Nouvelles Icônes pour le portail bnu / New Icons for the portail bnu

La liste des bases de données du portail bnu a des nouvelles icônes qui indiquent le type d’accès d’une ressource:

  • Sans icônes – accessible par tous lecteurs partout après avoir se connecter – à la bibliothèque, à la maison, au travail, etc. ;
  • “Accès local limité à” – accessible uniquement à partir du réseau indiqué par l’icône :
    • Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg– à l’intérieur du réseau de la Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg ;
    • Université du Luxembourg– à l’intérieur du réseau de l’Université du Luxembourg ;
    • CPR Lippmann– à l’intérieur du réseau du Centre de Recherche Public – Gabriel Lippmann ;
    • CRP Santé– à l’intérieur du réseau du Centre de Recherche Public – Santé ; et
    • CRP Henri Tudor– à l’intérieur du réseau du Centre de Recherche Public – Henri Tudor.

The database list available on the portail bnu now contains new icons which show the type of access for a particular resource:

  • No icon – accessible by all patrons everywhere after login – in the library, at home, at work, etc. ;
  • “Access only in” – accessible only from with the network indicated by the icon :
    • Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg– from within the network of the National Library of Luxembourg ;
    • Université du Luxembourg– from within the network of the University of Luxembourg ;
    • CPR Lippmann– from with the network of the Centre de Recherche Public – Gabriel Lippmann ;
    • CRP Santé– from within the network of the Centre de Recherche Public – Santé ; et
    • CRP Henri Tudor– from with the network of the Centre de Recherche Public – Henri Tudor.

 

Springer e-Books

Consortium Luxembourg is pleased to announce the addition of Springer e-books to the Consortium Luxembourg Electronic Documentation Portal.

Access is provided to all English and German language Springer e-books from 2005 to 2010 inclusive.  The books cover a variety of subjects including:

  • Behavioral Science;
  • Biomedical and Life Science;
  • Business and Economics;
  • Chemistry and Materials Science;
  • Computer Science;
  • Earth and Environmental Science;
  • Engineering;
  • Humanities, Social Science and Law,
  • Mathematics and Statistics;
  • Medicine;
  • Physics and Astronomy; and
  • Professional and Applied Computing.

Topics covered in the German collection include:

  • Medizin;
  • Technik & Informatik;
  • Natur- und Basiswissenschaften incl. Mathematik;
  • Wirtschaftswissenschaften; und
  • Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften.

The e-books are accessible in one of two ways:

1.  If the print edition of the book is in bibnet.lu catalogue, then access to the electronic version is automatically provided from book’s details screen.

2.  Connect directly to SpringerLink e-books using the link that can be found under “S” in the “Find Database” section of the portal or by clicking here.

 

Turning on Full Text links in Scirus

Scirus is sci-tech search engine from Elsevier. Scirus returns results from the whole Web, including access-controlled sites that other search engines don’t index.

  • Then click “Save preferences”.

When you do this, a cookie is saved on your computer that tells Scirus to display the “SFX” or “Full Text” button for journal article citations. If you clear your cookies, or access Scirus from a different computer, you will need to set your preferences again.
 

New Emerald Journals Added to the Portal

Consortium Luxembourg is pleased to announce the addition of two sets of Emerald journals to the Consortium Luxembourg Portal:

  • Emerald Accounting and Finance Journals – A collection covering quantitative and qualitative research across the field, including in sustainability, financial regulation, accounting education and Islamic finance.  For details on the journals included in this collection, click here.
  • Emerald Information and Knowledge Management Journals – A collection representing important perspectives within today’s knowledge economy, with over a quarter of its titles indexed by Thomson Reuters (ISI).  Foro details on the journals included in this collection, click here.

These journals are available via the “Find e-journal” (or “Périodiques”) option in the Consortium Luxembourg Portal.
 

Oxford Art Online / Grove Art Online

Consortium Luxembourg is pleased to announce the addition of Oxford Art Online to the Consortium Luxembourg Portal.

Oxford Art Online is an innovative gateway that offers users the ability to access and search the vast content of Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference in one location.

With the 2008 complete redesign of Grove Art Online, as well as the addition of substantial new Oxford reference content, Oxford Art Online offers the most extensive and easily searchable online art resource available today, a virtual art reference library of unparalleled scope and depth.

Oxford Art Online can be found under the letter “G” (for Grove) in the “Find Database” tab or by clicking here.
 

Proxy Server Changes Complete

The changes announced to the proxy server for this morning, Thu, 16 Dec, have been successfully completed.

