2016 – Page 3 – Reference at Newman Library

Remote Access Problem for WRDS Is Fixed

The problem reported earlier today that prevented off campus users from accessing any of the WRDS databases has been fixed (I found an updated setting for that collection of databases that I had to add to the EZproxy server).

Off Campus Access Problem for WRDS [UPDATED]

SEE UPDATE BELOW

The suite of databases we get from WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services) are currently unavailable from off campus (on campus access is fine). When off campus users have entered their Baruch username and password on our login page, they next see an error message on the WRDS site that says:

Unable to locate address for wrds-web.wharton.upenn.edu, please try again later.

I’ve submitted a support request to WRDS about this problem. For now, direct any users to on campus access.

UPDATE (17 October 2016, 3:02 pm)

The problem has been fixed. Remote access is working again.

New Database: Pivot

Aimed at researchers who are looking for funding opportunities, this database lets you set up a profile where you detail your publications and your research interests. Based on your profile, Pivot will suggest sources of funding. Alerts about new opportunities are emailed automatically.

Credo Removed from Database Listings

In light of the cancellation of Credo announced earlier this week, I’ve removed links to it from LibGuides pages, including the main databases page.

PolicyFile Is Now Called Policy File Index

ProQuest has moved PolicyFile off of its old platform (and URL) and integrated it into the main ProQuest platform (the one where we can access ABI/Inform Global, Ethnic NewsWatch, etc.) With this move, ProQuest has decided to rename the database as “Policy File Index.” It is now listed under that name on database pages.

Scheduled Downtime for Emerald Journals on October 4

On Tuesday, October 4, between 4 am and 4 pm, all journals on the Emerald platform will be inaccessible due to scheduled maintenance by the vendor.

New Page to List Databases with Videos

There’s a new database list page that details different ways to get streaming video. For a number of reasons, we’re mostly not able to make the videos in those collections discoverable in the library catalog or in OneSearch. We don’t really expect that most users will go to this video databases page so they can track down a specific video. Instead, it’s designed more as a showcase page to let our users know we have streaming video (from usability studies I did this year, I found many students assume we don’t have any videos in any format, just books).

In the coming years, it’s likely libraries and the vendors we rely on will have solved this problem of how to get all streaming video titles from large collections indexed in discovery tools like Primo. In the meanwhile, we’ve at least got a page that shows you where to go to find most of our video content. If you have any suggestions for databases we already subscribe to that feature a notable number of streaming videos, please let me, Mike, or Amanda know.

Thanks, by the way, to Linda for suggesting this new page.

Year: 2016