Monday, 2 June 2025

Popular searches in DISCOVER

 These were the most popular searches in DISCOVER this May:




Thursday, 1 May 2025

Top searches in DISCOVER

These were the most-used searches in DISCOVER this April:




Friday, 25 April 2025

RefWorks problems 25/04/25 - resolved

RefWorks have resolved the problems occurring this afternoon. Please let us know if you have any further issues.



RefWorks problems 25/04/25

RefWorks have notifed us that there are some problems occuring and that they are working on fixing them. If you notice anything odd (such as all your references having disappeared!) please try again later.



Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Top searches in DISCOVER

These were the most popular searches in DISCOVER last month:




Thursday, 20 March 2025

Network upgrade 21-23 March affecting all campuses and library systems - now 28-30 March

We put out this advanced notice of downtime on 21-23 March - this has now been put back to 28-30 March

When will this be?  

  • Downtime: Friday 28 March 2025 from 18:00 – 23:00 
  • Downtime: Saturday 29 March 2025 from 08:00 - 23:00
  • At risk day : Sunday 30 March 2025 - all day until 17:00   

What will be affected? 

All University ICT services and Internet access will be unavailable during the downtime period for staff and students on-site at all campuses.

  • No Internet access on campus 
  • No Office 365 / Emails / Teams service from onsite computers
  • No Access to applications hosted on site - this means that
    • the library catalogue, self-issue and return machines will be unavailable
    • login to DISCOVER and other digital library resources including ebooks, ejournals and databases will also be affected

Applications hosted off-site (e.g. EmailBREO) will be accessible off site only.

BMJ journals problem resolved

The problem with access to journals on the BMJ platform has now been resolved. Please let us know if you have any ongoing problems.