Updates on electronic resources from the library of Nottingham Trent University
It is now possible to run an ISSN or Title search on the LLR Library catalogue from the Full View of any journal record within the Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory (although, we can’t, unfortunately, correct Ulrich’s spelling of ‘Catalog’ :). The twin direct search links are located above the navigation tabs of the record (see illustration below).
From within the Full View of a journal record on the ISI Web of Knowledge Journal Citation Reports, it is now possible to run an ISSN search directly on the LLR library catalogue. To activate the search, click on Go button next to the link in the bottom right-hand quarter of the screen (see illustration below).
From a search result set in the LION service, it is now possible to link directly to relevant related entries in the Oxford Reference online collection (see sample illustration below). Examples of such entries would be directory and biographical listings for authors, or definitions and explanations of terms.
As LLR’s OUP Reference subscription is to the ‘premium’ collection, NTU customers will have rights to access (either by IP or Athens authentication) the large majority of OUP reference materials. However, there may be instances (such as with the Literature Collection – see illustration below) where such material is not included in NTU’s subscription profile.
From a list of search results in LION, it is also possible (where certain thresholds are met) to link directly to the full-text of materials held within the JSTOR archive. The direct link to the JSTOR full-text will only appear where material is included as part of NTU’s JSTOR subscription profile – in other words, such links should be relied upon to resolve to the appropriate full-text.
ALEPH server has successfully been restarted by IS and all services now appear to be working fine. This means that ALEPH client, self service and Web OPAC should all be working again, but please let eServices know if you’re still experiencing problems.
ALEPH server Portia is experiencing a significant number of application and operating system errors. In an effort to resolve this IS need to restart the server, with immediate effect. This means that all ALEPH applications, including self service and Web OPAC will be out of action whilst the restart is taking place. Hopefully this will take about 30 minutes to complete.
A further notice will be sent out when ALEPH server is back in service again,
A technical problem with a ‘look-up’ service on the ALEPH server started to cause problems with SFX requests at around 15:45 this afternoon.
ALEPH stopped responding to ‘look-up’ requests from SFX, based on ISSN and ISBN. The result was first a delay and then a time-out of the SFX service.
To enable the immediate recovery of the SFX service, requests to ALEPH from SFX have been temporarily disabled. A message has been added to the SFX menu indicating that ‘SFX is currently unable to check the library catalogue for this item’ (see screengrab below). This has been done for both the existing and new installations of SFX.
Searches of the Library Catalogue from RefWorks are also affected.
However searches carried out within the Library Catalogue, or via eSearch are working normally.
An update will be provided once a resolution for this technical problem is in place and remote search services restored.
The SFX service at Nottingham Trent University has, since its launch in September 2004, been delivered through the original Tolstoy server and its successor.
To support the development of the service over the next three years, SFX has been installed on the new replacement Rimbaud server. The SFX A-Z list for this new installation can be accessed here:
http://sfx.ntu.ac.uk/sfxlcl3/az
As well as the upgrade to a superior server specification, the migration of SFX will also make possible three important service enhancements:
To ensure that there is no interruption in customer service, both the existing and the new SFX servers will run as parallel live ‘instances’. Only when all links pointing to the SFX service have been migrated to the new SFX service will the previous service be withdrawn from customer use.
The Tolstoy BaseURL of SFX is registered with several dozen online service providers. A list of the current source services of SFX can be reviewed here. Links from each of these services will be updated as part of the migration process.
All other web based links to SFX services (including ‘Find it @ NTU’, Find a Journal, Citation Linker) on library and university web pages will need to be updated to reflect the change of server. The eServices team will be happy to provide technical support and advice in updating any links.
A further update will be provided once the migration of SFX to the new Rimbaud server has been completed. In the meantime, please report any access difficulties to SFX services to the eServices team.
Records for the 10 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins titles included in the JISC e-Book Observatory Project, provided through the Books@Ovid platform, have now been added to the library catalogue. Access to these titles is by Athens username and password.
Access to the 19th Century British Library Newspapers collection has been set-up in eSearch. Access is direct on-campus; with an Athens username and password required for off-campus access. The resource can be added to eSearch Sub-Categories on request. The resource is described as follows:
The 19th Century British Library Newspapers collection contains full runs of 48 newspapers specially selected by the British Library and includes national and regional newspapers, as well as those from both established country, university towns or new industrial towns in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. The collection includes newspapers that helped lead particular political or social movements such as the Reform movement, Chartism, and the Home Rule movement. So-called ‘penny papers’ aimed at the working and clerical classes are also present in the collection.
Problems affecting access to databases on the EBSCOhost platform reported yesterday were resolved later the same day. Access to these resources (and remote and meta-searching functionality) is again available in eSearch.
Hardware problems which have caused recurrent breaks in access to the Land, Life and Leisure service over the past few days are now reported as resolved by EDINA. Access is once again available through eSearch.
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