Friday, 10 May 2024

Library Catalogue problems

 We are having some problems with the library catalogue today.
















We hope to have this fixed soon so please check again later. There is a list of databases at https://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/digital/what-does-the-via-uk-access-management-federation-link-mean/, you may be able to access the resource you need there. 

Thursday, 2 May 2024

Popular searches in DISCOVER in March

These were the most popular searches in DISCOVER last month:








Searching for DISCOVER inside DISCOVER is still oddly popular.

Monday, 22 April 2024

XPertHR problem fixed

Good news, our access to XpertHR has been restored. This is now on a new platform, Brightmine, and looks a little bit different. 









If you have any problems please contact us.

Friday, 19 April 2024

XpertHR unavailable


We are currently unable to login to XpertHR - we have contacted our supplier and hope to have it restored soon.



Thursday, 11 April 2024

Digital library logins at risk Monday 15th April

The authentication system for most of our Digital Library resources is going to be updated on Monday 15th April. We are not expecting any downtime unless there are problems with the installation.




Thursday, 4 April 2024

Popular searches in March

This is what people were searching DISCOVER for in March - a mix of very specific searches, and people who really wanted to be searching somewhere else (or didn't realise they were already in DISCOVER!):




Thursday, 21 March 2024

DISCOVER/EBSCOhost research databases maintenance 21st March

EBSCO have warned us there may be disruption to our DISCOVER platform and EBSCOhost research databases today between 11am and 12 noon

the following features may be unavailable during the maintenance window:

Classic user interfaces (EBSCOhost)* Folders/Custom Folders* Search and journal alerts* Saved searches* Saved persistent links* Saved preferencesNew user interfaces (EBSCO Mobile app, Discover)* Projects (including Add to project feature)* Saved articles (including the ability to save articles to the Dashboard)* Saved searches* Liked items