 May 2010
Bibliography of the History of Art
is no longer available as a free resource. International Repertory of the Literature of Art and Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie are also no longer supported.
Added by SAP on 11 May 2010
OVID Resources
Access has now been restored (12.40).
Added by SAP on 11 May 2010
OVID Resources
There is a problem authenticating to Ovid Resources. Athens are contacting Ovid to resolve.
Added by SAP on 11 May 2010
Swetswise Journals
The problem with access/authentication has been resolved.
Added by SAP on 11 May 2010
Informaworld
will be unavailable on Thursday 06 May, 07:30–08:30 BST in order to complete some essential work.
Added by SAP on 10 May 2010
E-books
The problems with e-book access have been resolved (10.00)
Added by GH on 7 May 2010
E-books
There is a problem accessing most of our e-books (titles from Ebrary)(17.10). We are investigating and hope to have the problem resolved soon
Added by GH on 6 May 2010
IngentaConnect
Full access to Ingenta Connect has been restored.
Added by SAP on 6 May 2010
IngentaConnect
Access to Ingenta Connect via Database Finder is not being correctly authorised. However access via specific Journal Title is working correctly.
Added by SAP on 6 May 2010
Swetswise Journals
Access to Swetswise Journals is not currently working - we are investigating. In the meantime - if you click on "Athens Login" it will take you through but you will need to search for the title you require.
Added by SAP on 6 May 2010
Exam Papers
The problem with accessing University exam papers [21/4/10] has now been resolved
Added by GH on 30 April 2010
Search HInts and Tips
We've added a link to some hints and tips to help when searching for books and e-books.
Added by GH on 30 April 2010
DIGITAL LIBRARY DISRUPTION
The Digital Library was unfortunately offline from 4.45pm Weds 28th April until 4.45pm Thurs 29th April due to a severe technical failure. At this point (4.45pm) it is still subject to disruption.[Finally fully restored at 9.00 pm on 29th April]
Added by GH on 29 April 2010
Changes to QuickSearch
We are piloting a change to the way our QuickSearch for journal articles works when the 'field' (i.e. the part of the database record) to search is not specified by the searcher. Now, by default, words or phrases entered in the search box will be searched for in the title or subject of the articles rather than by their occurrence anywhere in the database record. This we hope should make results more relevant and reduce the number of unwanted 'hits'. However you can still change the field you search on in any search you run. N.B. QuickSearch is only intended to provide a broad search of useful journal articles - for more in depth and exhaustive searches students should use Advanced Search - Journal Articles instead.
Added by GH on 26 April 2010
University Wide System Failure
A power failure interrupted University IT systems last night. All online library services were restored by 9.30am today.
Added by GH on 22 April 2010
Exam Papers
There is currently a technical problem preventing access to exam papers on our systems. We will post a notification on this board as soon as the problem is rectified
Added by GH on 21 April 2010
"My Digital Library"
We've overhauled the way this section of the Digital Library works. We hope this is now a bit clearer and easier to use. If you are having problems please Contact US
Added by GH on 21 April 2010
Digital Library updates and notices
Details of any updates or changes to the Digital Library and the Library's e-services will be posted on this web page from April 2010.
Added by GH on 15 April 2010
Systems Availability
All Library Services are working normally.
November 2011 - March 2012.
We will be undteraking a major project with IT Services to upgrade all the Student Workstations in the Queens Building to Windows 7.
Areas Completed:
Hoffman Room
QUE 117
Queens building 1st Floor Law Area.
On the 2nd Floor 12 new Workstations are available for you to use.
Next planned work: Feb/March 2012
An additional 12 machines on the 2nd and 3rd floors.
Replace the 6 machines in the Library Foyer area.
After Final Testing is complete we will replace the remaining Dell Machines.
This is scheduled for Mid - Late March. AC.
Advance Warning: There will be some Network Disruption at Fulbourn and Peterborough during the Easter Period.
This work is currently planned for 26 March. AC.