The Times Digital Archive: 1785-1985 can now be remote and metasearched from within eSearch. Under the Advanced search option is it possible to select a particular Year (as a second search field) to focus on a particular 12-month period within the 200 year run. It is possible to deep-link to a particular digital facsimile of a page from The Times directly from the search result in eSearch.
Category: Shibboleth
New collection: 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection
Access to the 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection has been activated in eSearch. Access is direct on-campus and by university username and password from off-campus (using Shibboleth). The collection is described as follows:
Compiled by Rev. Charles Burney, this collection charts the development of English news media during the 17th and 18th centuries. It features more than 700 bound volumes and over 1,200 pamphlets, proclamations, newsbooks and newspapers from the period, including early issues of the London Evening Post, the Boston and Virginia Gazettes. Each page is indexed and users can conduct full-text searches.
New collection: British Newspapers 1600-1900
Access to the British Newspapers 1600-1900 collection has been enabled in eSearch. Access is direct on-campus and by university username and password from off-campus (using Shibboleth). The collection is described as follows:
The British Newspapers 1600-1900 is a digital collection of British historic newspapers. In addition to digital versions of newspaper content, find specially commissioned essays and contextual materials written by expert scholars assist with perspective and analysis.
It brings together content from the 17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers; and 19th Century British Library Newspapers.
ISI – Web of Knowledge – Shibboleth authentication
Off-campus access to all of LLR’s resources delivered through the ISI – Web of Knowledge platform is now by university username and password (using the Shibboleth framework).
The resources involved are:
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index
- Journal Citation Reports
- Science Citation Index
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Web of Science (with Conference Proceedings)
- Web of Knowledge
All links in eSearch have been updated accordingly. A guide to using Shibboleth authentication on the ISI – Web of Knowledge platform has been added to the eServices support wiki.
Early English Books Online – Shibboleth authentication
Off-campus access to EEBO (Early English Books Online) is now by university username and password (using the Shibboleth framework).
Links in eSearch have been updated accordingly. A guide to accessing EEBO using Shibboleth has been added to the eServices Support wiki.
Silverplatter and OvidSP databases – and Shibboleth login
The Silverplatter platform (which provided access to several of LLR’s subscription databases) is being withdrawn at the end of June 2009, so all the databases on the platform are being migrated to OvidSP. (Previously some of the databases were available on both Silverplatter and OvidSP).
In parallel with the migration away from Silverplatter, Shibboleth authentication has been enabled for all databases on OvidSP:
- BIOSIS Previews
- CAB Abstracts
- Geography (also known as Elsevier Geography)
- ICONDA
All links in eSearch have been updated accordingly, and a guide to Shibboleth authentication on OvidSP has been added to the eServices Support wiki.
Remote searching for Geography and ICONDA is not currently enabled on OvidSP, but it is hoped that it will be possible to reinstate this shortly.
LLR also have access to a small number of eBooks in the Books@Ovid collection (as part of the JISC eBook Observatory Project). Links to those titles in the Library Catalogue will be updated to make use of Shibboleth authentication shortly (in the meantime it will still be possible to use an Athens username and password to access those titles).
LION (Literature Online) – Shibboleth enabled
Off-campus access to the LION (Literature Online) service is now by university username and password (using Shibboleth). The three LION databases listed in eSearch are:
- ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature)
- LION (Literature Online)
- MLA International Bibliography
A guide to Shibboleth authentication on LION has been added to the eServices Support wiki.
Westlaw – off-campus access restored
The Westlaw off-campus access problems reported on Friday were resolved shortly afterwards and access to the service from off-campus (using a university username and password) is now working normally once again
Westlaw – off-campus access problems
Off-campus access to Westlaw (using a university username and password) is currently unavailable. Westlaw is experiencing technical problems which are affecting both Shibboleth and Athens based authentication for all UK academic sites. Their technicians are aware of the issue and working on a resolution. A further update will be provided once access has been restored.
JISCmail – Shibboleth authentication available
Shibboleth authentication is now available for the JISCmail service – a service primarily used by academic, professional and research staff (and not a resource listed in eSearch). A guide to managing a JISCmail account using a university username and password has been added to the eServices Support wiki.
FORS – off-campus access re-enabled
Off-campus access to the FORS (Forensic Science Service) has been re-enabled, following a technical configuration problem reported earlier this week. Off-campus access is available once more using a university username and password.
Westlaw – Shibboleth access to Chitty
A configuration problem, which was preventing off-campus Shibboleth based access to the Chitty component of the Westlaw service, has now been resolved. Off-campus customers of Westlaw now have access to LLR’s complete subscription collection using Shibboleth.
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