WARC (World Advertising Research Center) - new features

WARC (World Advertising Research Center) have introduced a webinar archive, where you can watch recordings.

They have also introduced a Recommended tag, as an easy way to find the very best articles and case studies.

CBT Nuggets - courses retiring

CBT Nuggets will be retiring the following courses on April 1, 2014. The courses that will be retired are:

• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)®
• Check Point CCSA R65/R70
• Check Point Security CCSE R70 156-315.70
• Check Point Security R71/75 CCMSE 156-815.71
• CHISP
• Cisco CCDP ARCH 642-873
• Cisco CCNP Security (formerly known as CCSP) FIREWALL 642-617
• Cisco CCNP Security (formerly known as CCSP) SECURE 642-637
• Cisco CCNP Security IPS 642-627
• CompTIA A+ 220-701, 220-702
• CompTIA Network+ N10-004, JK0-016
• CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician
• CompTIA Security+ SY0-201 with SY0-301, JK0-018 updates
• CompTIA Server+ SK0-003
• CWNP CWSP
• ISACA Security CISM
• (ISC)2 Security CISSP*
• ITIL Foundation
• ITIL: Foundation Level
• Juniper Networks Certified Specialist Security (JNCIS-SEC) 
• Juniper Networks Junos Associate 

New Scopus mobile app to help researchers keep up to date

New Elsevier mobile app helps researchers keep up to date | Scopus Blog | Elsevier

Elsevier’s latest mobile app, available on the Elsevier WebShop, is the publisher-neutral Research Highlights, which is free to anyone who needs to keep up to date with the new research that is being published in their field. The Research Highlights app harnesses the power of Scopus to let researchers track critical search terms across more than 20,000 peer-reviewed journals from hundreds of publishers.

Once you've downloaded the app and set up your preferences, you can check author-written bulleted highlights and/or the abstract to determine which articles to read in full. Then, with a single click, you can send a full text URL to your email inbox. Back at your desk you will find the selected articles waiting - whether to print off, or read on a full-size screen. Your content licenses will also be recognized, ensuring seamless access to all the content you have rights to.

Research Highlights is handy because it allows users to follow new research from all important publishers through a single app. The app developers also recognized which parts of the literature search can be comfortably carried out on a mobile device and which parts are more easily performed back in your office (or offline). While it may be fine to scan article lists and read a few bullets or a short abstract on the small screen of a mobile device, lengthy full-text articles are not easy to consume that way.

Try Research Highlights for yourself and tell us what you think about it. Both Apple and Android versions are available - each suitable for smartphone and tablet devices.

Library catalogue down

We are having problems with the library catalogue at the moment, which is affecting searching and also off-campus access to resources. You can still use DISCOVER, and you can also use this list of resources which should bypass the problem.

Scopus browser support

Following the February 2014 release, there have been inquiries regarding which browsers Scopus currently supports. Scopus is now supporting the following browsers:

Internet Explorer 8
Internet Explorer 9
Internet Explorer 10
Chrome 32
Firefox 27
Safari

For optimal user experience on Scopus.com we encourage users to use Chrome or Firefox.

Note for IE7 users:
Scopus is currently compatible with IE7, however support is limited as the browser is nearing its End of Life (EOL) date.

Note for IE11 users:
IE11 is not yet supported by Scopus. Users that are experiencing problems with IE11 while visiting Scopus.com can switch on IE11 compatibility view to ensure proper display.

Instructions to turn on compatibility view:
1) Open IE11 and click on the tool icon on the upper right corner. Click on Compatibility View settings.

2) You will see the below popup. Click the ‘add’ button and then ’close’. The browser will automatically refresh and Scopus will be displayed properly.

Note for Chrome and Firefox users:
Previous versions of Chrome and Firefox are also compatible with Scopus.

