Wednesday, February 21, 2024

ILLiad Downtime – February 29

When: Thursday, February 29 from 2 am to 6 am PT

What: ILLiad, the Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery website, will not be available due to a system migration.

Impact: During this time, you will not be able to access or submit requests. 

If you encounter any issues after migration is complete, contact ill@westernu.edu.  

Thank you for your patience while we improve the site’s security, reliability, and performance.

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Online Catalog Maintenance – January 24, 2024

When: Wednesday, January 24th from 1 am to 2 am PT

What: The Online Catalog will be down due to scheduled maintenance.

Impact: During this time you will not be able to place holds or renew items.

You will still be able to search and access electronic material through the Electronic Resources webpage and the Discovery Service search box on the library website.

If you questions about items you borrowed or experiencing issues after the maintenance, please contact circ@westernu.edu

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Lost Access to eJournals

UPDATE: Access to all journals has been restored. 2/2/24 3:58 pm

We have temporarily lost access to the following ejournals.

  • AAO Journal- lost access to 2023
  • Diabetes Care- lost access to February 2023 to present
  • Journal of Allied Health- lost access to volume 51 issues 2-4, 2022
  • Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association (JAPMA)- lost access to 1996 to present
  • Operative Dentistry- lost access to 2022 to present

The provider has been notified and we will update this blog when access has been restored.

Friday, December 15, 2023

Online Catalog Maintenance – January 3, 2024

When: Wednesday, January 3rd from 1 am to 2 am PT

What: Some Online Catalog features will not be available due to scheduled maintenance.

Impact: During this time, you will not be able to place holds or renew items.

You will still be able to search and access electronic material through the Electronic Resources webpage and the Discovery Service search box on the library website.

Thursday, November 9, 2023

MedOne Vet Med error page

 UPDATE: MedOne Vet Med has been fixed and is now working. 11/13/23 11:56 am

MedOne Vet Med is currently going to an error page.  We have contacted the provider and will update this blog when access is restored.

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Access Problems with EBSCO Resources

 UPDATE: All EBSCO resources are now working. 10/4/23 5:40 pm

All of our EBSCO resources are either loading slow or not loading at all.  EBSCO is aware of the issue and working to resolve it. Here is a list of the affected resources:

  • Academic Search Elite
  • Alt Health Watch
  • APA PsycInfo
  • Business Source Elite
  • CINAHL
  • DynaMed
  • EBSCO Discovery Service (search box on library's homepage)
  • EBSCO eBooks
  • Full Text Finder Resolver
  • Health Source Consumer Edition
  • Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition
  • Newspaper Source
  • Regional Business News

We will update this blog when the problem is fixed.

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Online Catalog Maintenance - October 10

When: Tuesday, October 10 at 1 am to 2 am PT

What: SirsiDynix is updating the catalog server.

Impact: During this time, you will not be able to access the catalog.

You will still be able to search and access electronic material through the Electronic Resources webpage and the Discovery Service search box on the library website.