CUNY Central is investigating.
Author: Michael Waldman
Marquis Who’s Who unavailable
Our license has expired. The renewal is in procurement.
SRDS down from December 24 to December 29
SRDS announced it will be down from December 24 to December 29.
Cinema Image Gallery database discontinued
Cinema Image Gallery, which EBSCO used to provide to CUNY on a complimentary basis, has been discontinued. It has been removed from the list of databases.
EBSCO is experiencing system wide problems
UPDATE: These problems were resolved the following day.
It seems to be affecting the campuses differently but some of the issues reported are slowness of response and difficulty in opening PDFs.
OneSearch to Launch at Baruch on Thursday October 30
This Thursday (October 30), we will officially launch OneSearch on the library’s home page. You’ll see a redesigned yellow search bar that has the following options:
- OneSearch (this will search all of OneSearch and will yield article records as well as records imported into OneSearch from our catalog)
- Articles (this will no longer search Bearcat Search but instead OneSearch’s articles)
- Books (this still searches the the library catalog)
- Journals (this still searches our A-Z journals list from Serials Solutions)
- Our Website (this still searches our library website using the the Google Search Appliance)
You can try out OneSearch right now using this direct link to it or by looking for the link to it that is on our A-Z list of databases.
Other sources of info about OneSearch
OneSearch: a new discovery service
At the end of October, Baruch will switch from Bearcat Search (which has been using the Summon service from ProQuest) to OneSearch (which uses the Primo service from Ex Libris).
The biggest advantage of the switch is to create a unified search experience for articles, books and other material.
OneSearch contains:
· All records from the catalog – not just that school’s records, but all CUNY records in the catalog (books, DVDs, etc.)
· records for most of the articles that that particular library has in its databases (i.e., all the article records we see in Baruch search results will be things we have in full text somewhere)
OneSearch is hosted and managed by the CUNY Office of Library Services, it is not going to be managed locally by me and Stephen. We need you to continue to send us any issues you encounter and we will work with OLS to solve it; solving issues will probably take longer.
Next steps:
· Please try it out! You can find it by going to the OneSearch link on the main databases page
· The search bar will be updated to reflect what is now being searched. The Book link will remain for catalog-only searches
· Watch out for updates to the Library Services wiki with FAQs and feedback forms.
Please go try it! Go to OneSearch link on the main databases page!
Business Monitor back on
Business Monitor Online not available
I am looking into it.
Edgar Online access terminated
Our access to Edgar Online has been terminated. The Accounting Dept. is trying to work with Edgar for access to Edgar Pro but it still has to go through licensing and procurement. We will remove it from the list of databases.
We have access to SEC filings on the SEC website (last four years may be searched for keywords), Mergent, Thomson One, Lexis-Nexis Academic, Westlaw Campus, and the company’s website.