We’re pleased to say you can now embed new programmes and clips from BoB into Moodle. To embed a programme or clip, simply click the ‘share’ button under the player window, and copy and paste the link marked ‘embed’.
Embedding Programmes in BoB
Category: eresources technical updates
New FT.com website launch
Business students and staff have access to the FT.com on and off campus via the portal. Once you register as a member of the university on campus, you can use the FT.com from any device. This short video outlines the new features.
- The new website should be faster and clearer.
- Completely mobile optimised, offering a consistent and enjoyable experience across all devices.
- Pages load up to 2.5x faster than before – bringing your the same trusted news and insight you rely on, but faster.
- Personalisation and time-saving tools – with myFT you can add and track your topics of interest, save articles to read later and set up instant, daily or weekly email digests on the topics you follow – all in one place.
Accessing ProQuest Resources Off Campus
The slides below show you how to access ProQuest resources from the Online databases and academic journals link in the portal when you are off campus/outside the university. You will need to follow these steps if connecting from your own laptop/mobile device on campus as well.
New Sign-In to Gale Cengage Newspapers and Periodicals
Gale Cengage have changed the way users login to the following resources from the Online databases and academic journals link in the My learning / Learning support pages in the portal.
- 17th-18th Burney Collection Newspapers
- 19th Century British Newspapers
- 19th Century UK Periodicals
- British Newspapers 1600-1950
Note: the above resources can also be cross-searched via Artemis Primary Sources which is also listed in the portal.
New Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection Website
HSTalks has launched the new Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection website. Features include:
- Over 2,000 specially prepared, animated, online lectures.
- More than 90,000 informative slides.
- Over 1,900 editors and speakers, all of whom are leading authorities on their respective subjects.
- All compatible with Moodle.
- An easy to use search function.
Access is via the Online databases and academic journals link in the My learning / Learning support pages in the portal on and off campus.
Cite Them Right Online updates
Cite Them Right Online has been updated with added guidance on referencing 24 new source types within the American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style. In addition to the existing coverage (books, eBooks, web pages, journal articles) the new sources covered are as follows:
- Web pages with no author
- Web pages with no date
- Web pages with no author or title
- Prepublication journal articles
- Blogs
- Newspaper articles
- Magazine articles
- Photographs from the internet
- Videos on YouTube
- Theses and dissertations
- Personal communications
- Departmental publications
- Scientific datasets
- Research reports
- Translated books
- Anthologies
- Films/movies
- Television programmes
- Musical scores
- Music or sound recordings on audio cassettes
- Music or sound recordings on audio CDs or vinyl
- Sculpture
Additionally, guidance on referencing Kindle books in American Psychological Association (APA) – this can be found under Books > Electronic Books (ebooks), has been added.
Accessing OHSIS and CIS
Login access to Occupational Health and Safety Information Service (OHSIS) and Construction Information Service (CIS) on IHS Markit has changed. The steps in the slides below show you how to access both via the portal on and off campus.
Scopus Off Campus Login Change
Scopus has changed the way users connect to the service off campus via the portal. When you connect to Scopus via the portal a Login Required to Access Scopus screen is displayed. You need to select the login here link for the Athens and Shibboleth (Institutional) users option which is first in the list. From this link you need to select the UK Access Management Federation and University of Greenwich from a list of institutions. You should be transferred to Scopus via the OpenAthens Authentication screen.
The University uses single-sign on via the portal to authenticate our students and provide access to our e-resources on and off campus. This has to be done via the University of Greenwich portal. After logging in to the portal http://portal.gre.ac.uk with your Greenwich computer ID e.g. za012 and password:
Select My Learning
In the Search the Library portlet select the Online databases and academic journals link
On the next page the eresources are arranged alphabetically by title
Select the letter ‘S’ of the alphabet or scroll down the list and select Scopus to be transferred there.
Note also that you should never enter your University of Greenwich login credentials anywhere other than the University portal.
Science Direct login change
Elsevier has changed the authentication process for Science Direct and Scopus. All users are now required to login via the UK Federation option and select ‘University of Greenwich‘ from a list of institutions.
Access via the university portal on and off campus is unchanged
Select the My Learning link
Select the Online databases and academic journals link in the Search the Library portlet
On the next page select ‘S’ from the alphabet or scroll down the A-Z list and select Science Direct to be transferred to the resource.
You should see your name at the top right of the screen above the Brought to you by: University of Greenwich box. This indicates you are logged in and authenticated.
Digimap Carto issues
EDINA Digimap have provided guidance for users experiencing issues with Digimap Carto:
“Following recent changes to popular web browsers and updates to Java installations some users have experienced difficulties using Carto. We understand that there have also been some instances of problems with Carto working on the latest 64-bit versions of operating systems (mostly Windows 7).
Many of these problems are now beyond our control. However, we are currently looking for workaround solutions wherever possible.
The following page has more information about possible solutions to get Carto
working:
Given these recent changes, we regret that we are no longer able to continue development on the platform used by Carto. Instead, we will be developing a replacement advanced mapping service.
Carto will continue to be available until its replacement is complete, but we cannot guarantee that it will continue to function with the latest updates to your internet browser and to your Java installation.
We would strongly suggest you try Roam if Carto fails to operate as expected.
Digimap Roam offers the majority of functionality available in Carto and some extra functions. Roam can print at A3 and A4, portrait and landscape, add annotations and labels to your map and measure distances and areas”.