We are currently experiencing issues with our EBSCO Databases and as a result access is currently unavailable . The problem is currently being investigated by the vendor and we apologise for any inconvenience.
If you have any further issues, please contact the team at ertenq@gcu.ac.uk
Please be aware that the Library’s system provider has scheduled updates to Discover search and Resource lists from 11pm on Saturday 10 August to 12am on Sunday 11 August. These services may be unavailable during this time.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.
Please be aware that Lynda.com will be undergoing essential maintenance on Tuesday 9 July, the resource will be unavailable during this time. This essential maintenance is being undertaken in order to upgrade to their new platform, now called LinkedIn Learning.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.
**This issue has been resolved. GCU users are no longer required to register individually to view Broadcast articles. Full access is available via the Library’s Discover search and Journal Browse services.** Continue reading
Please be aware that we are currently experiencing difficulty linking to Nursing Times from the Library’s Journal browse. This is currently being investigated by our vendor; in the meantime, we have a simple workaround. Continue reading
Please be advised that Web of Science (WoS) is undergoing scheduled maintenance from 1.00 pm on Saturday 21 April until 1.00 am on Sunday 22 April.
Access to the service may be intermittent during this time. Clarivate Analytics apologise for any inconvenience as a result.
During the maintenance period there will also be an upgrade of WoS. A summary of the new features can be found at the following:
https://clarivate.libguides.com/wosupdates/whatsnew
As ever, please feel free to contact your librarian for assistance in making the best possible use of WoS and the Library’s range of electronic resources.
We’re currently encountering difficulty downloading British Standards via the Firefox browser. The following action is recommended as BSOL seek to remedy the issue:
Internet Explorer and Google Chrome are the recommended browsers for accessing BSOL. The above steps, however, allow standards to be downloaded with Firefox at this time.
If you are using the new version of Firefox, some ebooks may not allow you to read online. However you can download these or alternatively use Internet Explorer.
If you have problems exporting data from Discover into RefWorks, follow our step by step instructions.
There is a current known problem when exporting references from Discover to Refworks from off-campus. We are aware of this and our suppliers have identified a solution. It has been given the highest priority with our suppliers and we hope that it will be resolved very soon. The problem is only affecting the export function from off-campus; on-campus use of the function is fine.
There is a very simple workaround for this problem while we await the fix from our suppliers. If you would like to try it, please follow these simple steps:
We apologise for this temporary problem and for the current inconvenience.
