Top searches in DISCOVER November 2020

 These were the most popular searches in DISCOVER last month:

NewsBank special reports December 2020

December 2020

 

NewsBank’s Special Reports are news articles, images, maps and other useful content grouped for convenience under specific topics and themes. They enable users to quickly locate information while helping them gain better insight into current global issues and events.

Following is a listing of ones that may be of particular interest at this time. 

December Topics
Issues in the News - Human Rights Month
Year in Review - 2020
World Health - Coronavirus
U.S. Presidential Election - 2020
World Economics

Additional featured Reports covering current issues and events
World Politics and Government
World Environment
Mental Health
Education Around the World
Science and Health in the News

Each Special Report features current and retrospective coverage with new articles added daily.  There are over 60 Reports to be sure the information you need is always available.

 

Special Reports are easily accessible from the left side bar on your online resource menu page, on search screens and the Other NewsBank Products link in full-text newspaper products.

This video shows you how to find Special Reports, what they are and how they can be used. 

                    

Changes to your University password

What are ICT doing?  

We are changing the criteria that apply to University network passwords.  

The new criteria will apply when passwords are changed, normally due to their expiry after the standard expiry period. We are moving from a minimum of eight characters to a minimum of 16, but the expiry period will remain 180 days. The criteria will be available on the password change page as usual.  

The new criteria will also apply when new accounts are created.  

  

When will this be happening?  

The new password criteria for staff and students will be implemented from the 10th December 2020.  

  

Why are we doing this?  

ICT are making these changes to enhance the security of our passwords, to better protect our systems.  

Who will be affected?  

Staff and students.  

Top searches in DISCOVER October 2020

 Here's what our users have been searching for in DISCOVER last month:

NewsBank Special Reports November 2020

NewsBank’s Special Reports are news articles, images, maps and other useful content grouped for convenience under specific topics and themes. They enable users to quickly locate information while helping them gain better insight into current global issues and events.

Following is a listing of ones that may be of particular interest at this time. 

November Topics
U.S. Presidential Election - 2020
World Health - Coronavirus
Native American Indian Month
Military Family Appreciation Month
Issues in the News
Mental Health

Additional featured Reports covering current issues and events
World Economics
World Politics and Government
World Environment
Education Around the World
Science and Health in the News

Each Special Report features current and retrospective coverage with new articles added daily.  There are over 60 Reports to be sure the information you need is always available.

 

Special Reports are easily accessible from the left side bar on your online resource menu page, on search screens and the Other NewsBank Products link in full-text newspaper products.

This video shows you how to find Special Reports, what they are and how they can be used. 

Emerald platform scheduled downtime 15 October 2020 4-5pm BST

We have been warned of scheduled maintenance to the Emerald platform on 15 October 2020 between 4 and 5pm BST

There will be no access to ebooks or ejournals from Emerald during this time. This will affect any resources with emerald.com in the URL.

IEEE Xplore unavailable

 IEEE Xplore is temporarily unavailable, hopefully they will fix the problem soon.This will affect any resources with ieeexplore.ieee.org in the URL.

Top searches in DISCOVER September 2020

Some very topical searches in DISCOVER over the last month 

NewsBank Special Reports October 2020

 NEWSBANK SPECIAL REPORTS

October 2020

 

NewsBank’s Special Reports are news articles, images, maps and other useful content grouped for convenience under specific topics and themes. They enable users to quickly locate information while helping them gain better insight into current global issues and events.

Following is a listing of ones that may be of particular interest at this time. 

October Topics
Issues in the News - Global Diversity Awareness Month
Mental Health - Emotional Wellness Month
World Health - Coronavirus
National Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15 - 10/15)
Education Around the World

Additional featured Reports covering current issues and events
World Economics
World Politics and Government
U.S. Presidential Campaign - 2020
World Environment
Science and Health in the News

Each Special Report features current and retrospective coverage with new articles added daily. There are over 60 Reports to be sure the information you need is always available.

 

Special Reports are easily accessible from the left side bar on your online resource menu page, on search screens and the Other NewsBank Products link in full-text newspaper products.

 

This video with others. It shows you how to find Special Reports, what they are and how they can be used. 

 

MyBedsLife app update

 We have updated the MyBedsLife app. If you have already downloaded it, please check in your mobile app store for an update. If you're having trouble logging in, please try reinstalling it before contacting SID for help. Find out more at beds.ac.uk/my-beds-life.

Top searches in DISCOVER in August

 This is what you've all been searching for in DISCOVER over the last month:

Wiley ejournals problem

 There is currently a problem with the Wiley ejournal site.  Wiley are working to fix this as soon as possible.

BREO - problems with links, and finding reading lists

BREO has been upgraded over the summer and will look a bit different to last year.

If you find that any links don't work for you, try logging into BREO in a different browser. Chrome seems to be giving the most problems, so try using Firefox or Edge instead.

Reading lists are now a little bit harder to find - you need to click on Books and Tools from the left-hand menu, and then choose Reading List (LTI). 

If you cannot see these options, it is because your lecturer has not converted your unit correctly to the new format, so please contact them directly. You can still access your reading list by going to http://readinglists.beds.ac.uk and searching for your unit code or title. 

