Emerald journals - maintenance Tuesday 4th October

Emerald have announced upcoming maintenance on their journal platform, all day on Tuesday 4th October. Access to journal articles should still be working but there will be no search or access to any personal account you may have.

DISCOVER back to normal

DISCOVER seems to be working normally again - if you do have problems, please let us know.

DISCOVER problem

DISCOVER isn't working via the usual routes but is working via this one:

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=shib&custid=s5099118&profile=eds

We're investigating and hope to have it back as normal soon.

A new look for Scopus

Scopus has had a bit of a refresh. There's loads of information about it on their blog.

NewsBank Special Reports

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



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



October Topics and Monthly Themes

• Issues in the News - Bullying Prevention Month
• Mental Health - Emotional Wellness Month
• National Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15)
• U.S. Presidential Campaign - 2016
• World Terrorism and Conflict

 

 

Biz/ed ebook problems solved

The problems accessing the Biz/ed ebook collection have now been resolved. Please let us know if you have any problems.

"Your connection is not secure" messages when accessing library resources

We are having some issues using the library system to connect to resources which use https, resulting in messages like this:

or this:

Rest assured that if you've come through the library catalogue or DISCOVER, and the link you're trying to access has brum.beds.ac.uk in the URL, then it's just a technical hitch not a real security risk. You can safely click Add Exception and then Confirm Security Exception.

UoB Repository back

UoB Repository is back up now, let us know if you have any problems with it.

Biz/ed ebook collection problems

There are problems accessing the Biz/ed ebook collection today. Our supplier is aware and working to resolve the issue.

University of Bedfordshire Repository down

UoB Repository is down at the moment as our host is having server issues. We hope it will be back up soon.

Scopus maintenance 21st September 2016

We've been warned of maintenance to Scopus on 21st September from 5pm to 7pm. 
During this time, Scopus will be available in a read-only interface; meaning, Scopus should still be accessible and function as normal with the exception of saving and modifying searches; creating and modifying alerts; and adding items to or updating any saved lists.

Login problems resolved

We think that this morning's problems with login to ebooks, RefWorks, Reading Lists and other UK Access Management resources is fixed.

If it doesn't work for you, please let us know.

Login problems

Current issues with login to ebooks, RefWorks, Reading Lists and other UK Access Management resources. Please bear with us while we try to get this fixed. Our ICT team are investigating the problem.

Social Media in the UK

Some interesting statistics on the use of social media - particularly amongst adults - published on 23 August 2016, by the Office of National Statistics: a great source to cite in an assignment.

Social Media in the UK from Office for National Statistics

"Your login has been disabled due to intruder detection"

We're still getting reports of this problem:

This happens when your account has tried to login too many times with the wrong password. We think this is happening particularly when you change your password, but don't update saved passwords in your browser or device. If this happens either visit a library helpdesk or email us. We can reset your password temporarily but you will then need to go to our password reset site to set it to something secure (make sure you have 8 digits with 3 different characters, upper case, lowers case and numbers - there are some instructions here). And then remember to change any stored passwords in your browser or on your phone or tablet, otherwise the problem will just happen again!

Cambridge University Press ejournals - new website

Cambridge University Press have updated their ejournal website to improve searching, browsing and linking, and be more responsive to screen sizes on mobile devices. All our existing links to ejournals (from the library catalogue, DISCOVER, etc.) should still work, but if you do come across a problem, let us know.

Introducing PlumX Metrics in DISCOVER

From today you will see a new icon in your DISCOVER search results - this is for PlumX Metrics, and it's called a Plumprint.
The Plumprint gives you information about how popular the item is - how many times it's been downloaded (not just by UoB users), and what attention it has had elsewhere on the Internet, for example on social media, news sites and blogs.
Plumprints appear in the results list for books as well as journal articles.

    

If you hover over the icon, you'll see an overview of this information

or you can click on it to see the full details, and link out to posts and tweets.

Hopefully you'll find it useful!

DISCOVER top searches for August