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OED is Back!!

The Oxford University Press has reported that the problems with the Oxford English Dictionary have been resolved.

Oxford English Dictionary Temporarily Down

The Oxford English Dictionary is currently unavailable due to system problems at the Oxford University Press. As soon as the problem has been remedied, we will post on this website. The vendor is working to fix the problem.

All Springer Journals Currently Unavailable!

All ejournals from the publisher Springer are currently unavailable due to a publisher-related problem. The publisher is aware of the problem and working to fix it as quickly as possible. A notice will be posted on this blog when the ejournals are working again. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Journal Citation Reports from Off-Campus – Working

Journal Citation Reports and Essential Science Indicators are working again through the proxy server for off-campus access. Currently Journal Citation Reports is not working with the proxy server.  Access is available using the VPN.  We are working to resolve this issue. On-campus access is working when accessed directly through a library portal (e.g. Josiah or Journal Citation Reports from Off-Campus – Working

Brill Books & Journals Platform Down

Since early this morning (10/15) the Brill Journals and Books online platform has been down. Brill is working urgently to restore service. Brill’s other online platforms:  Reference Works Online, Bibliographies Online, and Primary Sources Online are not affected by this outage.