Tuesday, 20 March 2018

Proxy Error problems

We have a known problem with error messages like this appearing when trying to access Wiley, Taylor & Francis and Emerald journals, among others:

We are working to minimise the problem but in the meantime if you come across this error there are a few things you can do.

If you have followed a link to the article from BREO or Reading Lists (but not DISCOVER), you could try editing the link

to take out the 0- and brum.beds.ac.uk parts. For example:

becomes

If you're on campus, this will take you to the article - if you're off campus, look for a Login option, and choose "Login via your institution" and "Shibboleth". Each publisher's site will look slightly different, but when you get to the Shibboleth option you need to pick University of Bedfordshire from the list and login via our login page. (If you get a Stale Request Message, try the link again - it should work the second time.)

If this isn't an option, check the library catalogue for the journal title (not the article title), as will put up alternative links wherever possible. Links with "via UK Access Management Federation" in the description are not affected by the problem, and neither are links specifically for On-campus use.
(If when trying to use one of these links you get a Stale Request Message, try the link again - it should work the second time.) You'll have to navigate to the volume and issue you need, but you will get access.
If none of these options work for you please contact us and we will find a way to get access for you.

Monday, 19 March 2018

Proxy error problems - Wiley journals now also affected.

We have a known problem with error messages like this appearing when trying to access Wiley journals as well as Taylor & Francis and Emerald journals, among others:








We are working to minimise the problem but in the meantime if you come across this error there are a few things you can do.

Check the library catalogue for the journal title (not the article title), as will put up alternative links wherever possible. Links with "via UK Access Management Federation" in the description are not affected by the problem, and neither are links specifically for On-campus use.

If neither of these options is available please contact us and we'll try to find a way to get access for you.

Tuesday, 13 March 2018

Top ejournal titles for 2017

These are our most used ejournal titles from 2017:




















Across all our titles, over a million articles were accessed.

Thursday, 8 March 2018

Stale request message

We've been getting some odd error messages that look like this when logging on to UK Access Management Federation resources:

This looks worse than it is - if you go back and try again, you should find that it works the second time and you get through to the resource you wanted. If it doesn't, and you still can't log in, please let us know.









Proxy error problems (particularly with Taylor & Francis and Emerald journals)

We have a known problem with error messages like this appearing when trying to access Taylor & Francis and Emerald journals, among others:








We are working to minimise the problem but in the meantime if you come across this error there are a few things you can do.

Check the library catalogue for the journal title (not the article title), as will put up alternative links wherever possible. Links with "via UK Access Management Federation" in the description are not affected by the problem, and neither are links specifically for On-campus use.

If neither of these options is available please contact us and we'll try to find a way to get access for you.

NewsBank Special Reports March 2018



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

Following is a listing of ones that may be of particular interest at this time.

March Topics
Women's History Month
World Health - National Nutrition Month
The Olympic Games - Paralympics (March 9-16)
School Security
Film and TV Awards

Additional featured Reports covering current issues and events
World Economics
Issues in the News
World Environment
World Terrorism and Conflict
World Politics and Government

Each Special Report features current and retrospective coverage with new articles added daily.

Special Reports are easily accessible from the left side bar on your online resource menu page, on search screens and the Other NewsBank Products link in full-text newspaper products.

Please view and share this video with others. It shows you how to find Special Reports, what they are and how they can be used.  http://newsbank.com/videos/how-find-use-special-reports


Friday, 2 March 2018

DISCOVER - top search terms in February

Here are the top searches from February:















Top tip -  Marketline and Scopus can be accessed directly from the buttons on the right-hand-side of the results screen.