Friday 27 August 2010
Science Direct
There are continuing intermittent problems with accessing ScienceDirect. The providers are aware of these. If you can't get on now, please try again later.
European Business ASAP from Gale Cengage
The TCD subscription to this database was discontinued in 2009. A glitch with the EBSCO coverage load means it is still appearing as an option for some journals. This will be rectified as soon as possible. [See Journal of Portfolio Management]
Thursday 26 August 2010
Crossfire Beilstein Gmelin replaced by Reaxys
Reaxys replaces Crossfire Beilstein Gmelin.
Access via the New Resources tab on the Library's Databases and E-books page.
Reaxys is a web-based system for searching the world’s most extensive collection of organic, organo-metallic, and inorganic chemistry data. Reaxys enables you to search by structure, substructure, reaction, text, and property data.
Being based on the CrossFire Beilstein, CrossFire Gmelin and Patent Chemistry databases Reaxys has a long history beginning with chemical data from 1771. The information in Reaxys originates from around 3800 journals and patents from various patent offices. Reaxys is a source for deeply indexed information, especially for experimental reaction data.
The content in Reaxys comes from the following sources:
The Beilstein Handbook
The Gmelin Handbook
Selected literature from 1772 to today
Organic chemistry and Life Science patents from US (since 1976), World and European (since 1978) patent publications.
Reaxys is updated monthly
Access via the New Resources tab on the Library's Databases and E-books page.
Reaxys is a web-based system for searching the world’s most extensive collection of organic, organo-metallic, and inorganic chemistry data. Reaxys enables you to search by structure, substructure, reaction, text, and property data.
Being based on the CrossFire Beilstein, CrossFire Gmelin and Patent Chemistry databases Reaxys has a long history beginning with chemical data from 1771. The information in Reaxys originates from around 3800 journals and patents from various patent offices. Reaxys is a source for deeply indexed information, especially for experimental reaction data.
The content in Reaxys comes from the following sources:
The Beilstein Handbook
The Gmelin Handbook
Selected literature from 1772 to today
Organic chemistry and Life Science patents from US (since 1976), World and European (since 1978) patent publications.
Reaxys is updated monthly
Wednesday 25 August 2010
JSTOR - new platform
JSTOR launched its new platform today.
There have been several issues reported, amongst them:
1. temporary off campus access problems for some libraries.
A temporary solution may be to advise off campus users to switch from JSTOR's homepage to the login page instead) https://www.jstor.org/action/showLogin
2. Changes to the interface
a. Searching. Now includes all content - subscribed or not - by default.
You can tick a box in the Advanced Search to limit to "Include only content I can access", but it's clear from the screen which items we have access to.
b. LinkSource. JSTOR still doesn't display the TCD linksource icon, however it does show a small box "Go to article" with the text "Trinity College Dublin provides links to recent articles" which brings you to the catalogue via the LinkSource menu. See, for example, the article: Review: Palestinian Children: Dying to Live / Lori A. Allen.
There have been several issues reported, amongst them:
1. temporary off campus access problems for some libraries.
A temporary solution may be to advise off campus users to switch from JSTOR's homepage to the login page instead) https://www.jstor.org/action/showLogin
2. Changes to the interface
a. Searching. Now includes all content - subscribed or not - by default.
You can tick a box in the Advanced Search to limit to "Include only content I can access", but it's clear from the screen which items we have access to.
b. LinkSource. JSTOR still doesn't display the TCD linksource icon, however it does show a small box "Go to article" with the text "Trinity College Dublin provides links to recent articles" which brings you to the catalogue via the LinkSource menu. See, for example, the article: Review: Palestinian Children: Dying to Live / Lori A. Allen.
Loss of access to ScienceDirect
Latest on loss of access to ScienceDirect:
Elsevier's E-Helpdesk at 15:02 British Summer Time, 25 August 2010.
"Our system engineers are aware of this and are still investigating the issue; the platform seems to be fairly stable at the moment though there are continuing outages of small periods. I can only advise at this moment that I expect the system to be fully operational again within 3 hours".
Elsevier's E-Helpdesk at 15:02 British Summer Time, 25 August 2010.
"Our system engineers are aware of this and are still investigating the issue; the platform seems to be fairly stable at the moment though there are continuing outages of small periods. I can only advise at this moment that I expect the system to be fully operational again within 3 hours".
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