More content in Science Direct: Freedom Collection

The University has expanded its initial numbers of journals with Elsevier by purchasing the Science Direct Freedom Collection.

We now have access to over 2000 full text scientific, technical and medical (STM) journals published since 1 January 1995 which is good news for students, researchers and academics.  For the latest information on the titles they cover, please look at their content list. We will be adding these to AtoZ of Electronic Journals in due course.

Access to this resource is via the usual route, so if you haven’t used any of our electronic resources before, please visit iCity first, and follow these instructions.  If you haven’t used Elsevier before, you may have to register with them the first time. If you have any access problems off-campus, please contact us via athens@bcu.ac.uk.

Resolved: error message when searching CINAHL

EBSCO tell us that   “We have now been informed that the fix for CINAHL MESH searching has now been implemented and is returning results as expected.”

Please let us know  if you are continuing to experience this error.

There is currently an error when searching CINAHL via EBSCO, although none of our other EBSCO databases seem to be affected. We have raised this with EBSCO, who should fix this soon.

The messages says Application Level Exception, To continue with the session, click here.

Update from EBSCO received Wed 25/01/2012 23:04 : “We have pinpointed the root cause that has led to imprecise searching and data displays in a few areas within the CINAHL experience as have been reported.  We expect these issues to be resolved within the next 72 hours, and will send notification when resolution occurs.”

New electronic resource : Company Reporting

We have subscribed to a new website, Company Reporting, that covers   financial IFRS reporting practice of public companies.

Company Reporting is an independent service which reports on constantly changing financial reporting practices of public companies. Influential in the monitoring and development of IFRS reporting, Company Reporting is the primary source of best practice research for professional accountants, regulators and academics.

Liaison Librarian (Collection Development) for the Business School, Linda Garratt.

Trial of XpertHR

We are taking out a trial to XpertHR the business intelligence resource covering all aspects of HR.

The trial runs until 9th February, and to take full advantage of this please use the login details  here.

Please let us know by commenting below (your comments will not be made public) or by contacting your Liaison Librarian for Business School, Linda Garratt.

Electronic resources : new technical content in IEEE

IEEE tell us they have  partnered with two of the leading technology institutes in China to deliver worldwide access to two of their highly regarded technical journals, now available via the IEEE Xplore digital library in English.

Tsinghua Science and Technology (Sponsored by Tsinghua University)

Published bimonthly, the journal provides contributions from all over the world and presents up-to-date scientific achievements in computer science, electronic engineering, and other IT fields.

Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics
Published by the Beijing Institute of Aerospace Information

Appearing bimonthly, this journal promotes academic exchanges of new technology worldwide. It reports the latest developments and achievements in systems engineering, electronics technology, other related research areas, and encourages various academic views.

For more information on these content changes , please contact your Liaison Librarian (Collection Management) Graham Gamblin. 

Athens server error message

We are getting reports of students with problems logging into Athens, which is causing the ‘Server Error in application‘ error message below. Our CICT colleagues have informed us an upgrade to our student records system is affecting logins and that providing the upgrade is completed successfully, this issue should be rectified by this afternoon.

If you still have problems logging in after that time, please contact us on athens@bcu.ac.uk and let us know.

Access to Family Law Online off-campus

Please note that access to Family Law Online off-campus is now using your Birmingham City University network id and password through the Athens service, please make sure you have updated any local bookmark you may have.

If this is the first time you have accessed a resource in this way please look at the instructions here. If you still can’t access, please contact us on athens@bcu.ac.uk

Error on BRAD resolved – access now working

The login errors we were getting on BRAD Insight have now been resolved.

As the website address has changed, if you still can’t login please reload the page, and try again.

Error message on MyiLibrary : ‘flow control warning’

There is currently a error message on our e-books service, MyiLibrary that comes up – but only for titles published by Pearson.

You have done nothing wrong! The message will appears because the maximum number of users allowed for that particular title has been reached.

To clear the message click where it says ‘return to the MyiLibrary home page’ and try again later.

It would also help if whenever you read titles on MyiLibrary you close them down after you have finished reading them.

Art FullText changing interface on 31st December

On  31st December, EBSCO tell us that  Art FullTextwill be moved over to the EBSCO platform and will have a different interface. The old HW Wilson platform will be replaced, and access  will look like this:

We will update our resource links as soon as we can, in the meantime you can search the new interface here.

As well as via the AtoZ of Electronic Resources  access is also available via EBSCO’s free iPhone/Android phone application.

For more information on searching this database please contact your Sue O’ Sullivan, your  Liaison Librarian – Learning and Teaching for Art & Design.