Problems with Ebsco Export to RefWorks – Corrected

UPDATE, Friday, Nov. 13: This problem has been fixed. We have tested the direct export to RefWorks function in the Ebsco databases, and all is working fine now.
There is a problem with the Direct Export to RefWorks function within Ebsco databases.
You may get an error message stating the following:
Direct Export Not Working. The direct [...]

Halloween Outage

Both Lexis Nexis Academic and Science Direct will be unavailable through the late evening and overnight hours of Saturday, October 31 to Sunday, November 1.
These databases will be down for system maintenance for approximately 9 hours, between 9:00pm EDT on October 31 and 5:00am EST on November 1.
If you notice any problems before [...]

Online & Print Journals List Unavailable Saturday 10/24

Mahoney Library’s Online & Print Journals List will be down for a system upgrade on Saturday, October 24, 2009 from approximately Noon to 6:00pm 3:00am-9:00am. It likely will only be down for 2 or 3 hours, but should any problems arise, may not be available until 9:00am.
This also means that when you search [...]

ProQuest Outage

An outage is scheduled from Saturday night, September 26 to Sunday morning, September 27th. You may not be able to access ProQuest databases,  MLA International Bibliography (Chadwyck-Healey platform), CSA databases, and RefWorks. 
Do not hesitate to contact the Reference Desk at x4248 on Sunday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. or e-mail Ask Online if you [...]

ProQuest databases unavailable for 12 hours this weekend…

ProQuest will be installing an update to their system, designed to enhance the Dissertations & Theses database.  Since scholars are increasingly providing supplemental digital materials – i.e., audio, video, spreadsheets, etc. – with their dissertation or thesis, this update will make it possible to access those materials within the ProQuest interface.
This update will be installed on [...]

Getting to Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory

If you’ve used the Online & Print Journals list lately, you may have noticed that the links to Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory are requiring you to login to ulrichsweb.

This should not happen; there is no extra login that we can give you. There is a problem with the linking or authentication setup of one of our vendors. [...]