Thursday, 9 July 2026

Problem with Brightmine

We are having a login issue with Brightmine (which was XpertHR) at the moment. If you need access, please email librarians@beds.ac.uk and we will give you a temporary login.




Science Direct and Scopus update - problem resolved

We believe that we have finally solved the problem with access to Science Direct and Scopus.

If you do come across any more error messages, please report them to us via SID.




Monday, 6 July 2026

DISCOVER/EBSCOhost databases problems 6th July

We are having some problems today with DISCOVER and EBSCOhost databases.

It seems to be working better in Edge than Chrome so it's worth switching browsers if you can.
EBSCO are working to fix the issue as soon as possible.



Friday, 3 July 2026

Problems with Science Direct/Scopus login - update

We are still working on this issue. However, we do have a temporary workaround that does seem to work, using these alternative links to access Scopus and Science Direct:

http://0-www-scopus-com.brum.beds.ac.uk 

https://0-www-sciencedirect-com.brum.beds.ac.uk/