Electronic Resources Blog

There is a problem with access to Forensicnetbase ebooks via Summon and the catalogue, the site is not recognising Athens logins. Please use this direct link to access the collection on and off campus. We apologise for the inconvenience this causes.

There has been a problem recently with an incorrect ebrary collection being made available to access via Summon. We are investigating why this collection was made available, it has now been removed but there is a delay in the titles being removed from Summon. You may experience clicking on a search result and being told we have no holdings for the book. We apologise for the inconvenience this has caused and are hoping the titles will disappear from Summon very shortly.

There currently seems to be a problem accessing Dawsonera ebooks.  The new platform was launched at the end of last week, and Dawson suspect it may be something to do with this and are investigating as a matter of urgency.

Apologies for any inconvenience.

Trial access to The Churchill Archive will be available from 1st May until 29th July.

It includes more than 800,000 pages of original documents, produced between 1874 and 1965, ranging from Winston S. Churchill’s personal correspondence to his official exchanges with kings, presidents, politicians, and military leaders. This is more than a fantastic collection of primary source material; it is a unique online resource offering new insight into a fascinating period of our past.

There will be maintenance on Jisc Journal Archives on Tuesday 30 April 2013 which means the platform will be unavailable from 8:00-9:00am.

This is to make new data available in the Oxford Journals Archive and the Cambridge Journals Digital Archive: http://ecollections.mimas.ac.uk/journals/new.html

We apologise for any inconvenience this will cause

The A-Z list of electronic resources will soon be replaced with the new LibGuides pages, which as well as providing access to useful resources, also offers comprehensive subject guides, research assistance and help and advice from our librarians.

Web of Knowledge Maintenance – Saturday 27 April 22.00

Please be advised that scheduled maintenance will take place beginning on Saturday, 27 April 2013 at 2200 GMT and ending by Monday, 29 April 2013 at 0100 GMT. Web of Knowledge may not be available during that period. We would like to apologise for any interruption this may cause.

There are current problems with accessing BRAD:

The suppliers are aware of the problem and their IT team are working to resolve the issue.

We hope to have the sites up and running as soon as possible and we will inform you when it is fixed.

Apologies for the inconvenience caused.

We are currently having problems with Summon. This a global problem that the suppliers are working to fix. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience.

Until the problem is fully resolved, the following resources may be of use:

- Electronic Resources List – a list of the major online journal, ebook and newspaper resources available to staff and students
- LibGuides – a list of resources by subject areas
- A-Z Journal List – a list of all the journals available to staff and students

UPDATE: 15:06
Summon is now available again.

The IT Department are carrying out routine system maintenance between 8am and 5pm on Saturday 6th April. During this time, there may be short interruptions to services, including ASIS, Agresso, Staff email, Library systems (inc. library catalogue, reading lists, e-resources, etc), Mobile Desktop, PortalPlus, Printing, Unishare, Unilearn, Wisdom and Unitube.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.