We are experiencing a problem accessing HeinOnline at present. We have reported the issue with the provider and will keep you posted on the progress.
Apologies for the inconvenience.
Problem accessing HeinOnline
January 27th, 2012 by Elif VarolPrint posters on our plotter: prices positively paltry
January 24th, 2012 by Paul StainthorpThe new plotter (large-format printer) on the first floor of the GCW University Library is now available for all students and staff. (If you’re at all interested, it’s an Océ ColorWave 600!)
It prints up to size A0 posters in full, high-quality colour, at a flat cost of £3 per poster. Just select the catchily-named ASCPRINT/PullPlotterGCW from any computer in the GCW. Library staff can advise on the most appropriate printer settings for your files.
What could you do in the Library with an extra 6½ hours?
January 24th, 2012 by Paul StainthorpNow’s your chance to find out: we’re extending the term-time opening hours of the GCW University Library by an extra 6½ hours per week. (This applies to the times when we’re not open 24 hours a day, of course.)
From Monday, 30 January 2012, until the end of the current term:
- The Library will open at 08.00 Monday-Friday (instead of 08.30)
- On Saturdays, we’ll open at 09.00 (instead of 10.00)
- On Sundays we’ll open at 09.00 (instead of 12.00)
- Desk services will also start earlier at the weekends, at 09.15
This takes our total opening hours to 106 hours/week in term time, or 146 hours/week during 24-hour opening. (This compares well with other universities’ library opening hours. Three universities selected at random on the web had term-time opening hours for their main academic library of 135, 108½, and 100 hours per week.)
You can find our new opening hours on the University Portal.
Free trial to ‘Communication and Mass Media Complete’
January 12th, 2012 by Judith ElkinWe have a trial to Ebsco’s database Communication and Mass Media Complete. The trial lasts until Friday 10th February.
Communication and Mass Media Complete is useful for searching journal articles on communication, film studies, language, journalism, TV, radio, advertising and PR.
More information about the database is here.
Minibus trip to the British Library at Boston Spa, 22nd February 2012
January 11th, 2012 by Marie NicholsonThere are still places remaining on the minibus trip to the British Library at Boston Spa on Wednesday 22nd February 2012.
The University Library at Brayford runs regular minibus trips to the British Library at Boston Spa, Wetherby, Yorkshire. The British Library is one of the premier sources for information in the UK. It has a collection of around seven million publications, which can be consulted in the Reading Room. Resources include books, journals, abstracts and indexes etc.
The coach will leave at 8.15am from outside the University Library. It will leave the British Library at 4.30pm arriving back to Lincoln at roughly 6pm. Book at the library desk on the ground floor of the University Library. The cost of the trip is £5. It is open to all 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate students, those studying on post-graduate awards and academic staff.
Material can be ordered prior to the visit – up to 16 items in advance (booking slips need to be returned to the University Library desk by 3pm on 13th February at the latest) and it is possible to access a further 8 items on the day. For more information, please visit the Portal and British Library website .
WARC.com is back to normal
December 15th, 2011 by Elif VarolThe problem accessing WARC.com has been resolved.
Many thanks for your patience. Once again, apologies for the inconvenience.
Problem accessing WARC.com
December 14th, 2011 by Elif VarolWe are experiencing a problem accessing WARC.com at present. We have reported the issue with the provider and will keep you posted on the progress.
Apologies for the inconvenience.
Electronic Journals A-to-Z is back to normal
December 13th, 2011 by Elif VarolProblem accessing Electronic Journals A-to-Z has now been resolved.
Apologies for the inconvenience caused in such a critical period.
E-journals A-to-Z access problems – update
December 12th, 2011 by Paul StainthorpWe are still working to address the problems with access to the e-journals A-to-Z.
Links to the service from the library catalogue, Blackboard, Portal, etc. have been switched to “no login”, so you will be able to access the A-to-Z and search for e-journals by title, without having to use your network\accountID and password.
However, please be aware that the “Log in” option on the A-to-Z may still return the following error:
Sorry, an error occurred while processing your request.
We’re working with the supplier of the A-to-Z to fix this problem. We’ll let you know as soon as it has been solved – in the meantime, please accept the Library’s apologies for the inconvenience caused.
Access to e-journal articles via the individual databases listed on the e-Library page of the Portal is not affected by the problem with the A-t0-Z.
Problem with Electronic Journals A-to-Z
December 9th, 2011 by Elif VarolWe are having few problems with access to the Electronic Journals A-to-Z at present.
We have reported the problem and we hope to have it resolved as soon as possible.
Apologies for any inconvenience.