eResources Blog

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

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 […]

Statista – loss of access

UBC Library has lost access to subscribed materials (reports, insights surveys) on Statista.
We are investigating and working on restoring our access. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Audio Ciné Films – Invalid Portal error message

Some users trying to access Audio Ciné Films may see the error message: Invalid Portal We couldn’t find your portal audiocinehttps:. Check the URL that you used to make sure it is correct and try again. If you see this page multiple times, please see the following resources. Users’ level of access seems to vary, […]

Bates’ guide to physical examination and history taking – eBook linking issues

Users are not able to access Bates’ guide to physical examination and history taking. Upon investigation, it appears there is linking issues with ebooks from the LWW Health Library – Premium Basic Sciences collection. Either the link is not working or the link is going to an international version of the ebook and seeing an […]

Pitchbook Login Issues

Users of Pitchbook may see some login issues or an “Invalid IP” error. To successfully login, make sure: You are logging in via the UBC Pitchbook site, not Pitchbook.com. The UBC Pitchbook site looks like the screenshot below. A ‘Invalid IP error’ is either caused by logging by the wrong page (Pitchbook.com instead of the […]

Error message: CWL Authentication – Unsupported request

We are currently experiencing access issues with all online resources that use OpenAthens.
We are working to resolve this issue.

Holiday Closure for eResources & Access Help

Happy Holidays!
The eResources & Access Team will be away from the afternoon of Dec. 24th until Jan. 1st. Please report any access problems using the Electronic Resources Help form, and we will work on them when we are back on Jan 2nd.

CNKI eBooks access issues – workaround by accessing old user interface

We are currently seeing some issues with accessing CNKI eBooks.
A workaround is to use the old user interface. The connect to resource link on the CNKI eBooks resouce page has been updated.
eResources is continuing to investigate resolving the new inte…

Summon searches resulting in Application Error message

Summon is experiencing intermittent issues with searches failing to complete and displaying an “Application Error. Your search has failed to complete. Please try again.” Other institutions are experiencing the same problem, and the Summon vendor is working on it. Some workarounds for finding and accessing materials in the Library collection: use the “Books & Media” […]

Criterion and Audio Cine Issues when using Firefox browser

When using the Firefox browser, users may see a “Media unavailable: You don’t have permissions to view this media” error when they try to stream a video. This error is more likely when using a UBC computer. eResources is working on the issue. As a workaround, please use a different browser (Chrome, Edge, Safari) to […]