Updates on electronic resources from the library of Nottingham Trent University
We are currently experiencing some authentication issues with Rock’s Backpages, and are working with them to restore access as soon as possible.
Note that the database can still be searched for references, but full content is temporarily unavailable.
Following last year’s cyber-attack that has paralysed its operations and online services, the British Library has now partially resumed its activities, providing users with a ‘read-only’ version of its online public catalogue and some physical access to the majority of its key special collections.
Read the full update on the British Library blog.
See more information on using British Library services and searching the public catalogue.
A scheduled system maintenance period for the Box of Broadcasts (BoB) platform will begin Tuesday 5 December 2023 at 19:00. The provider advises that the service should be considered ‘at risk’ during this time.
ACCESS TO ONLINE archives of journal and book content provided by JISC has been restored following a brief interruption in service.
All the affected resources are now accessible once again, using a university username and password.
Outage notifications have been removed from the Find Databases listings for these resources, and access URLs updated.
ACCESS TO SEVERAL subscription-based archives of journal and book content provided by JISC, will be reinstated shortly, after a brief interruption in service.
Attempts to log in to these services, using a university username and password, are currently returning errors and authenticated access is not available.
The affected services are:
Notifications alerting users to the temporary loss of access have been added to the Find Databases listing of each of these resources.
A further update will follow once access is confirmed as fully reinstated.
Following the recent off-campus outage, caused by a platform change, access to BCIS (Building Cost Information service) has now been restored to single-sign on login for off-site users.
Off-campus access to this resource is once again via university username and password and can be accessed via the BCIS Find Database page.
A scheduled system maintenance period for the Box of Broadcasts (BoB) platform will begin Sunday 21 May 2023 at 07:00. The provider advises that the service should be considered ‘at risk’ during this time.
The recent off-campus outage, caused by a platform change, has been resolved.
Off-campus access to this resource is now via a username and password which can be accessed via the BCIS Find Database page.
Following a recent platform change, off-campus access to the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) has been lost.
We are working with BCIS, as a matter of urgency, to restore access.
On-campus access is unaffected.
A scheduled system maintenance period for the Lexis+ and Nexis platforms will begin Thursday 30 March 2023 at 17:00 until Friday 31 March at 03:00. The provider advises that the service will be unavailable during this time.
A scheduled system maintenance period for the Box of Broadcasts (BoB) platform will begin Friday 27 January 2023 at 07:00. The provider advises that the service should be considered ‘at risk’ during this time.
A scheduled system maintenance period for the Box of Broadcasts (BoB) platform will begin Thursday 26 January 2023 at 07:00. The provider advises that the service should be considered ‘at risk’ during this time.
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