Updates on electronic resources from the library of Nottingham Trent University
The Library is aware of an issue affecting access to resources on the ProQuest Ebook Central platform. Several users have reported seeing the following error message:
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THE LIBRARY NOW provides access via Library OneSearch to books from the Fundamentals of Biomedical Science collection, hosted on the Science Trove platform.
Selected new titles include:
Access from both on and off campus is via university username and password.
THE LIBRARY HAS secured access to EBSCO’s new Business Searching Interface. Check the Find Databases service for further details. Access from both on and off campus is via university username and password.
The resource is described as follows:
EBSCO’s Business Searching Interface (BSI) brings together content from Business Source Ultimate, Newswires and Regional Business News into a single interface. Browse leading business journals and magazines, search specific topics and locate country economic data, company profiles, industry information, and market research.
THE LIBRARY HAS upgraded its subscription to Business Source Complete and secured access to EBSCO’s expanded Business Source Ultimate database. Check the Find Databases service for further details. Access from both on and off campus is via university username and password.
The resource is described as follows:
Business Source Ultimate allows students to track business trends and topics worldwide with thousands of full-text journals from North America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, Europe and Latin America. Ahead of Print content from key business publishers is also included.
Please note that Art Index Retrospective (H. W. Wilson) – an archive index of historic scholarly literature in the fields of art history, architectural history, and the visual arts – has been removed from the library’s Find Databases service following the non-renewal of our subscription.
ACCESS TO THE JoVE platform is now available via the Find Databases service. An NTU account username and password is required to access the resource from both on and off campus.
The resource is described as follows:
The JoVE platform provides access to scientific video articles, visual learning resources, laboratory protocols and video textbooks. The library’s subscription includes access to three modules: Research, Education and Business.
ProQuest research databases will be unavailable on Sunday, August 10, from 03:00 to 11:00 (GMT) due to planned maintenance. This includes the EBook Central platform, which provides access to several eBooks in our library collections.
For more information, please visit the ProQuest support page.
Starting Monday 28th July, EBSCO databases will feature a more streamlined and user-friendly interface. The new EBSCOhost platform will enhance the search experience, offering features such as permanent links for searches and articles, filters that carry over to future searches, and easier options for downloading and exporting.
For more detailed information on the new platform features, please explore the New EBSCOhost Interface – Quick Start Guide.
The interface switchover will affect all EBSCOhost databases provided through NTU:
Important information for MyEBSCO account holders
If you created a MyEBSCO account to save and organise your research, please note that saved articles and saved searches will be migrated to the new EBSCOhost interface, but search alerts, journal alerts, persistent links to searches and custom folders will not be migrated.
We encourage you to make a record of your searches and journal alerts before the 28th July if you wish to recreate them on the new platform. For custom folders, please visit the How can I download the data from MyEBSCO custom folders in the classic EBSCO interfaces help page for details on how to download a report and use it to recreate your custom folder content on the new EBSCOhost interface. Please note that this feature will only be available until 31st December 2025.
Emerald and Silverchair have partnered to launch an updated and improved version of Emerald Insight, which will now include the ICE Virtual Library. Starting from July 21, 2025, Emerald will be migrating content from both Emerald Insight and the ICE Virtual Library to this new platform. Links will automatically redirect, ensuring minimal impact on access to resources.
Users with existing Emerald or ICE accounts will have their accounts migrated and consolidated. They will need to reset their passwords the first time they log in after the new platform is launched.
For more information, please visit the dedicated FAQ page.
MORE ELECTRONIC BOOKS in the key subject areas of neurodiversity and music production are now available in Library OneSearch, courtesy of a recent content update.
A selection of titles, all held on the EBSCOhost platform, include:
Access to these resources is by university username and password.
The error page users reported last week appears to have been resolved and testing confirms access for both off-campus and on-campus users has been restored.
Access is now available again through the Scopus Find Databases page.
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