eResources Blog

Lost Access to Law360

We’ve lost access to Law360. Some resources are freely available, but most are currently behind a paywall. eResources is investigating.

Lost Access to CSA Standards

We’ve lost access to CSA Standards when accessing via OpenAthens. Users will see a blank screen or a ‘You have been blocked’.

eResources is investigating.

As a workaround please access CSA via an on-campus wifi or computer or …

Lost Access to 2020-2024 for Sage Journals

We’ve lost access to some Sage Journals for the years 2020-2024. eResources is investigating.

UBC Library did cancel multiple Sage Journals in 2026, but we have retained access pre-2025.

Service Update: New Ask Us Contact Form

Effective today, the UBC Library Ask Us website provides students, staff, faculty, alumni and guests with FAQs and a new form to report online access issues and engage with our team. 

Library employees are encouraged to report online access issues …

Taylor & Francis eBooks Access Issues

When attempting to access Taylor & Francis eBooks, users are encountering a Bad Gateway (502) error. This issue is currently affecting multiple institutions. OpenAthens is working with the publisher and platform provider to resolve the problem. In the meantime, please use the following workaround link to access Taylor & Francis eBooks and search for the […]

Lost access to Cambridge University Press

UPDATE: Issue Fixed as of 9:45 am March 31, 2026 We have lost access to Cambridge University Press. Users will see a ‘503 Service Temporarily Unavailable’ error. Users will see a red box pop-up saying ‘The organization you have selected has not submitted information to Cambridge University Press for their Shibboleth/Athens account. Therefore you cannot […]

Pitchbook – New Login Process

UBC Library is pleased to announce that we will be moving to a new Single Sign On (SSO) approach to Pitchbook. On the morning of Wednesday, March 11th , UBC users will be able to login directly to Pitchbook via the Library Website with their UBC CWL login. Users will no longer need to login multiple […]

CPS Access Issues

We are seeing reports of users seeing blocked access to CPS. We are investigating.

Please use the workaround link here – https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cps&id=674

Factiva Access Issues – Left at Login Page

Users are unable to access Factiva Journals and left at a Factiva Login Page.

eResources is investigating. In the meantime, please use the Factiva link on the Resource Page which still works – https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details…

Pitchbook – Access Issues

Some users are seeing are ‘’Access not authorized’ error when trying to access Pitchbook and/or re-create their account to access. We are working with Pitchbook to resolve ASAP