Resolved: Problem accessing Construction Information Service (CIS)

The publishers have resolved this for us and we have also got rid of the number of login screens – please try again, and if you still are having problems contact us via elibrary@bcu.ac.uk

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There is currently an issue accessing Construction Information Service, and other IHS services, We have spoken to the publisher and have asked them to resolve this as quickly as possible.

Other institutions are affected, and we will let you know here when this is resolved.

New feature on WESTLAW : ‘Insight’

Insight is a Westlaw service that provides overviews of legal topics written by Westlaw experts. Just click on the Insight button on the top menu,

There are a growing number of overviews, including commercial law, contract law, crime, equity and tort.

The overviews give basic information about the subjects and links to: other articles on specific aspects of the law, key legislation, and cases.

They are well worth checking out as they are regularly updated and provide a quick and easy access to information. By clicking on the star at the top right you can bookmark the overview for easy access.

For more information contact the Learning and Teaching Librarian for Law, Phil Stant.

More content with CINAHL Complete

We have recently upgraded our subscription to CINAHL Plus with Full Text to that of CINAHL Complete – which now contains nearly twice as many titles as our previous subscription, CINAHL Plus with Full Text.

CINAHL Complete will be cross searchable with our other databases from EBSCO, and as with CINAHL Plus with Full Text can be searched at article-level from within Summon.

For more information on this content please have a look here, and for more information on this database please contact either Ann Stairmand-Jackson, or Peter Ebrey from our Collection Management team in Library and Learning Resources.

Problem accessing British Standards Online

There is currently a problem accessing British Standards Online. The publisher informed us that there had been a systems change at the weekend and this had affected access.

We will let you know here when this has been resolved.

Please accept our apologies for the lack of access.

 

 

New resource : (SMPTE) Digital Library

We have subscribed to the SMPTE Digital Library from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE).

There are three resources that make up the library : the Standards library , the SMPTE Journal  (includes full-text searchable Journal content from 1916 to date) and the Conference library  (with a large selection of papers from SMPTE Conferences).

If you have any comments on this resource please send them to Graham Gamblin,Assistant Liaison Librarian (Collection Management, Millenium Point).

Three important changes to Digimap

There are three important changes to Digimap which make using the resource simpler.

They are:

1. The search button has moved
2. The Print Button has moved
3. Changes to Opening and Saving Maps and Annotations

For more information go to http://digimap.blogs.edina.ac.uk/2013/08/05/digimap-roam-interfaces-three-key-changes-you-need-to-know-about/

ScienceDirect down for maintenance at the weekend.

Elsevier tell us that ScienceDirect Freedom Collection will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance from Saturday, July 20 at 12:00 midnight until Saturday, July 20 at 12:30 am BST.

It is also possible that you may experience service disruptions such as slower response times and unexpected outages throughout the day.

If you have trouble logging on after the work is completed, please get in touch with us via  elibrary@bcu.ac.uk

Mobile app to Family Law Reports now available

There is now a mobile app for Family Law Reports.  

To download it, you need to visit your app supplier : Apple (iPhone and iPad). Google Play (Android) and download the Family Law Reports app for free.  Once you have installed the app you will need to enter the username and password for BCU, available here. Once activated the full reports archive will be available on your phone. For more details on what is involved, see here.

If you are unable to log in once the app is installed please contact 0117 918 1555 or email sales@familylaw.co.uk.

University IT systems downtime this weekend

Please remember that the University IT systems and Infrastructure will be unavailable at the following times for the next three weekends due to essential upgrade work:

• From 4pm on Saturday 29 June until approximately 12pm noon on Sunday 30 June
• From 4pm on Saturday 6 July until approximately 12 pm noon on Sunday 7 July
• From 4pm on Saturday 13 July until approximately 12 pm noon on Sunday 14 July

You will be able to search for resources via Summon and the Library catalogue,however you wont be able to login to any resource or renew your books during the downtime.

Trial of additional resources from Web of Science

Thomson Reuters, the people  who  provide us with Web of Science are switching on some additional resources in Web of Knowledge until August 31st – and these  include Book Citation Index®, Conference Proceedings Citation Index and Current Contents Connect®. 

They say “Web of Knowledge provides a single destination to access the most reliable, integrated, multidisciplinary research – approximately 100M records of all types. Quality, curated content delivered alongside information on emerging trends, subject specific content and analysis tools make it easy for students, researchers and faculty to pinpoint the most relevant research to inform their work.”

Please have a look and if you have any comments on this trial please send them to John Fry-Smith, Head of Library Liaison –  (Collection Management).