The staff email system is being improved by the replacement of all of the servers and the storage hardware, and implementation of the latest version of the email server software (Microsoft Exchange 2007). These changes will make the system faster and more resilient in the event of hardware failures. The standard mail quota is also […]
ScienceDirect unavailable weekend of 2nd-3rd August for maintenance
ScienceDirect will be unavailable from 10.30am on Saturday 2nd August to 6.30am on Sunday 3rd August due to an upgrade to the administrative system. Â
IBSS, PsycInfo and PsycArticles now available via the EBSCO interface
From the 30th July I’m pleased to announce that the following databases are now available via the EBSCO interface. You can access each database from the A-Z of online resources. The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS), produced by the London School of Economics and Political Science, includes over 2.5 million references to journal […]
Problems with Digimap resolved
Following the hardware failure of 23/24 July, full service to Digimap has now been restored. Â Â
Reminder: Shibboleth and EZProxy arriving soon
From 31st July 2008 JISC will cease funding for the Athens Access Management System currently used to provide authenticated access to many of the Library’s web based subscription resources such as online journals, abstract databases, and e-books.  To replace Athens , Information Services are implementing two new Access Management systems: Shibboleth and EZProxy. Both […]
Problems with DIGIMAP – Repairs Necessary
Notice from the supplier: Later today (24th July), it will be necessary to withdraw access to Digimap in order to replace some faulty hardware. As much notice of this as possible will be given, both on the Digimap blog and on the Digimap login page.  Â
Blackwell Synergy ejournal content to be transferred to Wiley Interscience
As of Monday 30th June, all Blackwell ejournal content will be incorporated into Wiley Interscience. Blackwell Synergy’s site will close on Friday June 27th and their content will be unavailable over the following weekend. Wiley Interscience will also be closed over the weekend while work is done on transferring the Blackwell content to their site. […]
500 years of printing in Scotland
2008 is the 500th anniversary of the first printed book in Scotland. The first book to be published was “The Complaint of the Black Knight”, a digitised version of which is available from the National Library of Scotland’s website. Further information about the anniversary can be found at the 500 years of printing website Â
Spotlight on Scottish Community Health and Wellbeing Profiles
The Scottish Public Health Observatory (ScotPHO) has recently produced updated Community Health and Wellbeing profiles for Scotland. These reports provide up to date information about health and social inequalities for individual communities throughout the country. The reports cover 61 indicators of health, e.g. smoking rates, number of patients with heart disease, and provide comparative data […]
Journal Citation Reports – 2007 data now available
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) provide a systematic and objective means of determining the relative importance of science and social sciences journals within their subject categories. Particularly useful, JCR tells you which journals have the highest impact and have been cited the most.  Each edition of JCR is published annually following the year of coverage […]