Author: Head of Discovery and Digital Futures

New resource: ProQuest One Literature

Head of Discovery and Digital Futures

Proquest One Literature

ACCESS TO THE ProQuest One Literature platform has been enabled today in the Find Databases service.

The resource is described as:

The ProQuest One Literature database brings together contemporary scholarship across the breadth of the literary world. It contains more than 1200 full-text journals, 500,000 primary works, 20,000 historic literary criticism sources, 1300 videos, and 20,000 eBooks. It also provides access to rare and hard-to-find texts by writers from across the world, and guides to authors and to literary movements which explore similarities and differences across topical, societal, historical, philosophical and stylistic categories. Offering access to more than 14,000 dissertations and theses, the database also includes the contents of the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL).

Access to more than 16,000 separate titles contained within ProQuest One Literature have also been enabled in the SFX (Find It @ NTU) service.

Access to the ProQuest One Literature platform is direct on-campus and by university username and password from off-campus.

Withdrawn resource: MLA International Bibliography

Head of Discovery and Digital Futures

MLA International Bibliography

THE MLA INTERNATIONAL Bibliography has been withdrawn from the Find Databases service following the conclusion of LLR’s subscription to the resource.

The library’s subscription to LION (Literature Online) is continuing, and is joined from today by a new subscription to the ProQuest One Literature platform.

Mintel – migration to new platform

Head of Discovery and Digital Futures

Mintel logo

ACCESS TO THE Mintel market research platform for NTU staff and students has today been migrated to the new Mintel platform.

Access remains direct on-campus and by university username and password from off-campus.

Access URLs have been updated in the Find Databases listing for Mintel; but links to the legacy platform should automatically redirect.

Access links updated for the Lawtel service

Head of Discovery and Digital Futures

THE ON-CAMPUS AND off-campus access links to the Lawtel platform have been updated in the Find Databases service, ahead of the hosting changes that Thomson Reuters are implementing tomorrow (Saturday 9 November 2019).

The Lawtel service from Thomson Reuters

On-campus access remains direct; with off-campus access requiring a university username and password.

Those accessing the service from off-campus for the first time will have to complete a brief one-off registration process (see illustration below).

The Lawtel one-time registration form

Box of Broadcast – at risk 12:00-13:00 8 November 2019

Head of Discovery and Digital Futures

bob_new_platform

The Box of Broadcasts (BoB) service is undergoing “emergency maintenance” today (Friday 8 November 2019) between 12:00 and 13:00. Please consider the service “at risk” during these times.

Construction Information Service – off-campus access restored

Head of Discovery and Digital Futures

THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED issue preventing off-campus access to the Construction Information Service – off-campus access has now been resolved.

Off-campus access to the service is once again available via university username and password.

Off-campus access links in the Find Databases service to the LACORS and OHSIS databases have also been updated to ensure continuity of access.

The Construction Information Services platform

Construction Information Service – off-campus access unavailable

Head of Discovery and Digital Futures

THE LIBRARY IS working with the suppliers of the Construction Information Service platform to restore off-campus access to the service. At present off-campus access is unavailable; although on-campus access has not been affected.

A further update will follow once off-campus access to the CIS platform is confirmed to be restored and working normally.

The Construction Information Services platform

New resource: BFI Player, Free collection

Head of Discovery and Digital Futures

ACCESS TO THE Free collection of archival multimedia content on the new BFI Player platform has been enabled in the Find Databases service of Library OneSearch.

Access to the Free collection is unrestricted from on-campus and off-campus. The resource is described as follows:

BFI Player is a video on-demand streaming service – from the British Film Institute (BFI) – showing critically acclaimed, landmark and archive films. The Free archive films collection highlights the best shorts and features of the BFI National Archive as well as UK national, regional and partner archives. BFI Player films can be played on: PCs, Macs, iOS devices (iPhone and iPad), Android mobile and tablet devices and selected smart TVs. At present, only content in the Free collection is available to Nottingham Trent University students and staff.

BFI Player - Free collection

Withdrawn resource: British Film Institute (BFI) InView

Head of Discovery and Digital Futures

THE BRITISH FILM Institute (BFI) InView multimedia streaming platform has been withdrawn from the Find Databases service of Library OneSearch following the suspension of the service at the end of the current licensing period.

While future options in relation to subscription content on the new BFI Player service are reviewed, access to the Free collection on the BFI Player platform has been enabled in the Find Databases service.

British Film Institute - BFI - InView

MIT Press Journals – Shibboleth authentication activated

Head of Discovery and Digital Futures

OFF-CAMPUS ACCESS to subscribed journals on the MIT Press Journals platform is now available by university username and password. On-campus access continues to be direct.

If accessing from off-campus, select the Sign In/Register option from the top navigation menu (see below).

MIT Press Journals - sign in

On the Login to your account page, select the Institutional Login option (see below).

MIT Press Journals - institutional login

On the Select Your Institution page, enter ‘Nottingham Trent University’ in the search box and click on the entry for ‘Nottingham Trent University’ under the heading UK Higher Education (see below).

MIT Press Journals - choose institution

After you have logged in on the NTU Single Sign on page, you will be returned as a logged in user to the MIT Press Journals platform. Confirmation that your login has been successful, is provided by the presence of the NTU logo and the phrase ‘Access provided by Nottingham Trent University’ in the MIT Press Journals page header (see below).

MIT Press Journals - access provided by Nottingham Trent University

Journal Citation Reports access URL updated

Head of Discovery and Digital Futures

Journal Citation Reports

THE DIRECT ACCESS URL for the Journal Citation Reports service has been updated in the Find Databases service to reflect changes introduced to the Clarivate platform.

Access to JCR continues to be by university username and password from both on-campus and off-campus.

PILOTS database now PTSDpubs

Head of Discovery and Digital Futures

PTSDpubs

THE PILOTS DATABASE has been renamed as PTSDpubs in the Find Databases service of Library OneSearch to align with ProQuest’s updated name for the resource.

Access to the service is direct on-campus and by university username and password from off-campus. The resource is described as follows:

The PTSDpubs bibliographic database (previously PILOTS), covering the Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress, is produced at the headquarters of the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in White River Junction, Vermont. The PTSDpubs database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Its goal is to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage.