DISCOVER maintenance 17th October

The system that powers DISCOVER is going to be undergoing mainteance on 17th October, 9am - 1.30pm.

During this maintenance, DISCOVER will be available but you may notice issues with performance and momentary functionality loss.

Top searches in September

This were the top searches in DISCOVER last month.

Library login at risk Wednesday 2nd October [change of date]

In a slight change of plan we are now going to be upgrading the server that manages login to library services on Wednesday 2nd October. We are not planning any downtime if all goes to plan, but there is a risk of disruption to logins from 9am.

Logins at risk include:

• book renewal and reservations
• access to digital library services including DISCOVER, ebooks, ejournals and databases
• reading list editing

Library login at risk Tues 1st October

We are going to be upgrading the server that manages login to library services on Tuesday 1st October. We are not planning any downtime if all goes to plan, but there is a risk of disruption to logins from 9am.

Logins at risk include:

• book renewal and reservations
• access to digital library services including DISCOVER, ebooks, ejournals and databases
• reading list editing

Most popular DISCOVER searches in August

These were the most popular searches in DISCOVER in August:

IEEE Xplore planned downtime Saturday, 17 August 2024

IEEE have warned us of planned maintenance to the IEEE Xplore platform during 17th August. There may be periods of downtime throughout the day.

Library Catalogue unavailable (2nd August)

We are having an unexpected problem with the library catalogue today, which we are working to resolve.

In the meantime please use DISCOVER, help page here, as all of our books and ebooks are also listed there.