ProQuest eBook platforms – scheduled maintenance – 27 October 2018

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A routine maintenance period on the ProQuest eBook platforms is scheduled for Saturday 27 October 2018, between 17:00 and 18:30 (UK time). This means that the following ProQuest eBook platform and service, to which the library subscribes, will be unavailable throughout this ninety minute period:

  • EBook Central

RefWorks – maintenance period 22 September

THE LEGACY AND new versions of the RefWorks referencing service will be unavailable for a twelve-hour period from 14:00 on Saturday 22 September.

During that time Legacy RefWorks accounts will be unavailable, as will the connectivity of the Write-N-Cite plug-in. User accounts in the new RefWorks environment may be unavailable for periods, and the RefWorks Citation Manager and RefWorks Google Docs plug-in will also be unavailable.

Maintenance start time: Saturday 22 September 14:00 (UK time)
Maintenance end time: Sunday 23 September 02:00 (UK time)

New RefWorks logo

Access to Estates Gazette Interactive restored

The broken links to Estates Gazette Interactive on the Other passwords page, under Resources & collections on the library website, have now been updated.

Access to the site is now available again.

First time users will still need to complete a registration process after arriving at the site, and revised advice on completing this are also included on the Other passwords page.

Estates Gazette homepage

Currently no access to Estates Gazette Interactive

There is currently no access to Estates Gazette Interactive. The links on the Other passwords page, under Resources & collections on the library website, are broken.  We are in contact with the publisher about this and hope to have them fixed soon.

Estates Gazette homepage

Off campus access to New Left Review currently unavailable.

We are currently investigating an issue affecting off campus access to New Left Review.  Only some of the content is available from off site.  On campus access remains unaffected.

New Left Review homepage

Box of Broadcasts – scheduled maintenance – 31 August 2018

A scheduled system maintenance period for the Box of Broadcasts platform will begin Friday 31 August 2018 between 12:00 and 16:00. The provider advises that the service should be considered ‘at risk’ during these times.

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Box of Broadcasts – scheduled maintenance -7 August 2018

The Box of Broadcasts (BoB) streaming off-air recording service has announced another maintenance period for 7 August 2018. The service should be considered ‘at risk’ between 14:00 and 17:30 on that date.

BoB - new platform

Issues affecting the Kanopy streaming video service now resolved

The library in cooperation with technical services team at Kanopy have now resolved the service issue affecting logging into the resource.

Access is now available from on and off campus using your NTU credentials.

Kanopy - streaming video

Issues affecting the Kanopy streaming video service

The library is working with the technical team at the Kanopy streaming video platform to reinstate access to the service, which is currently unavailable on and off campus.

A further update will follow once the issue has been resolved.

Kanopy - streaming video

ProQuest platform – scheduled maintenance – 18 August 2018

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A routine maintenance period on the ProQuest platform is scheduled for Saturday 18 August 2018, between 15:00 and 23:00 (UK time). This means that the following ProQuest databases, eBook platforms and services, to which the library subscribes, may be unavailable throughout this eight hour period:

  • EBook Central
  • RefWorks
  • Sydnetics solutions
  • All databases on the search.proquest.com platform, namely:
    • Academic Video Online‎
    • Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)‎ (1987 – current)
    • Art, Design & Architecture Collection‎ (1973 – current)
    • Art and Architecture Archive‎ (1895 – 2005)
    • Australian Education Index‎ (1977 – current)
    • Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals‎ (1934 – current)
    • British Periodicals‎ (1681 – 1939)
    • Country Life Archive‎ (1897 – 2005)
    • Digital National Security Archive‎
    • Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive‎ (1880 – 2000)
    • ERIC‎ (1966 – current)
    • Humanities Index‎ (1962 – current)
    • International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)‎ (1951 – current)
    • MLA International Bibliography‎ (1926 – current)
    • Periodicals Archive Online‎
    • PILOTS: Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress‎ (1871 – current)
    • ProQuest Central‎ (1970 – current)
      • ABI/INFORM Collection (1971 – current)
      • Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection (1971 – current)
      • Arts & Humanities Database information
      • Asian & European Business Collection (1971 – current)
      • Australia & New Zealand Database information
      • Biology Database (1998 – current)
      • Business Market Research Collection (1986 – current)
      • Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database information
      • Canadian Newsstream information
      • Career & Technical Education Database information
      • Computing Database (1998 – current)
      • Continental Europe Database information
      • Criminal Justice Database (1981 – current)
      • East & South Asia Database information
      • East Europe, Central Europe Database information
      • Education Database (1988 – current)
      • Family Health Database information
      • Global Breaking Newswires information
      • Health & Medical Collection information
      • Health Management Database information
      • India Database (1998 – current)
      • International Newsstream information
      • Latin America & Iberia Database information
      • Library Science Database (1970 – current)
      • Linguistics Database information
      • Middle East & Africa Database information
      • Military Database information
      • Nursing & Allied Health Database information
      • Political Science Database (1985 – current)
      • Psychology Database information
      • Public Health Database information
      • Publicly Available Content Database information
      • Religion Database (1986 – current)
      • Research Library information
      • Science Database information
      • Social Science Database information
      • Sociology Database (1985 – current)
      • Telecommunications Database (1995 – current)
      • Turkey Database information
      • UK & Ireland Database information
      • US Newsstream (1980 – current)
    • ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global‎
    • PsycARTICLES‎ (1894 – current)
    • PsycINFO‎ (1806 – current)
    • PsycTESTS‎
    • Sociological Abstracts‎ (1952 – current)
      • Social Services Abstracts (1979 – current)
      • Sociological Abstracts (1952 – current)
    • Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War‎ (1914 – 1919)
    • The Vogue Archive‎
    • The Women’s Wear Daily Archive‎

Box of Broadcasts – scheduled maintenance – 6 August 2018

A routine maintenance period for the Box of Broadcasts platform is scheduled for Monday 6 August 2018 between 08:00 and 12:00. The provider advises that the service should be considered ‘at risk’ during that time.

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Box of Broadcasts – scheduled maintenance – 19 July 2018

A scheduled maintenance period for the Box of Broadcasts platform is due on Thursday 19 May 2018 between 07:00 and 09:00.  The provider advises that the service may be at risk during these times.

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