Visible Body downtime - Wednesday 30th June 1pm-2pm

Visible Body has a security upgrade scheduled for Wednesday 30th June, 1pm-2pm. During this time access to the Human Anatomy Atlas may be disrupted.

DISCOVER - problems with complex searches

We have been noticing error messages coming up when trying to do complex searches in DISCOVER.

We have reported this to our supplier and hope to have it fixed very soon.

ProQuest Ebook Central downtime Saturday 26th June

Due to scheduled maintenance, ProQuest Ebook Central will be unavailable on Saturday 26 June 2021 10:00 am - 6:00 pm EDT. This will affect all of our ebooks with ebookcentral.proquest.com in the URL

SID online downtime 16th June 2021

SID Online will be undergoing an upgrade on Wednesday 16^th June 2021 and will be unavailable to all users from 8.30am until 5pm.

Reading list problem fixed

We are please to report the problems with Reading lists are now fixed. This was part of an issue affecting many websites around the world, reported here.

Problem accessing reading lists

 We are currently having a problem with access to reading lists. We hope to have this fixed very soon.

NewsBank Special Reports June 2021

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. 

June Topics
Mental Health - Alzheimer's Awareness Month
National Oceans Month
World Health - Coronavirus
World Environment
World Economics

Additional featured Reports covering current issues and events
Space Exploration
World Politics and Government
Film and TV Awards
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. 

Top searches in DISCOVER May 2021

 Here are the top DISCOVER searches from the last month:

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