Two additional collections of eBooks have been added to LLR’s existing Knovel subscription – Sensors Technology Supplement (20 titles) and Systems Engineering Supplements (24 titles). Full-text access to these additional titles will be available until the end of March. As this is an extension to an already-active resource, access routes will not be changed for the duration of the trial.
New resource trial: ABI-INFORM Global
Trial access to the business database ABI-INFORM Global has been established in eSearch > eResource trials > Active trials. Access is direct on-campus; with no off-campus access available for the duration of the trial. The resource is described as follows:
Search nearly 1800 worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more.
ABI-INFORM Global can be searched remotely from eSearch, but this functionality has not been enabled during the trial. Outbound OpenURL integration with SFX has been switched on for those resources not held in full-text in ABI-INFORM Global. Click on the Find a copy link in the results list to bring up a full record (see illustration below).
From the full record display, click on either the SFX button or the Check SFX for Availability link to call up an SFX menu of resource relevant services (see illustration below).
The trial lasts until 2 March, and all feedback should be sent to Andrew Kernot.
New platform: Informaworld Journals
The publishers Taylor & Francis are in the process of amalgamating all of their online content into a single platform: Informaworld. At present, previous access routes to T&F content are being maintained while the new platform is embedded but these are scheduled for withdrawal in due course.
Access to all of the ejournals LLR subscribes to from Taylor & Francis, Routledge, Carfax and Psychology Press has now been enabled in Informaworld via SFX.
Informaworld supports both inbound and outbound OpenURL linking. However, inbound SFX linking is only possible to the journal title rather than the article level – so the boxes for Year, Volume, Issue and Start Page are not presented in the SFX menu (see illustration below), as they have no effect on the ability to ‘drill down’ below the title level directly from an SFX request.
Access is direct on-campus; with an Athens username and password required for off-campus access. Off-campus users need to click on the SIGN IN and then the athens sso links before entering their Athens username and password (see illustration below).
Access to full-text ejournal content on Informaworld for which LLR has a subscription may be either Full or Partial.
Where full-text access is available to all of the issues provided by Informaworld, a single icon will display below the bibliographic data indicating that ‘You have ACCESS’ (see illustration below).
Where access to full-text content is Partial, the icon beneath the bibliographic data will indicate ‘You have PARTIAL ACCESS’ and an additional ACCESS icon will appear next to each issue for which full-text content is accessible.
Outbound OpenURL linking is provided through the references section of ejournal articles – when these are presented in .html rather than .pdf format. Clicking on the [your library’s links] link (see illustration below) will generate an SFX menu based on the metadata of the reference. In other words, you can submit a reference from an article straight to SFX to see what services are available from SFX for that material (It is hoped to be able to customise the link text shortly – changing it to Find it @ NTU.)
Please be aware that it is currently not possible to search Informaworld remotely through eSearch; and the Informaworld platform is not Cross-Ref enabled (so SFX cannot process DOI requests for Informaworld content directly from Citation Linker).
LLR’s collection of 180 Taylor & Francis eBooks is available through Informaworld as well as through the etailer.dpsl.net platform, and future resource discovery options for this content are now being assessed, as part of the wider developments on eBook discovery.
New resource: Trend Report 2007
The networked CD-ROM Trend Report 2007 has been added to the eSearch Categories Art & Design > Applied Design, Fashion, Fashion + Textile Management and Business and Management > Marketing; and the corresponding sections of the subject web portal. The resource is described as follows:
Trend Report 2007 is a 300+ page PowerPoint presentation with text, graphics and notes, which details updated and new consumer trends, and how brands are using them.
Changes to the Wilson Art database profile
Access to the Art Full Text service has now been restored on the HW Wilson platform. To bring our listings for the Wilson art resources back in synch with that used by the providers, ‘Art Abstracts and Art Full Text’ has been renamed in our resource discovery environment as Art Full Text. In a further change, on-campus access to both Art Full Text and Art Retrospective is now direct (with an Athens username and password still required for off-campus access). Updates have been made to eSearch and the subject web portal to reflect these changes.
eResources update – network CD-ROM access restored
Access to all networked CD-ROMs via the direct links in eSearch and the subject web portal are now working normally once more.
If you continue to experience any problems accessing any CD-ROM titles, please let eServices have the details and we’ll investigate.
eResources update – network CD-ROM access problem
A technical problem is preventing access to all networked CD-ROMs from both on- and off-campus. Neither direct links nor the ICA Client alternative access route are functioning.
The following error message displays in response to access requests from eSearch and the subject portal:
eServices is investigating and will update as soon as we have more to report.
TESOL Quarterly – now available via JSTOR
Full-text archival access to TESOL Quarterly (from 1967 until 2001) is now available via the JSTOR collection. For this reason, it is planned to withdraw the TESOL Quarterly networked CD-ROM (which provides full-text for 1967-2000) in due course – following ALT consultation over timing.
Art Full text – access unavailable
Access is currently unavailable to the Art Full Text database on the Wilson Web platform – with only the Art Retrospective database available for search selection. Liaison with technical support at Wilson is underway and it is hoped to be able to re-establish access shortly.
In an unrelated development, it should soon be possible to offer direct access to the Wilson Web databases for on-campus users.
New resource trial: International Law in Domestic Courts
Trial access has been set up for the International Law in Domestic Courts database. Access is direct on-campus; although no off-campus access is provided during the trial. Access is available through eSearch > eResource trials > Active trials. The resource is described as follows:
A regularly updated repository of domestic cases in international law from over 60 jurisdictions. The selected cases feature expert commentary, full texts of judgments in their original language and translations of key passages of non-English judgments into English.
The trial lasts until 23 February 2007, and any feedback on the resource can be sent to Terry Hanstock.
ALEPH Web OPAC, further problems with enhanced content (Syndetics)
We’ve encountered response time problems with Web OPAC this morning which seem to be linked to the enhanced catalogue content (Syndetics), i.e. the additional information pop-ups. As a temporary measure we’ve turned off this functionality to enable OPAC to work.
We’re investigating the cause and will report again when we have more news.
Library Catalogue – ‘enhanced’ records re-enabled
Following diagnostic work involving LLR, IS and Syndetics, the ‘enhanced’ catalogue record service has been re-enabled in the library catalogue – meaning that book covers will display in the ‘Full View of Record page’ (where these are available from Syndetics), providing links to an ‘Additional information’ pop-up screen.
The performance of the catalogue will be monitored closely today, but if you experience any problems with the slow response times, or any other OPAC difficulties, please let the eServices team know so that we can investigate the issue further.
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