- Literature Resource Center

- MLA International Bibliography

- 19th Century British Library Newspapers

- 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers

The problem has been reported and it is hoped it will be resolved as soon as possible. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Hopefully that will be all the broken resources for this week!

Two more resources are currently causing problems: Archival Sound Recordings and House of Commons Parliamentary Papers. They are both presenting error messages. The error message for Archival Sound Recordings appears at the very end of the authentication process; the error with House of Commons Parliamentary Papers appears a soon as you click on the link from the library website. Both of these errors have been reported to the relevant people and hopefully will be sorted out soon.

I go on a lot about access to resources, don’t I! It’s because I feel very strongly that access to electronic resources should be as simple as possible and that the ‘challenge’ if you like of using an electronic resources should not be how to login to it in the first place, but getting the most out of it to aid you with your research! Sadly, sometimes it can be so difficult to access and electronic resource that it is easy to become dispondent and frustrated and give up with the whole process. This is entirely understandable, and it’s a bit like coming across the most amazing shop with everything half price in the exact colour you need but not being able to find the door. Lots of people would probably sigh and move on; only a small number would go about finding an alternative entrance or getting someone inside to help them enter. The shopping analogy’s probably a bit poor, but the point I’m making here is that if you ever see an error message, or anything you’re not sure about, please, please ask us!

I may have some better news about JSTOR soon, so perhaps the sun will shine once again on our electronic resource collections! (okay, okay – but it’s May tomorrow, I am wearing a very thick fleece and there must be some hope somewhere…!)

1. Having clicked on the link, you will see a page with a login box on the next screen. Don’t enter anything here. Underneath the login boxes are three options. Chose      the middle – UK Access Management Federation – and click on it.
2. In the search box on the next screen, enter “University of Bolton”.
3. On the following screen, enter your Bolton network ID and password and proceed to the resource.

I must give a public vote of thanks to Adam Matthew Digital for sorting this out. As ever, if you have problems accessing electronic resources, don’t hesitate to contact the Subject Help Desk via e-mail, on 01204 903404 or in person.

I am hoping that there will be no more resource issues between now and the time I finish for the Easter break, so that on Thursday, I can wish you all well, instead of yet another report of resource disruption…!

• From the library website, click on the link to Educational Research Abstracts.
• In the middle of the resulting screen, click the “Access options” box which is blue.
• On the following screen, you will see login boxes. Don’t enter anything here. Instead, click the “Shibboleth login” link underneath these boxes.
• On the next screen, scroll down to the sections for UK institutions and find the University of Bolton. Click on the this link. Off-campus, you may be asked to login with your Bolton network ID and password at theis point.
• You should then be taken through to the resource.

This issue is being looked at, so hopefully a less complicated method of accessing this resources will be available soon!

Speaking of weather, it’s rumoured that it’s going to snow tomorrow. If you find yourself snowed in, or perhaps you just don’t want to venture out into the cold, don’t forget that our electronic resources are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. So now you can huddle in the warmth and carry on with your research!