We have changed the default search setting for the combined online and print journals search to ‘Title keywords’, which we hope will make searching easier:
www.kent.ac.uk/library/online/journals/index.html
This also brings the journals search on the website in line with the same search on the beta Library catalogue.
The really big thing that’s happened on the Library Services website recently is actually a side effect of the customisation of the beta catalogue: it’s now possible to retrieve print and ejournal search results in a single search!
Previously, if you searched our online journals holdings for the journal Dada Surrealism (for which we only have a print, not an online subscription) you would only have got the message: Sorry, this search returned no results. You would then have to go to the Library catalogue to see if we have a print subscription instead.
Now, because the print journal holdings are integrated into the same search, you would get the result: Dada Surrealism in Kent print journals (see catalogue record). The link takes you to the journal’s record in the beta Library catalogue.
The same combined search can be performed from within the beta catalogue: follow the ‘Journal title search’ link or, within the catalogue, click on the ‘Journals’ tab.
To make it easier for you to tell Information Services what you think of our services, we have added a link to the feedback form to all the menus of the Library Services website. It sits near the bottom, between ‘Support and contacts’ and ‘A-Z services and glossary’.
We have been working on the website – honest, but it’s mostly been small stuff. Among the changes and additions are:
Some great new electronic resources have been added over the last few weeks, especially:
There’s a a new page in the ‘Other libraries’ section of the website listing links to libraries in France, including the two most important French union catalogues:
www.kent.ac.uk/library/using/other/catalogues/france.html
Please leave a comment if you want to suggest any library catalogues that should be added to the list.
The Staff essentials web page lists the library resources that may be of particular use to academic staff. It has recently been updated with more resources added:
Your feedback is welcome: there is a feedback button on the page so that you can tell us what you think of it.
Request help for conducting research and finding resources for your subject area, by contacting the Academic Liaison and Research Services team. Academic liaison librarians and faculty assistants are available to help you find the resources you need.
We’ve updated the subject support web page to include details of each member of staff. To view full details of the support offered and view staff photographs, go to:
The JSTOR access problems we mentioned a couple of posts ago have been resolved and the workaround is no longer necessary.
However there are still problems with exporting JSTOR references to Refworks. The Library Services homepage news will keep you updated on this issue.
Art & Architecture Complete is a research database, providing full-text coverage of more than 250 journals and 150 books. It also offers indexing and abstracts for more than 630 academic journals, magazines and trade publications as well as for over 150 books.
This is available for trial until 27 November 2009.
Visit the Trials of online services page to access this service or send in your feedback.
Are you a member of the University of Kent and get this error message when accessing JSTOR: ‘We do not recognize you as having access to JSTOR’?
This is a temporary problem under investigation. In the meantime, use this workaround.