Thanks to fantastically responsive out-of-hours support from one of our colleagues in IS, Stuart Moore, eSearch is now fully operational once again.
Month: February 2007
eSearch unavailable
A problem has arisen on the Tolstoy server this evening which is preventing users from accessing eSearch. Although the eSearch login screen loads and allows the user to submit U/P details, the web browser then loops before timing out.
Our support colleagues in IS will be able to investigate the issue first thing on Wednesday morning, and I’ll update as soon as the issue has been resolved.
SFX and Citation Linker is unaffected by this problem.
Westlaw Athens authentications – now working normally
Westlaw reported just before 6pm yesterday that off-campus Athens authentication to Westlaw was working normally again (it did appear to have been working fine for several hours before the official confirmation).
Land, Life and Leisure – access restored
Access to the Land, Life and Leisure service was restored by EDINA overnight and the database is now working normally.
International Law in Domestic Courts – trial ended
Trial access to International Law in Domestic Courts has now concluded and the listing for the resource has been withdrawn from eSearch. Any remaining feedback on the trial can be sent to Terry Hanstock.
Land, Life and Leisure service unavailable
EDINA report that the Land, Life and Leisure database is currently unavailable. A note to this effect has been added to the LLL login page at EDINA. EDINA will update once access to the service has been reinstated.
Alternative off-campus U/P for Westlaw
Athens authentication for off-campus users of Westlaw is currently not working for any UK university – off-campus visitors are being redirected to the standard commerical log-in screen for the service.
While Westlaw work on a solution for this problem, a temporary alternative U/P has been provided for NTU staff and students – which can be entered in the standard commerical log-in screen that off-campus users will be presented with. Contact eServices for details.
Westlaw are hopeful of a resolution shortly – as soon as this is in place, the standard Athens log-in screen will present as normal.
Westlaw have agreed that these temporary U/P details can be forwarded by email as appropriate to authorised NTU staff and students.
As soon as Westlaw have confirmed the resolution of this issue, a further update will be circulated.
WGSN – updated registration for Design
An updated registration PIN for WGSN for students on Design courses will be published on the Other Passwords page on tonight’s publishing run for the LLR web site.
Verdict Research – simultaneous login issue
An intermittent problem is affecting the Verdict Research database, which is sometimes causing login requests to fail when another user is already logged in to the service. When this happens, the following error message displays:
The login was unsuccessful: The user name given is in use elsewhere
Technicians at Verdict Research are working on a permanent solution to the problem, which they hope to have in place in the next few weeks. In the meantime additional usernames are being created for LLR (using the same password) which can be used as alternatives when the original username is rejected. These will be available on the Other Passwords page as soon as possible, and – ahead of that – on direct request from eServices.
Networked CD-ROMs and eZproxy – brief service interruption
There will be a brief interruption in service for both the networked CD-ROMs and eZproxy (used for those resources which require domain, username and password for off-campus access) some time between 11am-12noon on Sunday 18 February, to allow necessary software patching. Testing will be carried out first thing on Monday to ensure that all services are working normally.
Informaworld – article level SFX linking coming soon
Ex Libris and Informaworld are completing technical updates which should enable article-level linking via SFX to be activated in the coming weeks. As previously advised, links to Informaworld titles via SFX resolve only to the journal level at present. Ex Libris indicate that the enhanced article-level links should be available in March.
Proquest maintenance window: Sunday 18 February
Between 3am and 3pm on Sunday 18 February, work on the Proquest server group will mean that the ABI-INFORM Global database (currently on trial access) will be unavailable.
