Federated Search Tool Down 11/10 – 11/12

The library's federated search tool (the Article Search box on the Libraries homepage) will be down Saturday 11/10 – Monday 11/12 for maintenance. The tool will be available again on Tuesday 11/13.

Posted on November 11th, 2007 by Karen Coombs and filed under Planned Down Time | Comments Off on Federated Search Tool Down 11/10 – 11/12

Federated Search Tool Down Sat and Sun (9/21 – 9/23)

The library's federated search tool (the Article Search box on the Libraries homepage) will be down Saturday 9/21 – Sunday 9/23 for maintainance. The tool will be available again on Monday.

Posted on September 27th, 2007 by Karen Coombs and filed under Planned Down Time | Comments Off on Federated Search Tool Down Sat and Sun (9/21 – 9/23)

ProQuest Down for Maintenance

ProQuest databases will be unavailable for a scheduled enhancement release from 9 p.m. on Saturday, July 21 to 9 a.m. on Sunday, July 22.

Posted on July 20th, 2007 by Admin and filed under Planned Down Time | Comments Off on ProQuest Down for Maintenance

ILL/Catalog Link Unavailable in WorldCat

We are currently experiencing problems with the ILL/Catalog ("Find this Item") link in the WorldCat database. Other OCLC FirstSearch databases are not affected.

Unfortunately, you will have to manually check the catalog and/or enter the request into ILLiad.

To check the catalog for an item:

  1. Open a new browser window (CTRL+N) or a new browser tab (CTRL+T).
  2. Go to: http://library.uh.edu/
  3. Perform a catalog search as you normally would.

To request the item via Interlibrary Loan:

  1. Open a new browser window (CTRL+N) or a new browser tab (CTRL+T).
  2. Go to: http://illiad.lib.uh.edu/illiad/logon.html and log in with your username and password.
  3. Enter the information in the "Book (or other Loan)" form, then click the "Submit" button.

We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.

Posted on May 14th, 2007 by Lee Andrew Hilyer and filed under Planned Down Time | Comments Off on ILL/Catalog Link Unavailable in WorldCat

ScienceDirect Down March 3rd

The ScienceDirect journal platform will be unavailable from 5:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 3rd, for scheduled maintenance.

Posted on March 2nd, 2007 by Admin and filed under Planned Down Time | Comments Off on ScienceDirect Down March 3rd

ScienceDirect Down February 24

The ScienceDirect journal platform will be unavailable from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 24, for scheduled maintenance.
Posted on February 21st, 2007 by Admin and filed under Planned Down Time | Comments Off on ScienceDirect Down February 24

ProQuest Down for Maintenance

ProQuest databases will be unavailable for 12 hours from Saturday, February 17 at 9 pm until Sunday, February 18 at 9am CST, for scheduled maintenance.

Posted on February 6th, 2007 by Admin and filed under Planned Down Time | Comments Off on ProQuest Down for Maintenance

Library Web Sites Unavailable, Sunday 11th in AM

On Sunday February 11, 2007 from 8 AM to 12 PM, the Library will be replacing its core router with new network equipment. During this period the Libraries' network will be unavailable and users will not be able connect to the Library web sites, the online catalog, and the electronic databases. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Posted on January 24th, 2007 by Rob Spragg and filed under Planned Down Time | Comments Off on Library Web Sites Unavailable, Sunday 11th in AM

Catalog and Remote Access to Electronic Resources Downtime

To improve service to our patrons, we are upgrading our library catalog software on
Friday, December 15th. Please note that all access to the library catalog and
any remote access to library databases will be unavailable from 6:00pm until
about 9pm on Friday. Remote access to the library databases via the
campus VPN will not be affected by this downtime.

Posted on December 14th, 2006 by Admin and filed under Planned Down Time | Comments Off on Catalog and Remote Access to Electronic Resources Downtime

ProQuest Down for Maintenance

ProQuest databases will be unavailable from Saturday, Dec. 16 at 9pm CST until Sunday, Dec. 17 at 9am CST, for a scheduled enhancement release.

Posted on December 12th, 2006 by Admin and filed under Planned Down Time | Comments Off on ProQuest Down for Maintenance