We are currently unable to login to XpertHR - we have contacted our supplier and hope to have it restored soon ..read more

The authentication system for most of our Digital Library resources is going to be updated on Monday 15th April. We are not expecting any downtime unless there are problems with the installation ..read more

This is what people were searching DISCOVER for in March - a mix of very specific searchers, and people who really wanted to be searching somewhere else (or didn't realise there were already in DISCOVER ..read more

EBSCO have warned us there may be disruption to our DISCOVER platform and EBSCOhost research databases today between 11am and 12 noon the following features may be unavailable during the maintenance window: Classic user interfaces (EBSCOhost) * Folders/Custom Folders * Search and journal alerts * Saved searches * Saved persistent links * Saved preferences New user interfaces (EBSCO Mobile app, Discover) * Projects (including Add to project feature) * Saved articles (including the ability to save articles to the Dashboard) * Saved searches * Liked items ..read more

EBSCO have warned us there may be disruption to our DISCOVER platform and EBSCOhost research databases today between 11am and 12 noon the following features may be unavailable during the maintenance window: Classic user interfaces (EBSCOhost) * Folders/Custom Folders * Search and journal alerts * Saved searches * Saved persistent links * Saved preferences New user interfaces (EBSCO Mobile app, Discover) * Projects (including Add to project feature) * Saved articles (including the ability to save articles to the Dashboard) * Saved searches * Liked items ..read more

We have been notified of planned downtime for IEEE Xplore (IEEE/IET electronic library) on Saturday 16th March, from 1pm to 6pm. Due to the nature of the upgrade, the platform will be unavailable for the entire duration of this time ..read more

We believe that last week's problems with logging into DISCOVER have now been fixed.  If you continue to have any issues, please contact us at library.technical@beds.ac.uk, with as much information as you can, including your student number and a screenshot of the error message if you can get it.  ..read more

We've had some reports of people getting error messages when trying to log in to DISCOVER recently. If you get either of these error messages please get in touch with us at library.technical@beds.ac.uk ..read more

These were the most popular searches in DISCOVER last month (we're wondering why so many people search for "discover" when they are already in DISCOVER - can anyone tell us ..read more

Times Higher Education is a weekly publication for both staff and students containing news, features, book reviews, and opinion pieces relating to Higher Education. The digital subscription also includes access to the World University Rankings, which measures institutional performance using data across four areas: teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and international outlook. To access Times Higher Education online you will need to register using your University of Bedfordshire email address (not your personal email address). You will be asked to create a unique password and answ ..read more