Library News & Events

Ebscohost Database Access Restored

Access to our Ebscohost Databases has now been restored. We thank you for your patience during the interruption.

Ebscohost Databases Service Interruption

There seems to be a problem with access to our Ebscohost Databases as of Tuesday afternoon (March 27th). We are working on this issue and hope to have it resolved soon. Thank you for your patience, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Temporary Service Interruptions - ScienceDirect

Elsevier’s SciVerse (ScienceDirect) suite will be undergoing an upgrade this coming weekend (March 17, 7:30 AM to 8:30 PM CDT), which may result in temporary service interruptions. It is possible that users may experience temporary service disruptions while accessing SciVerse at these times. Upgrades to ScienceDirect include: increasing search speed and article rendering; solving issues with PDF downloading and RSS feeds. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Taylor & Francis Online Scheduled Maintenance

Taylor & Francis Online will be undergoing maintenance on Wednesday 22nd February 2012, starting at 12 pm and finishing by 4 pm. The platform will be unavailable during this time. Thank you for your patience whilst they perform essential work to keep things running smoothly. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Proxy server switchover on Tuesday

We will be switching to a new proxy server on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. and there will be a 15 minute interruption as we make the change.

Accessing digital resources from off campus

The Library is experimenting with a new method of logging into the proxy server, which provides off-campus access to databases, ejournals, and other digital resources.

Library service outage on Monday, October 3

Some of the Library's services will be temporarily unavailable today, including access to databases and ejournals from off campus, and Interlibrary Loan requesting. We regret the inconvenience.

IUS Library temporary closure

Owing to recent flooding, the Institute of Urban Studies library collection will be closed until further notice, when it will reopen at the Richardson College for the Environment later this fall.

JSTOR Maintenance

On Friday, September 9 and Saturday, September 10, JSTOR will be performing site maintenance that requires a “read-only” period for these two days. During this scheduled maintenance, users will be able to search, browse, and access and download PDF files for content in JSTOR. They will not be able to save citations, reset passwords, create or update MyJSTOR accounts, or purchase articles.

Library service outage on Monday, August 15

 

SciFinder Scholar Moves to Web Version Only

All access to CAS databases through the SciFinder desktop client will be switched off on June 30, 2011, as SciFinder moves to web version only. The web version of SciFinder is accessible through the Library Databases portal and requires user registration.

New Database Added - Brill's New Pauly (Der Neue Pauly)

New Pauly Online includes all the volumes of Brill’s New Pauly and Der Neue Pauly, and is a dual-language (English and German) reference database. This encyclopedic database is a standard work for the study of the ancient world, and is interdisciplinary in nature.

Changes to Databases News Feed

There have been some minor changes to the Database News Feed. If you have previously subscribed to the Database News Feed through an RSS Reader you will need to subscribe to the current feed by scrolling to the bottom of Database News and clicking "Subscribe to this Feed".

New Online Resource - Le Petit Robert

Le Petit Robert is an authoritative French dictionary that contains all content found in the print work of the same name, as well as additional content. This resource contains 60,000 words, 300,000 meanings and 185,000 use examples.

New Database - Keesing's World News Archive

Keesing's World News Archive provides access to a large collection of articles covering many of the world's most important political, social and economic events from 1931 to present.

Database Upgrade - Sage Journals Online Deep Backfile

The Library has acquired Sage's Deep Backfile. This collection features more than 380 titles from volume 1, issue 1 to present.

Database Downtime - Contemporary Women's Issues Off-Campus Access

** UPDATE February 23rd, 2011. Off-campus access to Contemporary Women's Issues has been restored ** CWI is no longer hosted on OCLC FirstSearch and is in the process of being migrated to Gale hosting. This resource is currently available on-campus only.

New Database - Book Review Index

Book Review Index is a comprehensive source for finding book reviews from scholarly, professional and popular publications.

Database Downtime - Institute Of Physics (IOPScience)

Due to scheduled server maintenance the Institute Of Physics (IOPScience) database will be unavailable Saturday, January 22, between 2:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Normal service should be restored after this maintenance is completed.