July 27, 2007

4th floor computers unavailable (part 2)

The computers located in the 4th floor Reference area of the Library will be unavailable Monday, July 30th for most of the morning while the software on the machines is being updated. Computers on the 5th floor of the Library along with the Learning Commons Stimpson Media Gallery and John R. Pitcairn Learning Lab will remain available. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Posted by mhohner at 4:41 PM

Library Network Outage


There is a scheduled outage for the Library network that will impact access to the Library's servers. This outage is expected to occur on Thursday, August 2nd for about 20 minutes after 1:00 a.m. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Posted by mhohner at 4:39 PM

July 23, 2007

4th Floor Computers Unavailable

The computers located in the 4th floor Reference area of the Library will be unavailable Wednesday, July 25th for most of the day while the software on the machines is being updated. Computers on the 5th floor of the Library along with the Learning Commons Stimpson Media Gallery and John R. Pitcairn Learning Lab will remain available. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Posted by mhohner at 1:10 PM

July 19, 2007

Library Catalogue Upgrade

There will be an upgrade to the Library catalogue on Thurs. July 19th starting mid-morning and ending in the afternoon. Though there may be some impact to the look and feel of results pages for the Library catalogue, it is expected to remain available and functional throughout the upgrade process.

Posted by mhohner at 9:22 AM

July 13, 2007

EBSCOHost and RefWorks

An issue has been identified within the EBSCOHost interface that is causing certain exports of records to send only partial information to RefWorks. This situation occurs only when a user exports from the full record display only.

When users select records and place them in the EBSCO folder, then chooses the export option, the data is sent correctly and completely. EBSCO is aware of this problem. We recommend that all users export records via the folder option until the situation has been rectified.

Posted by CJ de Jong at 10:42 AM

July 12, 2007

Network problems resolved

The network outage which affected the Journals database, the Interlending system, and our connections to many of the databases has been resolved. we apologize for any inconvenience.

Posted by Dobson-J at 3:43 PM

July 9, 2007

Sage eReference Trial

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The Library currently has a one-month trial for eReference, a collection of online encyclopedias provided by Sage. Included are encyclopedias from the following subject areas:


  • African American Studies
  • Aging & Gerontology
  • Anthropology
  • Business & Management
  • Communication & Media Studies
  • Counseling & Psychotherapy
  • Criminology & Criminal Justice
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Family Studies
  • Gender & Sexuality Studies
  • Geography
  • Health & Social Welfare
  • History
  • Politics
  • Psychology
  • Research Methods & Evaluation
  • Social Issues
  • Social Work & Social Policy
  • Sociology

Please send an email to c.dejong@uwinnipeg.ca with your feedback on eReference.

Posted by CJ de Jong at 4:34 PM