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Access Issues with AMS (American Mathematical Society) forcing users to login twice

By ryan regier on June 26, 2025

Users trying to access AMS (American Mathematical Society) books or journals are currently being forced to login twice to access content. After logging in via the library website and landing on the AMS page, AMS will send users to a ‘Access through your institution” page when trying to access full text. If you search for […]

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“ATYPON – Access Denied” error impacting Wiley, Sage, AAS, Science Journal and more

By ryan regier on June 17, 2025

Users will see a “ATYPON – Access Denied” error when trying to access a large number of publisher websites. ATYPON is a platform provide that many publishers use to allow them to authenticate users. Multiple Universities are seeing this problem. As a workaround, please use the OpenAthens Proxy by placing this text in front of […]

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Library Catalogue is Down

By ryan regier on June 11, 2025

UBC Library Catalogue is currently not working https://webcat.library.ubc.ca
IT is working on it. Links to print books from Summon and other sources will not work while it is down.

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Database Down – 20-seiki Media Jōhō Dētabēsu

By ryan regier on May 30, 2025

The vendors at 20-seiki Media Jōhō Dētabēsu have let us know that the database is down and searching is not possible.
They are working to resolve but in the meantime have set up this workaround site that can be used:

http://mail.bunsei.co.jp/top

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Lost access to UN Comtrade

By ryan regier on May 14, 2025

Subscription access currently not working. Free access only. Eresources is investigating!
https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=united-nations-commodity-trade-statistics-database&id=482

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Lost access to ProQuest’s Music Periodicals Database

By ryan regier on May 9, 2025

We’ve lost access to ProQuest’s Music Periodicals Database and the journals included in there.
eResources is investigating!

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National Film Board – “Sorry this content is not available to view in your current location.”

By ryan regier on March 6, 2025

When trying to access National Film Board (NFB) films users may see a “Sorry this content is not available to view in your current location.” error when trying to watch the film. eResources is investigating and working on a long term solution As a short-term workaround, you might be able to watch the film if […]

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