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UPDATE 5/1: LexisNexis is Working!!

4/26/2017:LexisNexis is currently unavailable from off-campus. On-campus, you need to remove the phrase revproxy.brown.edu from your URL after you login to be able to search effectively in LexisNexis. The publisher and CIS have been notified and a notice will be posted here when the service is back up and working properly. We apologize for the UPDATE 5/1: LexisNexis is Working!!

JSTOR for Alumni is BACK!

We have finally resolved the issues with JSTOR for Alumni and it is now available. Thanks to everyone for your patience while we have been working to get this up and running on the new Alumni/Giving website.

RESOLVED!! ScienceDirect Issues with EZProxy and Multiple Browsers

Elsevier Publishing has announced that they are working to fix the problem that they are having with ScienceDirect, multiple browsers, and EZProxy. As we use EZProxy with ScienceDirect both on and off-campus, access to ScienceDirect is sporadic. We will keep you updated and announce when the problem has been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Update From JSTOR

Dear Colleague, Yesterday and today, we have been experiencing intermittent, site-wide access issues that affect use of JSTOR. Our engineers are working hard to restore stable access as quickly as possible. Please watch our Platform Updates page (http://about.jstor.org/jstor-help-support/jstor-updates) for service alerts about these issues. We will post the most current information on that page, as Update From JSTOR

JSTOR Full Text Articles Unavailable

JSTOR ejournal service is available for searching, but full text articles are currently unavailable. It is a widespread problem that is not limited to just Brown University. JSTOR is aware of the problem and working to fix it. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Databases Unavailable Due to Maintenance Saturday Evening

All ProQuest databases will be unavailable from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. EST on Saturday, August 1, 2015. This includes all ProQuest research databases (ProQuest Business, etc.), Chadwyck Healy databases (LION, etc.), newspaper databases, RefWorks, Pivot, and the dissertation databases. Clinical Key will also be having database maintenance on Saturday evening. Users will be unable Databases Unavailable Due to Maintenance Saturday Evening