Repository download and Westlaw access problems fixed

The recent problems with downloading articles from the UoB repository and with accessing Westlaw off-campus have both now been fixed and these services are working normally.

ProQuest Ebook Central downtime Saturday 20th April 5pm-7pm

We've been warned of downtime for ebooks on the ProQuest Ebook Central platform, on Saturday 20th April from 5pm to 7pm. This only affects ebooks with ebookcentral.proquest.com in the URL.

No Westlaw UK access off-campus

Our off-campus access to the Westlaw UK legal database is currently not working. We have reported this to Westlaw and are awaiting a solution from them. Access to Westlaw is still available for students and staff when they are on campus.

University of Bedfordshire Repository download problems

We are currently having problems with the repository, which is not allowing downloads of any full-text files held on it (articles, reports, theses etc). We have reported these problems to our repository host and hope the issue will be resolved quickly.

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