Reading Dawsonera ebooks on an iPhone or Android device.

You can read your Dawsonera ebooks on your iPhone or Android, but it isn't quite as straightforward as it could be. Check out this guide from Dawson to get you started on an iPhone, or this one for Android. We have also written our own guidance which you can find on lrweb.

Westlaw UK's Mobile Web App is now live.

Westlaw UK's Mobile Web App is now live and available for you to use.

The mobile web app gives you instant, easy access to cases, legislation, journals, current awareness and EU content from your mobile device.

Find out more about Westlaw UK’s Mobile Web App.

Features:

• Instant mobile access, anywhere, anytime

• Mobile user-friendly - no more pinch and zoom

• Search for cases, legislation, journals, current awareness and EU content

• Filter post-search by content set to narrow down the results list

• Seamless linking to related resources

• Download, email and save to your folders, synced with the desktop version 

• View documents in full screen

Download the user guide, or watch the launch video, or view more information from the publisher.

 

 

CBT Nuggets apps updated

CBT Nuggets have updated their iOS and Android apps. They say:

We made these changes based on feedback from customers.  Here are some of the highlights:

• Increased responsiveness
• Play/Pause button has been moved to center of video for easier clicking
• Resume offline downloads if app pauses due to lack of internet connection
• Ability to reset app cache from settings
• App detects and syncs to account changes (upgrades, cancellations, etc.)

If you already have an app, it should update automatically.

Don’t have our app? Download the iOS app here, and the Android app here. A current CBT Nuggets subscription is required.

ScienceDirect on your mobile or tablet

ScienceDirect have announced access improvements by mobiles and tablets: Designed for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, and in collaboration with researchers and librarians, the new  mobile interface improves reading an article on a mobile device.

Reading a ScienceDirect article on your mobile device delivers a clutter-free experience that: Eliminates delays through uncompromised access to full-text articles Keeps you in the article with quick buttons to view the Outline and Figures Helps you stay organized with one-click to save article to Mendeley
Watch the mobile article video If you are reading this message on your mobile device just click here for a sneak preview Or Scan the following QR code with your mobile device to sample an open access mobile article:
If you are a ScienceDirect registered user, you can immediately start reading articles on your mobile device. All you need to do is make sure you're signed into ScienceDirect. It's that simple. We'd love to know what you think about the newly designed mobile article. Post your comments on Twitter @sciencedirect. We also invite you to read the story behind designing the ScienceDirect mobile article on the ScienceDirect blog. Sincerely, The ScienceDirect Team

New Scopus mobile app to help researchers keep up to date

New Elsevier mobile app helps researchers keep up to date | Scopus Blog | Elsevier

Elsevier’s latest mobile app, available on the Elsevier WebShop, is the publisher-neutral Research Highlights, which is free to anyone who needs to keep up to date with the new research that is being published in their field. The Research Highlights app harnesses the power of Scopus to let researchers track critical search terms across more than 20,000 peer-reviewed journals from hundreds of publishers.

Once you've downloaded the app and set up your preferences, you can check author-written bulleted highlights and/or the abstract to determine which articles to read in full. Then, with a single click, you can send a full text URL to your email inbox. Back at your desk you will find the selected articles waiting - whether to print off, or read on a full-size screen. Your content licenses will also be recognized, ensuring seamless access to all the content you have rights to.

Research Highlights is handy because it allows users to follow new research from all important publishers through a single app. The app developers also recognized which parts of the literature search can be comfortably carried out on a mobile device and which parts are more easily performed back in your office (or offline). While it may be fine to scan article lists and read a few bullets or a short abstract on the small screen of a mobile device, lengthy full-text articles are not easy to consume that way.

Try Research Highlights for yourself and tell us what you think about it. Both Apple and Android versions are available - each suitable for smartphone and tablet devices.

Dawsonera - download to devices is now LIVE

User guides now available For Android devices click here For Apple devices click here

Allows ebook borrowing on your device for 7 days 24/7 access and download ePub compatibility

Mobile access to our library catalogue

Mobile access to our Library Catalogue for Blackberry, iPhone and Android

Refscan - new iPhone app from Web of Knowledge

INTRODUCING REFSCAN for iPhone
powered by Web of Knowledge^SM 
RefScan lets you scan a DOI, access the references' bibliographic information and times cited counts from Web of Knowledge. You can download it here.

SAGE Journals Mobile Vouchering

SAGE Journals are pleased to announce that in addition to mobile optimized journal sites, SAGE now offers mobile vouchering. Mobile vouchers allow users at UoB to tie their mobile device to UoB online subscriptions - allowing off campus access while on the go.
Each user’s mobile device must be vouched for individually and you can obtain a voucher following these simple step-by-step instructions:
1.   Connect to the UoB wireless network and open the mobile journal site that they would like to obtain a voucher for (for example http://m.ajs.sagepub.com)
2.   Select “Authorize This Device”
3.   Complete the "Authenticate Mobile Device for SAGE Journals" form and click submit
4.   Copy the voucher code provided on the next screen and click on URL provided
5.   Enter the voucher code and select "Get access"
Once you’ve obtained a voucher from one journal site, you can use that voucher to access all journals based on the library’s e-access subscriptions.  Vouchers will be valid for approximately 6 months as long as the subscriptions are active.
Learn more about this new offering with our Mobile Voucher Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). For additional support, please contact onlinesupport@sagepub.co.uk. 

CBT Nuggets iPad app available

CBT Nuggets now has an iPad app.

The app features a clean design, fast video playback, and mobile-to-web bookmarks. You can easily find and play Nuggets IT training videos.

The app is free, but requires our username and password (find it here). You can find it in the App Store.

CBT Nuggets - iPhone and Android apps now available

CBT Nuggets, the IT video training service, have released new iPhone and Android apps - if you want to watch Nuggets training videos on the move there's more information and links on the CBT Nuggets blog. You will need the UoB's username and password, which you can find on the library catalogue - be aware that we change this every month.

Using Web of Knowledge on your mobile

If you would like to use the Web of Knowledge/Web of Science database from your mobile, have a look at this guide.  You have to register for the service on campus, but then you can use it wherever you are.

EBSCO Resources via Mobile Devices

EBSCO have now released an Android App along with their existing iPhone App.

 

To register for the service you need to access an EBSCO service via a normal login route, either on or off campus.

 

At the bottom of the database / search screen is a link to the Android  / IPhone registration page.

 

Enter your email address

 

You will then receive an email which you must open on your mobile device.

 

The first step is to download and install the appropriate App from one of the two links given.

 

Then activate access via the link in the email and the App will open and show your preferred search interface.

 

If you want to switch to a different search interface eg from EBSCO Research Databases to Discover, then you will need to access that service from a normal browser on your PC or mobile device and reregister the link at the bottom of the page of that service. You do need to do this each time unless you are reusing the existing email authentication link within 24 hours.

 

Any queries please ask!

Stylesight users - new app available

Stylesight, the fashion industry news service, now has a news app for Android and iPhone, see here for further details and links to Google Play and App Store.

SAGE Journals now in mobile-optimized format

It should be easier to read SAGE journal articles on your phone from now on, further details here.