Top searches in DISCOVER November 2020

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NewsBank special reports December 2020

December 2020

 

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. 

December Topics
Issues in the News - Human Rights Month
Year in Review - 2020
World Health - Coronavirus
U.S. Presidential Election - 2020
World Economics

Additional featured Reports covering current issues and events
World Politics and Government
World Environment
Mental Health
Education Around the World
Science and Health in the News

Each Special Report features current and retrospective coverage with new articles added daily.  There are over 60 Reports to be sure the information you need is always available.

 

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.

This video shows you how to find Special Reports, what they are and how they can be used. 

                    

Changes to your University password

What are ICT doing?  

We are changing the criteria that apply to University network passwords.  

The new criteria will apply when passwords are changed, normally due to their expiry after the standard expiry period. We are moving from a minimum of eight characters to a minimum of 16, but the expiry period will remain 180 days. The criteria will be available on the password change page as usual.  

The new criteria will also apply when new accounts are created.  

  

When will this be happening?  

The new password criteria for staff and students will be implemented from the 10th December 2020.  

  

Why are we doing this?  

ICT are making these changes to enhance the security of our passwords, to better protect our systems.  

Who will be affected?  

Staff and students.  

Top searches in DISCOVER October 2020

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NewsBank Special Reports November 2020

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. 

November Topics
U.S. Presidential Election - 2020
World Health - Coronavirus
Native American Indian Month
Military Family Appreciation Month
Issues in the News
Mental Health

Additional featured Reports covering current issues and events
World Economics
World Politics and Government
World Environment
Education Around the World
Science and Health in the News

Each Special Report features current and retrospective coverage with new articles added daily.  There are over 60 Reports to be sure the information you need is always available.

 

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.

This video shows you how to find Special Reports, what they are and how they can be used. 

Emerald platform scheduled downtime 15 October 2020 4-5pm BST

We have been warned of scheduled maintenance to the Emerald platform on 15 October 2020 between 4 and 5pm BST

There will be no access to ebooks or ejournals from Emerald during this time. This will affect any resources with emerald.com in the URL.

IEEE Xplore unavailable

 IEEE Xplore is temporarily unavailable, hopefully they will fix the problem soon.This will affect any resources with ieeexplore.ieee.org in the URL.