Trial access to Xreferplus and Routledge Reference Resources – Politics and International Relations has now concluded, so these titles have been withdrawn from eSearch. Any remaining feedback on these resources should be sent to Sharon Potter (Xreferplus) and Adele Miller (Routledge Reference). Trial access to the International Who’s Who service concludes on 8 June.
New resources: networked CD-ROM titles
Three new networked CD-ROM titles – Population Statistics 2006; EuroStat Regions year book 2005 and Eurostat Regions year book 2006 have been added to eSearch, the Statistics portal and the database A-Z lists.
HeinOnline: new interface launched
The legal database HeinOnline launched a new interface at the end of May, to support a range of presentational, navigational and functional enhancements. Information for users of the service about the changes can be found here – including a 9min Flash presentation (which includes audio narration). On-campus access URLs to the service have been revised in LLR’s resource discovery environment to match changes on the site. Off-campus access URLs, and SFX links remain unaffected.
Trial concluding: XreferPlus
Trial access to the XreferPlus service concludes on Thursday 24 May. Please send any feedback on this resource to Sharon Potter.
Trial concluded: Art Museum Image Gallery
Trial access to the Art Museum Image Gallery has now concluded, and listings for the resource have been withdrawn from eSearch. Any remaining feedback on the service should be sent to Rachel Campbell.
New resource trial: International Who’s Who
Trial access to the International Who’s Who service has now been established in eSearch > Category > eResource trials > Active trials. Access on-campus and off-campus is by a specific username and password (details of which can be accessed by clicking on the [i] information icon next to the database name in the eSearch interface). Access is available until 8 June, and all feedback should be sent to Adele Miller. The resource is described as follows:
The International Who’s Who outlines the lives and achievements of more than 25,000 of the most distinguished men and women from almost every country in the world.
[Please be aware that some on-campus users may be able to access the service directly (by IP recognition, without needing to enter a username and password). The fact that only some users will be able to do this is due to complications in registering a comprehensive IP range for the duration of the trial – hence the use of a username and password alternative. In the event of a subscription, all on-campus access would be direct (by IP recognition), with Athens authentication used for off-campus access].
Networked CD-ROMs updated
The following networked CD-ROM titles have been updated as indicated:
- APID, now issue 4 2006
- Croner Road Transport, now February 2007 (says February on CD but January on application interface)
- Croner Environmental Management Policies & Procedures, now September 2006
- Croner Health & Safety at Work, now April 2007
- Croner Catering, now April 2007
- Croner Practical Food Hygiene, now November 2006
- Croner Premises Management, now November 2006
- Croner Reference Book for Employers, now March 2007
- Croner Reference Book for Self Employed and Smaller Business, now April 2007
- International GAAP Online, now December 2006
- Surveyor’s Factbook, now November 2006
Ex Libris products and Windows Vista compliance
Ex Libris have confirmed that the versions of ALEPH, SFX and eSearch (MetaLib) in production at NTU are fully compliant with the new Windows Vista operating system.
New trial: Routledge Reference Resources: Politics and International Relations
Trial access to the Routledge Reference Resources: Politics and International Relations collection has been enabled in eSearch > eResource trials > Active trials. Access on-campus and off-campus is via a specific username and password: details of which are accessible through the resource’s information icon in eSearch. Trial access is available until 31 May 2007, and all feedback should be sent to Adele Miller. The resource is described as follows:
Fully-searchable full-text reference works covering religion, and politics and international relations. Fully-searchable full-text reference works covering religion, and politics and international relations. To browse entries in the collection, click on either Books, Entries or Subjects. To search the collection, click on Advanced Search.
Other titles in the Routledge Reference collection have been selected for trial, and will be made available as requests are approved by the providers.
SFX fault on Sunday 29 April
In anticipation of any service queries this morning, please be aware that – due to an issue with the application’s database – SFX was unavailable for several hours on Sunday. The service went off-line just before 6am and was reinstated just before 1.45pm – soon after the fault was discovered.
Verdict: on-campus access problems resolved
To provide a robust ongoing solution to the access problems that have been experienced with the Verdict service, the providers have enabled direct IP-authenticated access for on-campus visitors. On-campus access is therefore available once again. Off-campus access is temporarily suspended while the arrangements to provide EZproxy access are put in place.
New trial: Xreferplus
Trial access to the Xreferplus reference database has been set up in eSearch > eResource trials > Active trials. The resource is being trialed as part of the Gen Ref/Quick Ref review project. Access is direct on-campus; off-campus access via specific username and password will be available shortly. The trial lasts until 24 May. Please send all feedback on the trial to Sharon Potter. The resource is described as follows:
Xreferplus is an integrated searchable cross-disciplinary reference collection. It provides cross-referenced full text articles, images, animation and video (Flash), sound files (in mp3), statistics (exportable to Excel) and other data, supported by a range of dynamic search and retrieval functionality including ‘concept mapping’.
Xreferplus can be searched remotely via eSearch on a search-and-link basis – please see the Search Hints field for more information.
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