BGSU University Libraries News

OhioLINK is currently experiencing a network outage in Columbus that has interrupted service to all OhioLINK resources. Network engineers are working to restore access. This outage affects all OhioLINK databases, the Electronic Journal Center, the Electronic Book Center, the Digital Media Center, the Digital Resource Commons, and the Find It! service. If you are trying to connect to a database or ejournal and are having trouble, please try again later. They hope to restore access later this evening.

The OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center (EJC) is currently experiencing an outage due to a hardware problem.

This same problem is also affecting access to several OhioLINK research databases, including:
Art Full Text
ATLA Religion Database
Compendex
Gale Business & Industry
GeoRef
Inspec
PAIS
Sociological Abstracts

Access to BIOSIS, ERIC and PsycINFO is NOT affected.

OhioLINK is aware of the problem, and technicians are working to restore access.

The library’s citation management system, RefWorks, is currently unavailable due to a server outage at the vendor’s site. RefWorks is aware of the problem and is working to restore access. If you are trying to access your RefWorks account, please wait and try later in the day. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Due to scheduled vendor maintenance, LexisNexis Academic and LexisNexis Congressional will be unavailable from 9:00pm Saturday, October 1, to 5:00am Sunday, November 1, 2009.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

CCH Tax Research Network (Intelliconnect) is currently unavailable due to a technical failure at Wolters Kluwer, the product’s vendor. They are aware of this problem and are working to restore access to all customers. They hope to have access restored by noon today.

On Saturday, Oct 3rd, all OhioLINK services will be unavailable from 4 am to 8 pm. This includes the Central Catalog and OhioLINK requesting, the Electronic Journal Center (EJC), the Electronic Book Center, the OhioLINK “Find it” service, and central databases.  Many other resources, such as the BGSU local catalog and Ebsco databases including Academic Search Premier, will still be available. The OhioLINK computing facility is fixing major electrical damage it sustained — this is a critical repair. In the event of rain in Columbus, the repair will not take place and all systems will be available.

The outage will begin at 4 am in the morning and continue until at least 8 pm in the evening. We apologize for any inconvenience.

See below for a complete list of databases affected.

RESOURCE

OhioLINK Central Catalog (including requesting)
OhioLINK Find It! service

Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature
Art Full Text
ATLA Religion Database
Biological Abstracts
Compendex
Compendex Historical 1884-1968
Contemporary Womenís Issues (Last updated 7/2006)
Digital Media Center (OhioLINK) See list of collections below
Electronic Book Center (OhioLINK) See list of collections below
Electronic Journal Center (EJC OhioLINK)
Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center (OhioLINK)
ERIC
Gale Business & Industry (Last Updated 7/2006)
GeoRef
INSPEC
Inspec Archive 1898-1968
MEDLINE 1950 to present (complete)
MEDLINE 1950-1965 ( OLDMEDLINE )
MEDLINE 2002 to present (current)
Morgan Bibliography of Ohio Imprints (1796-1850)
PAIS International
PsycINFO
PsycINFO Historical
QuickSearch @ OhioLINK
Sociological Abstracts (Last updated 2005)
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (Last updated 7/2006)

Electronic Book Center Collections

20th Century African-American Poetry (Electronic Book Center)
20th Century American Poetry (Electronic Book Center)
20th Century English Poetry (Electronic Book Center)
African-American Poetry 1760-1900 (Electronic Book Center)
American Drama (Electronic Book Center)
American Poetry 1600-1900 (Electronic Book Center)
Bible in English (Electronic Book Center)
Bibliography of American Literature (Electronic Book Center)
Early American Fiction (Electronic Book Center)
Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare (Electronic Book Center)
Eighteenth Century Fiction (Electronic Book Center)
English Poetry Database (Electronic Book Center)
English Prose Drama (Electronic Book Center)English Verse Drama (Electronic Book Center)
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center E-Books (EBC)
William Butler Yeats Collection (Electronic Book Center)

Digital Media Center Collections

Art and Architecture Digital Media (Digital Media Center)
Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics, Digital Animal Sounds (DMC)
Digital Video Collection (Digital Media Center)
Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations (Digital Media Center)
Foreign Language Digital Videos (Digital Media Center)
History and Archives Digital Media (Digital Media Center)
LANDSAT 7 Satellite Images
Sanborn Digital Maps (Digital Media Center)
Science Digital Media (Digital Media Center)

ProQuest Maintenance Window This Weekend

From 10pm Saturday, september 26 to 10am Sunday, September 27, 2009, ProQuest databases will be unavailable due to scheduled vendor maintenance. The following databases are affected:
- American Periodicals Series Online
- Criminal Justice Periodicals Index
- Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest)
- Ethnic NewsWatch
- GenderWatch
- New York Times Historical

ProQuest has also added a subject term browsing feature to the New York Times Historical database.

From the SBRnet administrators:

This is to advise you that SBRnet’s site will be down Sunday, September 20, between 8:30 AM and 3:00 PM, resulting from a short-term power outage created by PSE&G in a segment of the Princeton area. We have been advised that power will be restored on or before 4:00 PM. Sunday.

We sincerely apologize for this short notice, and for any inconvenience.

R. A. Lipsey

SBRnet

The Ogg Science Library books (over 79,000 titles) have been moved to the William T. Jerome Library. The books have been integrated into shelving on the first or eighth floor and are available for check out now. The journals will remain in the Ogg facility until March 2010. For more information, please visit the Ogg Science Library website.

Beginning July 1, several OhioLINK databases will no longer be available.

Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO). Try  http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=e1000051~S0”>Health Source: Consumer Edition(also through EBSCO) instead.

America’s News Magazines (NewsBank). Search for magazines in http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=e1000055~S0, which contains popular magazines, instead.

America’s Newspapers (NewsBank). Despite the loss of most of this database’s content, the Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN) will still be funding access to five major statewide newspapers:

The Columbus Dispatch (1985-present)
The Cleveland Plain Dealer (1991-present)
The Toledo Blade (1996-present)
The Dayton Daily News (1990-present)
archives of the Cincinnati Post (1990-2007)

If OPLIN funding is reduced, these titles may be discontinued later this summer. For other newspaper coverage, try  http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=e1000034~S0”>LexisNexis http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=e1000018~S0”>Newspaper

These databases were funded through the combination of an Institute of Museum and Library Services LSTA grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio and the state appropriations of the Libraries Connect Ohio (LCO) partners.