Note for Safari Users:
Safari 5 for Windows is supported. Safari 5, 6 and 7 for Mac are compatible with Scopus

Annual Reviews downtime - Saturday 1st March

On Saturday, 1 March 2014 beginning at 4pm, Annual Reviews have planned routine maintenance to their website. They expect the work to take up to 16 hours, during which time you can expect the website, including all Annual Reviews ejournals, to be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Dawsonera ebook downloads improvements

Dawsonera have reported that they have improved the speed at which you can download ebooks, from around 12 seconds to 2 seconds.If you continue to have any problems with downloading ebooks, please let us know.

University of Bedfordshire Repository - downtime Saturday 1st March

University of Bedfordshire Repository will experience some downtime on Saturday 1st March, between 8am and 11am.

Scopus redesign - further information and video

The Scopus 10^thanniversary release went live on February 1. The primary goal of the redesign was to optimize core workflows. This means effort was made to minimize the number of steps a researcher needs to take to accomplish a given task. Specifically, we focused on streamlining our interface to support the most common use cases.

Watch the release introduction video.

For a detailed review of the changes, please view the video or the full release notes.

Some highlights include:

• Easier Export: When selecting the export option, a pop-out screen appears that clearly indicates the primary reference managers such as RefWorks, Endnote and Mendeley, using logos. After a user exports once, settings are saved enabling them to complete their next export with one-click.
• New Direct Export to Mendeley:enabling direct export to through the Mendeley Web importer from the Scopus interface
• Redesigned Author and Affiliation Profiles:The author profiles have changed substantially and now have a ‘CV-style’ design that allows for easier scanning of information such as h-index, documents and citations.

Learn more about updates to Export and about updates to Author and Affiliation profiles.

You can share your feedback by emailing Scopus Marketing.

Cambridge University Press ejournals - problem fixed

Cambridge University Press have reported that they have found the problem causing intermittent loss of access to their ejournals over the last week. Please let us know if you continue to have any problems accessing them.

New ScienceDirect and Scopus interface now live

User-tested by librarians and researchers, the new ScienceDirect and Scopus interfaces have been redesigned to allow for a more productive search and discovery experience.The primary goal of the interface redesigns was to streamline the number of steps a user needs to take to accomplish the most common tasks.
Specific enhancements include:

Implementing a new visual style resulting in a cleaner overall user interface Applying more action-driven functionality with some features only appearing when a user performs an action Enhancing the ability to export directly to reference management tools such as Mendeley

To learn more about the ScienceDirect and Scopus releases, please use the following resources:

• ScienceDirect blog and Twitter feed for timely updates
• ScienceDirect Info Site for general information
• Scopus blog and Twitter feed for timely updates
• Scopus Info Site for general information

Web of Science Maintenance - Sunday 16 Feb 11.30 - 17.30. Intermittent access.

Scheduled maintenance for Web of Science will begin on Sunday, February 16, 2014 at 11:30 GMT and end by 17:30 GMT.

During this time, Web of Science may not be available intermittently.

Thomson Reuters apologise for any interruption this may cause.

Cambridge University Press ejournals - ongoing problems

Cambridge University Press have apologised for the problems which have affected their ejournals this week, which are due to hardware and software issues. They are still working to resolve these problems but at the moment you may still have trouble accessing these journals.

Lawtel - access restored

Access to Lawtel has now been restored. Let us know if you have any further problems.

Lawtel - no access

Unfortunately our supplier has switched off our access to Lawtel. We are pursuing this with them urgently and hope it will be switched on again soon.

MarketLine off campus problems

We are still getting reports of people having trouble accessing MarketLine off campus, and getting this error:

If this is affecting you, please try this alternative link to access MarketLine. If you're going through the library catalogue, use the Marketline (off campus via UK Access Management Federation) link.

We think that because this method uses a different way of authenticating you, it won't be subject to the same problem - please let us know if we are wrong!

Cambridge University Press ejournals problem

Cambridge University Press are still working on their major system problems - ejournals are available at the moment but access may still be unstable.