Discover interface upgrade

The library search engine, DISCOVER, is getting a shiny new upgrade this summer.  The upgrade will include a more intuitive interface, a visual search tool, and more ways to manage your documents.  You don’t need to do anything and all of the material in your folders will be moved over to the new interface once the upgrade happens (however, it is always a good idea to have a back-up!).

If you have any nested folders (sub-folders within folders) in your current DISCOVER account you will need to move any items in the sub-folder to the top-level folder, otherwise the items will not appear once the upgrade happens on 1^st August 2023. To do this, follow the instructions here.

If you have any queries about the upgrade you can email librarians@beds.ac.uk or library.technical@beds.ac.uk

Changes to login to library resources - 21st June

 What are the Library doing?

We are changing the account login screen for the Library Catalogue and access to digital resources. This will affect you if you want to reserve or renew books and if you want to access digital resources via our proxy server, i.e. resources with a URL beginning "0-"

When will this be done?

The change will take place on Wednesday 21st June at 10.00am.

 What will be affected?

It is anticipated that here will be no effect on services.

 Why are we doing this?

To allow integration with the University single sign-on system

 What do you need to do?

There is no need to take action.

 At log on you will see the following screen,

 

If you are a UoB student or member of staff, choose UoB Single Sign-On. Students can then login as usual with your registration number and password. Staff should now login with their network username rather than the library X-number as before.

If you are an external library user, i.e. not a student or member of staff, you will need to use the Library Login option, and use the same login details as before. 

If you do have any problems please let us know.

Most popular searches in DISCOVER in May

These were the most popular search terms used in DISCOVER last month:

29 people put the term "discover" into DISCOVER - who knows what they were hoping to find?