Emerald journals - maintenance Tuesday 4th October

Emerald have announced upcoming maintenance on their journal platform, all day on Tuesday 4th October. Access to journal articles should still be working but there will be no search or access to any personal account you may have.

DISCOVER back to normal

DISCOVER seems to be working normally again - if you do have problems, please let us know.

DISCOVER problem

DISCOVER isn't working via the usual routes but is working via this one:

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=shib&custid=s5099118&profile=eds

We're investigating and hope to have it back as normal soon.

A new look for Scopus

Scopus has had a bit of a refresh. There's loads of information about it on their blog.

NewsBank Special Reports

NewsBank’s Special Reports are news articles, images, maps and other useful content grouped for convenience under specific topics and themes. They help you to quickly locate information while gaining better insight into current global issues and events.



NewsBank have produced a short video explaing how to access and use Special Reports.



October Topics and Monthly Themes

• Issues in the News - Bullying Prevention Month
• Mental Health - Emotional Wellness Month
• National Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15)
• U.S. Presidential Campaign - 2016
• World Terrorism and Conflict

 

 

Biz/ed ebook problems solved

The problems accessing the Biz/ed ebook collection have now been resolved. Please let us know if you have any problems.

"Your connection is not secure" messages when accessing library resources

We are having some issues using the library system to connect to resources which use https, resulting in messages like this:

or this:

Rest assured that if you've come through the library catalogue or DISCOVER, and the link you're trying to access has brum.beds.ac.uk in the URL, then it's just a technical hitch not a real security risk. You can safely click Add Exception and then Confirm Security Exception.