Friday 26 May 2017

Student email/UK Access Management Federation login problem

There is currently no access to student email, or to any resources which use UK Access Management Federation login, including RefWorks, Dawsonera ebooks and VLEbooks. (Full list here.) ICT are aware and working to restore services as soon as possible. We will post updates as soon as we have any news.


Tuesday 16 May 2017

Dawsonera ebooks – full service restored

We've been advised that the intermittent technical interruptions affecting Dawsonera ebooks have now been resolved, and that a full service has been restored.

Please let us know if you continue to have any problems.



Dawsonera ebooks - problems

We've been advised that the Dawsonera ebooks platform is having problems this morning. They are aware and are working on it as quickly as possible. If you have problems with a Dawsonera ebook, please try again later.


Thursday 11 May 2017

Dawsonera ebooks - downloading unavailable Thursday 18th May 07:00–08:30 BST

We've been warned that on Thursday 18th May, dawsonera downloads will be offline between 07:00–08:30 BST for system improvements.

The rest of the site will remain fully functional. Titles downloaded prior to this timeframe will be available to view as long as they have previously been opened.

Tuesday 9 May 2017

LexisNexis planned downtime Saturday 13th May 5am-10am

We've been warned of planned downtime time for law databases on the LexisNexis platform, Saturday 13th May between 5am and 10am BST.

This includes:
Lexis Library
International GAAP online
UK Newspapers
and any other resources with lexisnexis.com in the URL. 


Tuesday 2 May 2017

Top searches in DISCOVER in April

This is what everyone has been looking for in April:


Dawsonera ebooks downtime

There will be a new Dawsonera release on Monday 8th May. To implement this, Dawsonera will be offline on May 8th from 23:59–01:00 BST.