UIC Library News

Have you tried lately to open a PDF, but seen an error message like this?
“Cannot extract the embedded font ‘F0′. Some characters may not be displayed or printed correctly.”
An earlier version 7.0.9 of Acrobat Reader will fix this error. We also recommend that you uninstall the 8.0 or 8.1 version you are probably [...]

As of today, the Library and its users are experiencing time-out errors when trying to go to the UICCAT catalog from within databases.
Most full text databases include a custom UIC Options button. Clicking this blue “UIC Options” button in a database automatically brings users to a customized UIC Options menu. When the menu says [...]

AccessMedicine and AccessSurgery databases are offline temporarily on 1 February 2008 as of 3:00 PM. We expect full service to be restored shortly. Please contact Library Systems if you have any questions.

The EBSCO Publishing online service has been restored as of 3:15 PM on Thursday, Jan. 24. Earlier, it was unavailable from 11-3:15 CST due to a power outage in Boston that knocked out the EBSCO internet service provider (ISP).

Starting on January 1, 2008, InfoRetriever with InfoPOEMs will be renamed Essential Evidence Plus. As a result, if you are currently using InfoRetriever on your handheld device and/or Windows PC, you must re-register it. If you fail to re-register before January 15, the program will no longer run.
For Automatic Re-registration
Unless you [...]

We are pleased to announce that the Library is expanding access to ISI Web of Science, giving UIC users the ability to search from 1975 to present. This purchase adds 12 more years (1975-1986) of access to retrospective literature, in the Science Citation Index, Art & Humanities Citation Index, and Social Sciences Citation Index. [...]

Please be advised that there will be a period of scheduled maintenance on the informaworld website on Saturday 13th October, 2007.  Between 03:00 AM and 7:00 AM CDT you may experience some slowness of response and potentially some small periods when the site is unavailable. Journals published by Taylor & Francis, Routledge, Informa, and Psychology [...]

October 10, 2007
As of 12 noon today, normal service has resumed on Books In Print (http://www.booksinprint.com).    We appreciate your patience while this issue was addressed.
If you continue to experience any issues, please contact us .
FORMERLY:
We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with booksinprint.com which may cause problems with certain functionality within the product. Our service provider [...]

Ebrary announced the removal of approximately 2,000 eBooks published by Taylor & Francis that are currently in our collection. When you are searching UICCAT or Ebrary for one of these titles, you will have a result that tells you it is unavailable. In response to this move, the Library has purchased outright several [...]

UPDATE: As of 3:10 PM on Monday 10/1/07, PMID queries originating from PubMed appear to be connecting to our servers and resolving properly.
EARLIER: As of 7 AM Monday, 1 October 2007, requests for full text that originate from within PubMed’s interface, e.g., the UIC options button, are not working. If [...]