New platform for EBSCO databases

Marie Kauffman - Applications and Technical Services team

Starting Monday 28th July, EBSCO databases will feature a more streamlined and user-friendly interface. The new EBSCOhost platform will enhance the search experience, offering features such as permanent links for searches and articles, filters that carry over to future searches, and easier options for downloading and exporting.

For more detailed information on the new platform features, please explore the New EBSCOhost Interface – Quick Start Guide.

The interface switchover will affect all EBSCOhost databases provided through NTU: 

  • Academic Search Complete
  • Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
  • Art Index Retrospective (H.W. Wilson)
  • British Education Index 
  • Business Source Premier 
  • Child Development & Adolescent Studies 
  • CINAHL Ultimate
  • Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text 
  • eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)  
  • EconLit with Full Text
  • Education Abstracts (H.W. Wilson)  
  • Educational Administration Abstracts  
  • ERIC  
  • Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) 
  • MEDLINE with Full Text
  • Newswires 
  • Regional Business News 
  • SPORTDiscus with Full Text 

Important information for MyEBSCO account holders
If you created a MyEBSCO account to save and organise your research, please note that saved articles and saved searches will be migrated to the new EBSCOhost interface, but search alerts, journal alerts, persistent links to searches and custom folders will not be migrated.

We encourage you to make a record of your searches and journal alerts before the 28th July if you wish to recreate them on the new platform. For custom folders, please visit the How can I download the data from MyEBSCO custom folders in the classic EBSCO interfaces help page for details on how to download a report and use it to recreate your custom folder content on the new EBSCOhost interface. Please note that this feature will only be available until 31st December 2025.

New platform for Emerald Insight and ICE Virtual Library

Marie Kauffman - Applications and Technical Services team

Emerald and Silverchair have partnered to launch an updated and improved version of Emerald Insight, which will now include the ICE Virtual Library. Starting from July 21, 2025, Emerald will be migrating content from both Emerald Insight and the ICE Virtual Library to this new platform. Links will automatically redirect, ensuring minimal impact on access to resources.

Users with existing Emerald or ICE accounts will have their accounts migrated and consolidated. They will need to reset their passwords the first time they log in after the new platform is launched.

For more information, please visit the dedicated FAQ page.

Library OneSearch updated with neurodiversity and music production titles

Lee Houghton - Resource Applications and Discovery Team Manager

MORE ELECTRONIC BOOKS in the key subject areas of neurodiversity and music production are now available in Library OneSearch, courtesy of a recent content update.

A selection of titles, all held on the EBSCOhost platform, include:

Access to these resources is by university username and password.

Resolved – Off-campus access issues for Scopus

Jill Walker - Applications & Technical Services Team

The error page users reported last week appears to have been resolved and testing confirms access for both off-campus and on-campus users has been restored.

Screenshot showing Elsevier error page message, indicating something has gone wrong and details of the error message.

Access is now available again through the Scopus Find Databases page.

Off-campus access issues for Scopus

Jill Walker - Applications & Technical Services Team

When accessing Scopus using the off-campus link users may see the following page, describing a institutional access error.

Screenshot showing Elsevier error page message, indicating something has gone wrong and details of the error message.

On campus access appears to be unaffected, although attempts to create a personal account may also result in the same error.

We are currently working with Elsevier support to try and resolve this as soon as possible.

Users may be able to access Scopus indirectly, by first logging into Science Direct, then using the Explore Elsevier options at the bottom of the page, selecting Scopus, and then the Sign In option from the main Scopus page.

ACS access issues

Jill Walker - Applications & Technical Services Team
Screenshot of the American Chemical Society homepage

The library is currently investigating the loss of access to most ACS subscribed content for both on and off campus users.

Any attempt to access ACS articles or journals through Library OneSearch or the Find Databases route may see this following message:

Screenshot showing message: Access is not provided via Nottingham Trent University.

Access to BCIS database – New registration process

Marie Kauffman - Applications and Technical Services team

Access to the BCIS (Building Cost Information Service) database has been updated with a new login method. NTU staff and students must now complete a registration process that includes creating an individual account.

For more information, please see the registration guide attached to the BCIS record in Find Databases.

Resolved – Issues affecting access to e-resources when using NTU WiFi

Lee Houghton - Resource Applications and Discovery Team Manager

THE CONNECTION TIME-OUT browser error affecting access to electronic resources using NTU WiFi has now been resolved.

New resource: Jessica Kingsley Inclusive Teaching and Learning ebook collection

Melissa Cornwell

THE LIBRARY NOW provides access to over 60 titles about inclusive teaching and learning on Library OneSearch.

The collection is described as follows:

The Jessica Kingsley Inclusive Teaching and Learning collection helps educators, administrators, and other school leaders bring inclusivity, social justice, and trauma-informed practices into the classroom and school, as well as the individual learning process. Written by experts in their fields, these titles provide pedagogical and practical support addressing topics such as emotionally-based school avoidance, self-confidence and communication skill-building, relationship and sex education, and whole-school approaches to inclusivity and mental health.

Selected new titles include:

Access to this resource is direct on-campus and by university username and password from off-campus.

Issues affecting access to e-resources when using NTU WiFi

Lee Houghton - Resource Applications and Discovery Team Manager

THE LIBRARY IS currently experiencing issues accessing electronic resource platforms from devices that are connected to NTU WiFi.

Following links from Library OneSearch and from records listed by the Find Databases service leads to a connection time-out browser error.

Follow these steps to gain access to resources while Digital Technologies colleagues work to fix the problem:

Wait for the connection time-out error page to load.

Edit the URL to remove the https://ntu.idm.oclc.org/login?url= prefix.

Press the Return key on your keyboard or mobile device to reload the page and connect to the resource.

Access to resources from wired NTU connections and from off campus is unaffected.

New eReader for Taylor & Francis eBooks

Marie Kauffman - Applications and Technical Services team

Taylor & Francis eBooks has recently migrated to a new eReader, which now supports ePubs and offers improved accessibility and personalisation settings.

Please note that if you have used personalisation features such as Bookshelf, Bookmarks and Notes on the old eReader, you will need to set them up again in the new eReader by February 16, 2025, as existing records or instances will not be transferred. After this date, the old eReader will be fully retired and become unavailable.

For more information, please visit the dedicated FAQ page on the Taylor & Francis website.