Web of Science personalised accounts - change of password required

Web of Science have alerted us that "Web of Science uses a version of OpenSSL that may have been vulnerable to the widely reported ‘Heartbleed’ vulnerability impacting certain versions of the OpenSSL web encryption program". 

They recommend that if you have set up a personal account on Web of Science, you change the password. 

They stress that "there is no evidence that any customer information has been compromised".

ScienceDirect on your mobile or tablet

ScienceDirect have announced access improvements by mobiles and tablets: Designed for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, and in collaboration with researchers and librarians, the new  mobile interface improves reading an article on a mobile device.

Reading a ScienceDirect article on your mobile device delivers a clutter-free experience that: Eliminates delays through uncompromised access to full-text articles Keeps you in the article with quick buttons to view the Outline and Figures Helps you stay organized with one-click to save article to Mendeley
Watch the mobile article video If you are reading this message on your mobile device just click here for a sneak preview Or Scan the following QR code with your mobile device to sample an open access mobile article:
If you are a ScienceDirect registered user, you can immediately start reading articles on your mobile device. All you need to do is make sure you're signed into ScienceDirect. It's that simple. We'd love to know what you think about the newly designed mobile article. Post your comments on Twitter @sciencedirect. We also invite you to read the story behind designing the ScienceDirect mobile article on the ScienceDirect blog. Sincerely, The ScienceDirect Team

UK Access Management Federation problem resolved

The problem accessing resources via the UK Access Management Federation has now been fixed.


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

No access to resources via UK Access Management Federation (including Dawsonera ebooks)

The server which manages access to UK Access Management Federation resources is down, which means there is no access via UK Access Management Federation links. This includes RefWorks and all our Dawsonera ebooks. We have reported the problem and hope to have it fixed as soon as possible.

The Scopus h-index, what's it all about? Part 2

From the official Scopus blog:

The Scopus h-index, what's it all about? Part II

British Nursing Index problem fixed

The problem with access to British Nursing Index has now been fixed.

Please let us know if you continue to have problems.

The Scopus h-index, what’s it all about?

From the official Scopus blog:

The Scopus h-index, what’s it all about?

British Nursing Index - access problem

We're unable to access British Nursing Index today - we have reported this to our supplier and hope it will be fixed as soon as possible.

CBT Nuggets - change to offline training

We've had this message from CBT Nuggets:

At CBT Nuggets, we're passionate about providing the best training experience possible. Currently, the best offline training experience we offer is through the offline training feature on our mobile apps, which is included in your subscription. As such, downloadable MP3s will be removed from our site as of May 3, 2014. 

DISCOVER and EBSCO databases via UK Access Management Federation - problem fixed

The problem accessing DISCOVER and EBSCO databases via the UK Access Management Federation now appears to be fixed.

Please let us know if you have any further problems.