New digital resources for travel and tourism

We now have digital access to Travel & tourism analyst and TTI country reports, published by Mintel, both on and off campus.

Drop-in clinics at Bedford Polhill library in March

If you're in Bedford, why not come along to our sessions on Finding journal articles with Ebscohost Research Databases, Finding & Using Ebooks, and Getting Started with RefWorks. Full information here.

Taylor and Francis journals at risk Wednesday 22nd February

Taylor & Francis Online will be undergoing maintenance on Wednesday 22nd February 2012, starting at 6pm GMT and finishing by 10pm GMT. This will affect any journal with a url which includes "www.tandfonline.com".

Credo Reference unavailable for maintenance, Saturday 11th February 4am-8am

We've been advised that Credo Reference will be unavailable early on Saturday morning 11th February (4:00am to 8:00am GMT.) while the supplier performs routine maintenance.

SAGE Journals now in mobile-optimized format

It should be easier to read SAGE journal articles on your phone from now on, further details here.

ProQuest databases at risk Sunday 5th Feb from 3am - 3pm

Our ProQuest databases may be unavailable from 3 am to 3 pm on Sunday 5th February as the provider performs infrastructure maintenance.  Products that may be affected include:

• ASSIA
• Australian Education Index
• British Education Index 
• British Nursing Index
• British Periodicals Online
• ERIC
• IBSS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
• IIPA: Internationa Index to Performing Arts
• LLBA : Linguistics and Language Behaviour Abstracts
• Physical Education Index
• Proquest Dissertations and Theses

Fair VAT on e-publications for the academic community

The university currently pays VAT at 20% on all the digital resources we buy for you, but we don't have to on printed books and journals. This is holding us back from providing you with more digital resources.  So we are asking you to help us protest against VAT on e-publications for the academic community. Sign this e-petition for us to be able to buy more for you http://t.co/Z6DhU5YJ.