Sam Suber

The library now has access to ScienceDirect, one of the largest, highly-regarded, full-text online and comprehensive science databases. ScienceDirect is split into three main sections: Health & Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Social & Behavioral Sciences. ScienceDirect hosts over 16 million articles and over 3500+ journals covering engineering, chemistry, earth & planetary, medicine, agriculture, and more!

ScienceDirect is accessible through this direct link, the library’s database page and the library catalog.

The Ebsco database is”officially” resolved, as confirmation was received from vendor. If you have any questions, please ask a librarian.

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Patrons are currently experiencing off-campus access issues for our EBSCO Databases. The library is currently working with the vendor to solve this issue. This post will updated as new information comes available. If you have any questions, please ask a librarian.

The issues have been resolved. All services are now working normally. If you have any questions, please ask a librarian.

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We have received reports of an issue with Latency and Service Unavailable Error with our EBSCOhost Research Databases, Full Text Finder and EBSCO eBooks collections.  Users noticed slow access or no access to these services whether you are on or off-campus. The Moraine Valley library is currently working with EBSCO to resolve these issues. This post will be updated with new information as we get it. If you have any questions, please ask a librarian.

The following databases will be inaccessible on Saturday, January 30^th from 9PM until Sunday January 31^st at 6AM. This is because these databases will be undergoing maintenance. The following databases will be effected:

• Chicago Tribune
• Chicago Tribune Historical
• New York Times
• New York Times Historical
• US Major Dailies
• Nursing and Allied Health
• Washington Post
• Wall Street Journal
• Criminal Justice Periodical Index
• History Study Center

This is may also affect our Alexander Street Press databases but this is unclear at this time. If you have any questions please ask a librarian.

The issue has been resolved. EBSCO databases are now working normally again. If you have any questions, please ask a librarian.

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One of our vendors, EBSCO, provides the library with database subscriptions. Currently, our EBSCO databases are experiencing intermittent access issues. Users are experiencing slow response times or timeouts. In some instances, users are unable to access these databases at all. The following databases are effected:

• Academic Search Complete
• Academic Search Ultimate
• AHFS Consumer Medication Information
• American Antiquarian Archives
• American Heritage Children’s Dictionary
• APA PsycArticles
• Associated Press Streaming Video
• Audiobook Collection
• Business and Economics Streaming Video Collection
• Business Source Elite
• Business Source Premier
• Business Source Ultimate
• CINAHL with Full Text
• Consumer Health Complete
• Consumer Health Complete – EBSCOhost
• Consumer Health Reference eBook Collection
• eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)
• eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
• E-Journals
• ERIC
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
• GreenFILE
• Health Source – Consumer Edition
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
• Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
• MAS Reference ebook Collection
• MAS Ultra – School Edition
• MasterFILE Premier
• MasterFILE Reference ebook Collection
• Military & Government Collection
• MLA Directory of Periodicals
• MLA International Bibliography
• Newspaper Source
• Primary Search
• Primary Search Reference ebook Collection
• Profesional Development Collection
• Regional Business News
• SOCindex
• SOCindex with Full Text
• Topic Overviews K-5

This post will be updated as new information arrives or when this issue is resolved. If you have any questions, please ask a librarian.

The issue has been resolved. If you encounter any issues or have any questions, please ask a librarian.

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Users are having trouble authenticating to EBSCO databases. They are receiving an error after they authenticate. This post will be updated when new information arrives or when the issue is resolved. If you have questions, please ask a librarian.

CQ Researcher is now working again off-campus. The issue has been resolved. If you any questions, please ask a librarian.

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One of databases, CQ Researcher, is not working off-campus and users are receiving an error. We are working with database vendor to solve this issue. This post will be updated as new information arrives. If you any questions, please ask a librarian.

EBSCO databases are now working again and the issue has been resolved. Have any questions? Please Ask a Librarian

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One of our vendors, EBSCOhost, who supplies databases for the library is currently experiencing an outage for with its services. The following databases are effected:

• Academic Search Complete
• American Antiquarian Archives
• Business Source Premier
• CINAHL Fulltext
• Consumer Health Complete
• EBSCO Audio Books
• EBSCO E-Books
• ERIC (EBSCO version)
• Greenfile
• Health Source: Consumer Edition
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
• Library and Information Science & Technology Abstracts
• MAS Ultra
• MasterFile
• Military & Government Collection
• Newspaper Source
• Primary Search
• PsycArticles
• Regional Business News
• SOCIndex

When the issue is resolved or new information is made known, this post will be updated. Have questions? Ask a Librarian

The Proquest database issue has been resolved. Please find the Proquest databases on the database page . If you have questions, please ask a librarian.

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Temporary links to Proquest Databases have been created and can be used as an interim solution. To access and for directions on how to use these links please ask a librarian.

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The following databases are experiencing intermittent issues. The library is currently working with Proquest to have these databases working again ASAP. Once the issue has been resolved or a temporary solution has been made , this post will be updated. Thank you for your patience.

• Historical New York Times
• Historical Chicago Tribune
• US Major Dallies (includes Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post)
• Nursing and Allied Health
• Criminal Justice Periodical Index

Hoopla has been restored. If you encounter any issues please ask a librarian.

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Please be advised the hoopla digital service is currently experiencing some technical difficulties and you may temporarily see some challenges when accessing the service. The hoopla team is working on correcting the issue. Our apologies for the inconvenience. This post will be updated when this issue is resolved.