E-Resources Archive

EBSCO databases are down

Posted on November 8, 2021 | 1 Comment
EBSCO databases appear to be lagging and timing out, particularly EBSCO ebooks. You may find that you can get to a book’s page, but will see an error when you try to access the content. The vendor is aware of the issue, and will notify us […]
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Technical Difficulties: EBSCO linking errors

Posted on August 20, 2021 | No Comments
Many of the links to EBSCO databases from the library’s OneSearch tool are not working correctly right now. Both EBSCO and Ex Libris (the company that owns OneSearch) are aware of the issue and working on a resolution. There are two (2) work-arounds for this […]
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Library Service Outage, Sunday, July 11th, 8am – 6pm

Posted on July 6, 2021 | No Comments
Due to scheduled IT maintenance, the library website, proxy, and blog will be intermittently unavailable on Sunday, July 11th between 8am and 6pm. When off-campus access to GC library databases is interrupted, some databases will still be available via the CUNY-wide list of databases using […]
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May 29-30: OneSearch Unavailable for 24 hours

Posted on May 19, 2021 | No Comments
We’re sharing an important service update – feel free to reach out with any questions! CUNY OneSearch catalog/search function will be temporarily unavailable due to maintenance for a 24 hour period as follows: Saturday, May 29th at 9:00 PM until Sunday, May 30th at 9:00 […]
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GC-customized WorldCat.org is down (please bear with us!)

Posted on April 27, 2021 | No Comments
The GC-customized version of WorldCat.org is temporarily down. This means we won’t see the Find it at CUNY link or the Request via Interlibrary Loan link as we search WorldCat. You can still use the un-customized version of WorldCat to look up materials from around the world. […]
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Technical Difficulties: GC-customized WorldCat.org is down

Posted on April 8, 2021 | No Comments
The GC-customized version of WorldCat.org is temporarily down. This means we won’t see the Find it at CUNY link or the Request via Interlibrary Loan link as we search WorldCat. You can still use the un-customized version of WorldCat to look up materials from around the […]
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Inside the Ebook Detective Agency

Posted on November 18, 2020 | No Comments
You may have heard about the Ebook Detective Agency – a team of librarians who are eager to help connect you with the title you’re seeking. They’ll navigate the often complex landscape of available resources to find exactly what you need. How it works: – […]
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The State of the Search: Finding & Accessing E-books, Eight Months In

Posted on November 6, 2020 | No Comments
It’s now been almost eight months since the COVID-19 pandemic forced the shuttering of our library space and made us all overnight into digital researchers. The initial outpouring of expanded access to materials that came from publishers and database providers was enormously important as we […]
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Library Website and Blog Scheduled Service Outage Sunday, July 12th, 2020, 8am – 6pm

Posted on July 8, 2020 | No Comments
Due to scheduled IT maintenance, the library website, proxy and blog will not be available on Sunday, July 12th, 2020 between 8am and 6pm. There will be no off-campus access to GC library databases, however some databases will still be available via the CUNY-wide […]
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End of an Emergency Library

Posted on June 16, 2020 | No Comments
In late March the library world was excited to see the Internet Archive throw open its collection of scanned books to create the National Emergency Library (NEL), a response to the COVID-19 epidemic’s shuttering the nation’s brick-and-mortar libraries. The Archive holds more than 20 million […]
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