Information sources affected by US Federal shutdown

EDIT (17 Oct 2013): A deal has now been reached resulting in an end to the federal shutdown. For more on this, see: http://bbc.in/1bXDdO4

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The US federal shutdown has an impact on some information sources we use.  The sources currently affected are:

• the US National Library of Medicine who maintain PubMed and Medline
• the US Department of Education who maintain ERIC
• the Library of Congress

Medline is still accessible and searchable from Discover and our databases page (http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/information-learning-services/information-learning-services/faqs-for-staff--students/where-can-i-find-databases.aspx) however, this database may not be updated as usual.

ERIC is still accessible and searchable from our databases page but access to full text material via ERIC is NOT possible during the shutdown.  Our advice is to continue to use ERIC for searching but alternative access to full-text may be found on Google Scholar.

PubMed is accessible and searchable at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed but it not being updated or maintained as usual.

There is no access to the Library of Congress website.

For further information on the US federal shutdown see: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24378831

For further help and assistance please contact Information Learning Services ils@yorksj.ac.uk 

Issues with Ebscohost databases in Google Chrome

Due to a Javascript bug in Google Chrome and some versions of Firefox, the Ebscohost databases do not function properly. To use Ebscohost databases, you will need to use a different browser such as Internet Explorer.

Newspapers database

Are you looking for a newspaper? Have you tried the Infotrac Custom Newspapers database at http://find.galegroup.com.ezproxy.yorksj.ac.uk/gtx/start.do?prodId=SP01&userGroupName=urjy? This resource is updated very close to publication, so articles from a newspaper may appear on the database the same day!

New database subscription – Literary Resource Center

Library and Information Services now subscribes to the Literary Resource Center, a comprehensive database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else.

This subscription replaces our subscription to LION, and the Literary Resource Center provides additional material, including full text content.

The database is available from the Library website, and off-campus users may access it using an Athens username and password.