IE users must upgrade to use Scopus

Do you like using the Scopus citation index and guide to scholarly literature?

Great!

Now, if you use Internet Explorer, you'll need to be using a more recent version than IE 8.

Here's the announcement that was sent to our electronic resources librarian:

Dear Customer,
As a designated administrator for Scopus, we wanted to remind you that effective October 1, 2015, Scopus will no longer support Internet Explorer 8 (IE8).

Why are we ceasing support of IE8?

We are following Microsoft’s directive to focus our support on newer, officially-supported IE browser versions. Microsoft announced in 2014 it would only support the most recent IE browser version with technical support and security updates. We strongly encourage our customers to also follow Microsoft’s directive by updating to more recent versions of IE or by using other supported browsers.
We will discontinue support a few months ahead of Microsoft’s official deadline of January 2016 in order to get an earlier start on some major projects. By removing IE8 from our support list, we will be able to provide the following future enhancements:

• Remove current IE8 security issues
• Enhance existing security measures across all browsers
• Add support for new browser technologies
• Add responsive design to aid use of Scopus across devices
• Improve accessibility to better enable access to people with diverse abilities

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us:
usinfo@elsevier.com – US & Canada
nlinfo@elsevier.com - Europe
sginfo@elsevier.com – Asia, Australia & New Zealand
brinfo@elsevier.com – Mexico, Central & South America
Best regards,
The Scopus Team

New library home page! A work in progress

A nice new look for University Libraries home page this morning: http://library.uncg.edu

A few of the links are still being worked on, expect some hinkiness today.

Digital Media Commons to re-open August 17

The DMC will soon reopen after renovations. Check out the story here: http://uncgfol.blogspot.com/2015/07/after-undergoing-renovations-this.html

Science Direct & Scopus unavailable Saturday night 8/1/2015

These article databases will be unavailable this Saturday night 8/1/2015 from 6 pm to about 10:30 pm

• Science Direct - provides full text for many science and health science journals
• Scopus - citation analysis and more

This is the official announcement from Elsevier, the company that provides these databases to us:

Dear Customer,
We would like to give you advance notice of an interruption of service for Elsevier platforms and solutions due to scheduled maintenance.
On Saturday, August 1, access to Elsevier platforms will be unavailable due to a scheduled maintenance for approximately 4.5 hours starting at 06:00 PM EDT. Please check the World Clock Time Zone Converter to convert the time in your local time.
The platforms and solutions involved are:

• Elsevier Research Platforms: ScienceDirect, Scopus (including Author Feedback Wizard), Engineering Village, Mendeley
• Research Intelligence: SciVal Funding
• R&D Solutions: Reaxys, Embase, Geofacets

Each platform will be displaying a warning to users of this scheduled downtime, and during downtime, there will be a message informing users of the temporary unavailability of service.
To stay up to date with any developments follow the individual Twitter accounts for the products.
Thank you for your patience as we strive to update our products.

Elsevier Customer Service Team

Nurses! Trial access to Nursing Reference Center Plus until 9/22/2015

We have trial access to Nursing Reference Center Plus until 9/22/2015! 
Log into this database with your iSpartan account and give it a try.

Clinical information for nursing practice, education, and management. Disease summaries, care plans, skills checklists, topics on management, regulations, and risk management. Also includes drug information from Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses, AHFS Drug Information Essentials, and CINAHL Nursing Guide. Plus videos, images, and patient education materials. 

Should this be added to a "wish list"?  Let us know what you think!

Trial access to DynaMed Plus until 9/22/2015!

Health care faculty and students - we have trial access to DynaMed Plus until 9/22/2015

It provides evidence based summaries for health care providers, labelled according to level of evidence. Over 3,200 topics include specialty content such as critical care, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, and sports medicine. Based on cover to cover review of top sources, surveillance of high profile guideline organizations, and targeted MEDLINE searches. Interactive clinical calculators can be browsed by specialty (anesthesia, nursing, nutrition) or by function (clinical criteria, decision trees). Database is updated daily. Patrons at subscribing institutions may activate the freely included DynaMed mobile app for Apple iOS devices and Android devices.

Log into this database with your iSpartan account to give it a try.

Then let us know what you think!

Library home page changes scheduled for August!

Changes to the University Libraries home page http://library.uncg.edu  are scheduled for early August.

IT personnel are nearing the end of a thorough process involving review of use statistics, usability testing, card sort exercises, etc.

I don't have any visuals to share, but I did see a mock up during an internal feedback session (looked great to me!).  The version that I saw kept most of the links that are currently located on the home page.  Duplicate links were definitely removed, there was some consolidation of links that currently live in the left navigation bar, plus rearrangement and overall design changes.

Looking forward to seeing what we get!