NewsBank Special Reports September 2020

NewsBank’s Special Reports are news articles, images, maps and other useful content grouped for convenience under specific topics and themes. They enable users to quickly locate information while helping them gain better insight into current global issues and events.

Following is a listing of ones that may be of particular interest at this time. 

September Topics
World Health - Coronavirus
9/11 Anniversary
National Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15 - 10/15)
Constitution Day - 9/17
Mental Health - World Alzheimer's Day - 9/21
Issues in the News - Police and Community Relations
Education Around the World

Additional featured Reports covering current issues and events
World Economics
World Politics and Government
U.S. Presidential Campaign - 2020
World Environment
Science and Health in the News

Each Special Report features current and retrospective coverage with new articles added daily.  There are over 60 Reports to be sure the information you need is always available.

 

Special Reports are easily accessible from the left side bar on your online resource menu page, on search screens and the Other NewsBank Products link in full-text newspaper products.

This video shows you how to find Special Reports, what they are and how they can be used. 

                    

Taylor & Francis ejournals site maintenance 24th August

 We have been warned of maintenance to the Taylor & Francis ejournal platform on 24th August. Articles should still be available but there may be some loss of website functionality. 

Dawsonera ebooks platform move update

The Dawsonera ebook platform has now ceased, and we have transferred all of our ebook holdings to VLEbooks. We have changed all the links in the library catalogue, DISCOVER and on reading lists. Over 99% of the titles have transferred seamlessly, there are a few outstanding titles but VLEbooks staff are working to make those available as soon as possible. 

If you have any problems accessing ebook content please contact us and we will investigate. 

Top searches in DISCOVER in July

These were the top searches in DISCOVER last month:

NewsBank special reports August 2020

NEWSBANK SPECIAL REPORTS

August 2020

 

NewsBank’s Special Reports are news articles, images, maps and other useful content grouped for convenience under specific topics and themes. They enable users to quickly locate information while helping them gain better insight into current global issues and events.

Following is a listing of ones that may be of particular interest at this time. 

August Topics
World Health - Coronavirus
Issues in the News - Police and Community Relations
Education Around the World
World Environment - National Water Quality Month
World Economics

Additional featured Reports covering current issues and events
Mental Health
Space Exploration
World Politics and Government
U.S. Presidential Campaign - 2020
Natural Disasters
Science and Health in the News

Each Special Report features current and retrospective coverage with new articles added daily. There are over 60 Reports to be sure the information you need is always available.

 

Special Reports are easily accessible from the left side bar on your online resource menu page, on search screens and the Other NewsBank Products link in full-text newspaper products.

This video shows you how to find Special Reports, what they are and how they can be used. 

                    

Dawsonera ebooks moving to VLEbooks

The Dawsonera ebook platform is going to be turned off on 31st July 2020, and all of the ebooks we have there transferred to VLEbooks. 

Over the next few days we will be working to change all of the links from our library catalogue, DISCOVER and reading lists to point to the new location. There may be a short period where some ebooks are not yet available at the new site, and you may not be able to access them. If after Monday 3rd August you have any troubles accessing ebooks, please contact us at library.technical@beds.ac.uk.

If you have any Dawsonera ebook links saved anywhere else, these will stop working on 31st July. 

Link to DISCOVER from BREO

BREO is having an update at the moment, but it seems to have reverted to an old version of the link out to DISCOVER, which will not let you log in to your DISCOVER folders. If this happens to you, follow this link which should let you access your folders correctly. We will get BREO changed as quickly as possible.

Dawsonera ebooks - provider change

If you are using Dawsonera ebooks you may see a warning notice like this:

This is because the company providing the service has gone into administration and ceased trading. Do not worry though, our Dawsonera ebooks are going to be migrating to another of our providers, VLEbooks. 

We do not yet have a date for this migration but we hope to have no break in service. 

You do not have to do anything, as we will manage changing the links from reading lists, the library catalogue and DISCOVER. 

You may however lose access to any notes you had saved to the Dawsonera platform itself. 

We will post more information as it becomes available. 

Top searches in DISCOVER in June

Here are the most popular search terms in DISCOVER from last month:

NewsBank special reports July 2020

NewsBank’s Special Reports are news articles, images, maps and other useful content grouped for convenience under specific topics and themes. They enable users to quickly locate information while helping them gain better insight into current global issues and events.

Following is a listing of ones that may be of particular interest at this time. 
 
July Topics
World Health - Coronavirus
Issues in the News - Police and Community Relations
World Economics 
World Environment
World Politics and Government

Additional featured Reports covering current issues and events
Mental Health
Space Exploration
U.S. Presidential Campaign - 2020
Natural Disasters
Science and Health in the News

Each Special Report features current and retrospective coverage with new articles added daily.  There are over 60 Reports to be sure the information you need is always available.

 

Special Reports are easily accessible from the left side bar on your online resource menu page, on search screens and the Other NewsBank Products link in full-text newspaper products.

 

This video shows you how to find Special Reports, what they are and how they can be used. 

                    

Web of Science scheduled maintenance 30 June 2020

XpertHR update

XpertHR are still having issues with login (it isn't just University of Bedfordshire), and have given us a temporary username and password. To find this, go to the XpertHR catalogue record and follow the Temporary login link.