Who’s using/storing our Z39.50 configuration details?
These sites either hold copies of our Z39.50 configuration, or else use our Z settings as part of an application. List updated 13th November 2012: Copac EndNote Find it at Lincoln (EBSCO Discovery...
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Better authentication and linking to Factiva
The University of Lincoln provides access to Factiva Academic, a “business intelligence” database of more than 8,800 international sources including major newspapers, newswires and a wide selection of...
View ArticleCurrent e-resources problems: what to advise users
Slides from a recent workshop for Library staff at the University of Lincoln, on a number of current bugs in our access to electronic resources and software – how to identify and diagnose problems;...
View ArticleUniversity of Lincoln Library Plan (bullet points)
The University of Lincoln has an internal Library Plan document, which sets out areas of strategic development for our service over the next 3-5 years. Here are some bare notes I made in a meeting...
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Three alternatives to ‘RefWorks direct export’ for when things go wrong
We have experienced a number of problems lately with the RefWorks direct export feature from certain databases. While the problems appear to have been resolved for now, here are three suggestions for...
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Bookmark articles on to Reading Lists directly from Find it at Lincoln
Academic staff at the University of Lincoln – it’s now possible to use the reading list “bookmarklet” to add books, journal articles, etc. to your reading lists, directly from Find it at Lincoln....
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OpenAthens LA (test)
The University of Lincoln are moving to OpenAthens LA 2.2 (OALA) as a replacement for the ageing AthensDA authentication software that has powered most authentication to library e-resources since...
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Updating our locations and collections for the new academic year
It’s been a while since we last updated our LMS/catalogue location and collection codes, which are harvested and used as search limiters/facets by our discovery service, Find it at Lincoln. We’ve made...
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How to access JSTOR at the University of Lincoln
There are several ways to log in to JSTOR at Lincoln: Directly from our databases list (guides.library.lincoln.ac.uk/databases) under “J“. If you’re outside the Library, you will need to log in using...
View ArticleNature Journals Online
The Library now has access to the following three e-journals from Nature.com: Nature (issn:0028-0836) Nature biotechnology (issn:1087-0156) Nature Reviews. Drug Discovery (issn:1474-1776) Access for...
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