The access problems affecting the WGSN service reported yesterday now appear to have been resolved, and the service is working normally once again. Details in Library OneSearch have been updated accordingly.
Author: Head of Discovery and Digital Futures
WGSN – service unavailable
The WGSN service is currently experiencing technical difficulties which have rendered the service inaccessible through Library OneSearch. WGSN’s technical staff are working to resolve the problem, and a further update will follow once normal service has been restored. A note has been added to the description field of WGSN in LOS indicating the interruption in access.
Web of Science – technical issues affecting new platform resolved
Thomson Reuters report that the technical and performance issues affecting the new Web of Science interface, following the upgrade of the service at the weekend, have now been resolved.
Web of Science – new interface launched
The latest upgrade to the Web of Science interface (v.5.13) has just been launched and is now live. Thomson Reuters describe the update as follows:
The new Web of Science delivers a user-centric redesign to provide a simplified, intuitive search with clearer results through a single interface. No data or search index changes have been made. These enhancements make it:
- easier to start a search
- easier to review results, and
- easier to discover related research with linked data
Enhancements that you will notice include:
- improved page layout and readability
- clear identification of the database searched
- simplified navigation and grouping of functional controls
- expanded search fields available with one click, and
- easier links to full text
Web of Science databases are listed in Library OneSearch under the following separate entries:
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index
- BIOSIS Previews
- Journal Citation Reports
- Science Citation Index
- Social Science Citation Index
- Web of Knowledge
- Web of Science (with Conference Proceedings)
Thomson Reuters have published a range of video tutorials explaining how different features in the new interface work – including a Web of Science Quick Tour.
Following the upgrade over the weekend of 11-12 January 2014 a number of service and performance errors have been reported, and some users may encounter error messages when using the new interface. Thomson Reuters are working to resolve these teething problems as soon as possible.
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) – new interface now live
Following the period of upgrade downtime in December, the new interface for the Box of Broadcasts (BoB) off-air recording service is now fully live; and account logins for staff and students are confirmed as working normally.
Video tutorials, providing guidance on how to use the upgraded interface, will be provided by BoB in the near future. An upgraded PDF user guide for Nottingham Trent University staff and students will be made available shortly.
Practical Law Company: off-campus access enabled
Access to the Practical Law Company service is now available from off-campus through Library OneSearch. Access remains direct on-campus and is now available by university username and password from off-campus.
As off-campus access to PLC is provided through secure proxy authentication it is essential that off-campus access to the service is requested through Library OneSearch (using the Find Databases search and browse feature).
eBrary PDA (Patron Driven Acquisition) period concludes
The eBrary Patron Driven Acquisition period (which began in June 2012) has now concluded. The metadata records of all titles which were purchased during the PDA period have been updated in Library OneSearch (and in the Aleph client) with the indicator: “This eBook has been purchased from the eBrary PDA collection”.
All non-purchased eBrary PDA titles have been removed from Library OneSearch and marked as ‘suppressed’ in Aleph. These non-acquired titles will be removed from Aleph completely, once this list has been cross-checked against current Resource Lists (and any eBrary PDA titles added to resource lists which did not reach the trigger threshold for acquisition during the PDA period have been reviewed).
Box of Broadcasts upgrade – no access 13-23 December 2013
Access to the Box of Broadcasts (BoB) streaming off-air TV recording service will be unavailable from 17:00 on 13 December until 23 December 2013, as the service is upgraded to a new version (which will launch on 6 January 2014).
A message on the BoB homepage alerts visitors to the scheduled downtime as follows:
IMPORTANT BoB is having an upgrade. To get ready for the new BoB v3 launch on 6 January BoB will be closed from 5pm 13 December until 23 December. Please consider this when planning your work schedule.
New resource: Humanities and Social Science (HSS) backfile package
Access to the full-text of more than 300 journals included in the Humanities and Social Science (HSS) backfile package from Sage have been enabled in SFX and harvested and indexed in Library OneSearch.
Journals in the collection are indicated as available in full-text from ‘Sage (HSS Backfile 2013)’.
Access to all titles in the archive (which normally provide full-text access up to the end of 1998) is direct on-campus and by university username and password from off-campus.
Withdrawn resource: Ethical Fashion Forum
Access to the Ethical Fashion Forum service, which was enabled in Library OneSearch in March of this year, has been suspended following the conclusion of the initial access period.
The subscription to the EFF was paid for directly by the School of Art and Design (rather than by the library), and the school is now reviewing future subscription options.
If a new subscription is activated, access to the EFF will be re-enabled in Library OneSearch. The entry for the EFF on the secure ‘Other Passwords’ page of the library web site is in the process of being removed (but will, of course, be reinstated in the event of a renewed subscription).
Literature Online (LION) – SFX connection issues resolved
An issue preventing both journal-level and article-level links in the Literature Online (LION) service from resolving correctly from SFX has now been fixed, and SFX links to LION are now working normally.
Later in November the LION service will be migrating to a new discovery platform, and further changes in access arrangements for the service in both Library OneSearch and SFX are anticipated.
Periodicals Archive Online: individuals journal records now activated
Records for each of the individual titles in the Periodicals Archive Online service, which was activated as a database earlier in the summer, have now been added to SFX and harvested into the journals index of Library OneSearch. In SFX, this collection is referenced as ‘Chadwyck Periodicals Archive Online (JISC)’.
Access to the resource (as both a database and a full-text journal service) remains direct on-campus and by university username and password from off-campus.
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