Proquest Ebook Central - back to normal

Ebooks from Ebook Central seem to be back to normal following yesterday's issues. 

Please let us know if you have any further problems.

Proquest Ebook Central problem

We are currently having an issue accessing ebooks on the Proquest Ebook Central platform. We are urgently investigating this.

Downloading ebooks from ProQuest Ebook Central

ProQuest Ebook Central have made a change to the way you download ebooks from their site. 

(This only affects books from this provider, not other suppliers, and only refers to when you download the book to your own device, not to reading online.)

If this affects you please check out our guide here.

Most popular searches in Discover in July

These were the most popular searches in DISCOVER last month:

Problem with Brightmine

We are having a login issue with Brightmine (which was XpertHR) at the moment. If you need access, please email librarians@beds.ac.uk and we will give you a temporary login.

Science Direct and Scopus update - problem resolved

We believe that we have finally solved the problem with access to Science Direct and Scopus.

If you do come across any more error messages, please report them to us via SID.

DISCOVER/EBSCOhost databases problems 6th July

We are having some problems today with DISCOVER and EBSCOhost databases.

It seems to be working better in Edge than Chrome so it's worth switching browsers if you can.

EBSCO are working to fix the issue as soon as possible.