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Project MUSE
Posted on February 23rd, 2010 No comments
From January 1, we have access to Project MUSE.Project MUSE is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers, providing 100% full-text, affordable and user-friendly online access to a comprehensive selection of prestigious humanities and social sciences journals.
- There are no embargoes on journal content, the MUSE issue appears online before the print version.
- Journals are heavily indexed and peer-reviewed, with critically acclaimed articles by the most respected scholars in their fields. MUSE is also the sole source of complete, full-text versions of titles
- MUSE provides full text access to current content from over 400 titles representing nearly 100 not-for-profit publishers.
Project MUSE can be accessed by visiting their website,http://muse.jhu.edu/, Use your Athens username and password to access your institution’s online subscription to Project MUSE when not on campus. If you do not have an Athens account, please visit either of the libraries at Newton Park or Sion Hill.
Resources available on MUSE
- Receive email notification when new issues and new journals become available on MUSE.
- Install the browser plugin to be able to search MUSE from any page on the web.
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Our EBSCOhost services – available on your mobile!
Posted on February 3rd, 2010 No comments
EBSCOhost have now made many of their services available via Internet enabled mobile phones, allowing Bath Spa students to search and retrieve information on the move.
This means that Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, Education Research Complete, Theatre & Dance, MLA & SocINDEX are all available on popular devices such as the iPhone.
EBSCOhost Mobile has the following features:
- Basic Searching
- HTML and PDF Full Text
- Search Modes
- Limiters
- Image Quick View
- Image Collection (depending on the database that has been selected)
- E-mailing articles
- Preferences
- Multi-database Searching
- Branding
To access this service, please enter http://m.ebscohost.com into your mobile’s browser. You will need your Athens username and password.
For support on using this service, please visit the EBSCO Support site.
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Import an informaworld citation into Refworks
Posted on January 5th, 2010 No commentsA short video on how to import a reference from informaworld directly into Refworks.
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Refworks and single sign-on
Posted on December 2nd, 2009 1 commentAthens access to Refworks will shortly be removed, allowing users to log-in with a Bath Spa username/password.
However when you log-in to the service with your new username and password for the first time, your references will not be migrated across. To make sure this happens, you will have to do it manually:
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Single sign-on developments
Posted on November 30th, 2009 No commentsThere is now institutional access for almost all of our electronic resources at Bath Spa.
We would like to encourage all students and staff to assist us in testing access, which so far has been very successful. The feedback has been excellent, and we hope to move over to single sign-on in the very near future.
The following resources can be accessed using a Bath Spa username/password:
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Accessing ECCO (Eighteenth Century Collection Online)
Posted on October 6th, 2009 1 commentIt has come to my attention that many students are struggling to access ECCO from home. This is partly my fault, as Athens access to this resource was removed earlier this month in order to test our new ’single sign-on’ system. This means that students and staff trying to access ECCO using links provided in module handbooks or emails may find that they have lost access.
Never fear! You can still access ECCO from home! Simply visit the webpage below (the welcome page for ECCO via the Library webpages) and follow the on-screen instructions. From this page you will be prompted to access ECCO using your Bath Spa username/password.
http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/services/library/electronic-services/ecco.asp
Despite this change for accessing ECCO at home, you will still find that you are taken straight to the resource (no log-in required) when visiting the site on campus.
If you still find you have difficulties accessing ECCO at home, please contact me! m.durant@bathspa.ac.uk
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Vote to name our Image Management System!
Posted on September 23rd, 2009 No comments
Voting is now open. Please enter your correct name, as this will enable me to work out which entries are sensible!
You are more than welcome to vote for more than one entry…
VOTING HAS NOW ENDED
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Single sign-on at Bath Spa
Posted on September 22nd, 2009 No commentsI am pleased to announce that Library and Information services has begun testing software allowing students and staff to access some of our resources using a Bath Spa username/password. This method of access is available for the following databases:
a-n: the artists information service
Eighteenth Century Collection Online
Eighteenth Century Journals II
International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance
MLA International Bibliography
16th to 19th Century British Newspapers
The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
In order to take part in this test please visit the library page relevant to your chosen database and follow the on-screen instructions.
Over the next few weeks I will look to integrate more resources, giving every user the opportunity to test this new system.
If you suffer from any problems with accessing the resources or would like more information on this project please contact me by email: m.durant@bathspa.ac.uk.
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Name our new Image Management System!
Posted on September 14th, 2009 No comments
We recently installed our new Image Management System, provided by Extensis Portfolio. Initially the system will house our collection of digitised slides over at Sion Hill, but will later be offered throughout the University as an image repository solution.To coincide with the launch of our new system, we need a name! Below is an anonymous form which will allow you to send your suggestions. Once I have recieved the suggestions I will put all appropriate names to the vote via the blog.
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Sion Hill development *update pics*
Posted on September 11th, 2009 No comments