Please note that your firewall should now allow access for *.proxy.bnl.lu to ports 80 and 443 (see 101216 Proxy v6).

The problem below has been resolved.

For certain products, a certificate error is received (ex: Dalloz).  This problem will be resolved in the coming weeks but in the meantime, in order to access sites which use secure connections (Https) you must accept the certificate exception.  In order to do this, please follow the instructions below depending on your browser.

Internet Explorer

In Internet Explorer, you will receive a message stating that Internet Explorer has blocked a security certificate error.  Simply click on the error message and then click on “Display Blocked Content”.

Firefox

In Firefox, you will receive a screen entitled “This Connection is Untrusted”.

Click on the arrow next to “I Understand the Risks”.

Click on “Add Exception”.

If you select “Permanently store this exception” then you only need to perform this procedure once. Click on “Confirm Security Exception”.

Google Chrome

Please use another browser as Google Chrome does not provide an option to accept the certificate security exception.
 

Maintenance – Changes to Proxy – Thursday 16 December

After this upgrade, if you have any direct links to products in the portal saved in your bookmarks, you must re-create them via the portal.

On the 16th December the site http://portail.bnu.lu will not be accessible from 7h30  to 9h00.

The Proxy server will be reconfigured and change from the current system of « high-ports » (http://proxy.bnl.lu:2067/…) to a system of « sub-domains » (http://springerlink.proxy.bnl.lu/…).

For continued access to the full functionalities of the portal after the 16th December, you must have access to port 80 on the server « proxy.bnl.lu ».

If no further notice is given, you may block ports :2048 and :2050 to :3550 from 20th December.

Please check www.consortium.lu for updates and subscribe to its feed for further information: https://www.consortium.lu/?feed=atom. In case of problems, contact: consortium@bnl.etat.lu.

Current

•          proxy.bnl.lu      ports     :2048 et :2050 à :3550
•          portail.bnu.lu    port      :80
•          sfx.etat.lu         port      :9003

Before 16th December

•          proxy.bnl.lu      ports     :80 et :2048 et :2050 à :3550
•          portail.bnu.lu    port      :80
•          sfx.etat.lu         port      :9003

After 20th December

•          proxy.bnl.lu      port      :80
•          portail.bnu.lu    port      :80
•          sfx.etat.lu         port      :9003

You can download this information as PDF in english and french (“About” section of consortium.lu site).
 

L’offre du Consortium Luxembourg disponible via Google Scholar

Nous avons le plaisir de vous informer que les produits offert par le portail du Consortium Luxembourg peuvent être retrouvés au sein de Google Scholar.

Quand vous êtes à la BnL, sur un des campus de l’Université au CRP Henri Tudor ou bien au CRP Gabriel Lippmann, vous recevez automatiquement des liens vers les articles dans Google Scholar. Dans les résultats de votre recherche vous trouverez le lien « find it ! @ bnu ».

Pour accéder aux ressources du portail à l’extérieur de ces réseaux, n’hésitez pas à faire votre configuration manuelle :

1. Rendez vous sur le site de Google Scholar : http://scholar.google.com

2. Cliquez sur « Préférences Scholar ».

3. Dans le champ « Liens vers des bibliothèques », saisissez « Luxembourg » et cliquez sur « Trouver la bibliothèque ».  Google Scholar affichera une liste correspondant à votre recherche.


4. Choisissez « Consortium Luxembourg  – find it ! @ bnu » et cliquez sur le bouton « Enregistrer les préférences ».

Après cette configuration, des liens vers les articles auxquels vous avez accès seront affichés directement par Google Scholar.

En cas de questions, n’hésitez pas à contacter votre bibliothèque !
 

Euromonitor – Passport GMID – Trial

Consortium Luxembourg is pleased to announce a trial for Euromonitor’s Passport GMID database.

Euromonitor International offers quality international market intelligence on industries, countries and consumers. Euromonitor International has more than 30 years of experience publishing market reports, business reference books, online information systems and bespoke consulting projects.

* Passport is Euromonitor International’s premium industry online information system. It contains the full depth of research on consumer goods industries, plus intelligence on countries and consumers. It gives companies a detailed understanding of their industry/industries and their business operating environment, including global consumer trends.

* The Global Market Information Database (GMID) is Euromonitor International’s flagship information system for the library and information services community. It offers research across a wide variety of industries, from accounting and bookkeeping to travel and tourism. Like Passport, GMID integrates industry research with intelligence on countries and consumers.

Access to the database is available via the Consortium Luxembourg Portal under “Find Database” and the letter “E”, or by clicking here.