Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Scheduled Maintenance - ILLiad

OCLC will perform maintenance that might intermittently impact ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery website) from Saturday, July 30 at 11 pm to Sunday July 31 at 3:45 am PT.

During this time, you might not be able to log in, access or submit requests. If you experience problems, please retry your request. 

Monday, July 25, 2022

Ovid Journals Downtime

The Ovid journals platform will be unavailable on July 28, 2022 starting at 9:00 pm for around 45 minutes due to scheduled maintenance.  

If you have any questions, please contact the Reference department at reference@westernu.edu.

Friday, July 22, 2022

Scheduled Maintenance - ILLiad

OCLC will perform maintenance that might intermittently impact access to ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery system) from Saturday, July 23 at 11 pm to Sunday, July 24 at 6:15 am PT.

During this time, you might not be able to log in, access or submit requests. If you experience problems, please retry your request. 

Electronic Resources (https://www.westernu.edu/library/) will be available during this outage.

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Lost access to older JAPMA articles

UPDATE: JAPMA no longer offers access back to 1965.  We only have access from 1996-present. 6/15/22 9:18 am

We have lost access to Journal of Podiatric Medical Association (JAPMA) articles from 1965-1995.  Access to articles from 1996-present remains unaffected.  Our provider has been contacted and we will update this blog when access is restored.

Friday, May 13, 2022

Allen Press journals down

UPDATE: Access has been restored to all journal titles. 5/23/22 8:32 am

The Allen Press platform is down and we have lost access to the following journals:

  • Anesthesia Progress
  • Angle Orthodontist
  • Journal of Athletic Training
  • Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
  • Journal of Oral Implantology
  • Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
  • Mental Health Clinician
  • Mobilization
  • Operative Dentistry
  • The AAO Journal

We will update this blog when the platform is back up.

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Ovid journal downtime

The Ovid journal platform will be unavailable on Thursday, May 19 starting at 9:00 pm for about 45 minutes due to scheduled maintenance.  

If you have any questions, please contact the Reference department at reference@westernu.edu.

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Scheduled Maintenance - ILLiad

UPDATE 5/10/2022: Due to unforeseen circumstances, OCLC was unable to complete maintenance. The maintenance is rescheduled for Saturday, May 14 starting at 9 pm PT. It should be complete by 1 am on Sunday, May 15. We apologize for the inconvenience. 

OCLC will perform server maintenance that will affect the Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery system, ILLiad, from Saturday, May 7 at 9 pm to Sunday, May 8 at 1 am PT.

During this time, ILLiad might be intermittently unavailable. You might not be able to access or submit requests.

Electronic Resources (https://www.westernu.edu/library/) will be available during this outage.