Library Provides Full Access to New York Times
The New York Times has instituted restrictions on content effective March 28, 2011. Although some content will remain free, there will be limited access to articles and features for those who do not...
View ArticleJohn Hay Library Open on Weekends Through Sunday May 15th
The main reading room of the John Hay Library will be open 1 to 5 PM on Saturday and Sunday through May 15th. If you are interested in consulting library materials on these weekends, please e-mail...
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New Library Home Page and Search Technology — Coming September 1
A cleaner, less cluttered library home page will debut on September 1, 2011. The new design will gracefully adjust to tablet and smart phone dimensions and will feature new technology for searching...
View ArticleBrown University Adopts Serials Solutions Summon™ Discovery Service
SEATTLE – August 18, 2011 – Serials Solutions®, a business unit of ProQuest® LLC, today announced that Brown University Library has chosen to adopt the Summon™ web-scale discovery service to improve...
View ArticleNew Students & Faculty: Activate Your Brown Account!
In order to access the electronic resources and services that the Library provides, you must activate your Brown account. It’s easy! Just go to http://www.brown.edu/cis/activate/ If you have questions,...
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Brown University Library Celebrates 150 Years as a Federal Depository
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] - Brown University Library will celebrate its 150th anniversary as a Federal Depository Library on Monday, September 26, 2011. In commemoration of this occasion, a...
View ArticleLibrary Closings and Handicap Access
Library Closings: All Libraries will be closed from Thursday, December 22 at 5pm until Monday, January 2 at 8:30am, except the Friedman Study Center which will be open Tuesday, December 27 through...
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Equinox at SciLi
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – Around noon on March 20, 2012, Brown University Library will celebrate the vernal equinox once again with an annual moment of gleaming marble in four atriums of...
View ArticleSummer Students: Activate your account!
In order to access the electronic resources and services that the Library provides, you must activate your Brown account. It’s easy! Just go to http://www.brown.edu/cis/activate/ ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT...
View ArticleEZProxy Issues with Library Electronic Resources
The Library is experiencing some problems with EZProxy. If, when trying to access electronic resources from off-campus, you may get a security warning message that tells you the site isn’t safe, click...
View ArticleProblems with Viewing Articles on ScienceDirect from Off-Campus Using EZProxy...
There is a problem viewing articles from ScienceDirect while off-campus. The problem has been reported to Elsevier, and we hope to have it resolved soon. We apologize for any inconvenience. Updated...
View ArticlePizza! Snacks! Wed. at the Rock, Thurs. in Friedman
Take a break for pizza and more, tonight, Wednesday December 8th, at 9:00 pm in the Rockefeller Library lobby, or tomorrow evening in the Sciences Friedman Study Center, Level A Thursday, December 9th...
View ArticleOCRA Course Reserves Downtime, Tuesday, 9/10/13, 8:00am
The Library’s OCRA Course Reserves will be down for a server migration and security upgrade on Tuesday, Sept 10 beginning at 8:00am. The system should be back up by 10:00am or earlier.
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Summer Students: Activate your account!
In order to access the electronic resources and services that the Library provides, summer students must activate their Brown account. Just go to: http://activate.brown.edu/ If you have questions,...
View ArticleRock Reading Room Construction Impacts, 9/21 – 9/25
Due to construction to renovate the Reading Room on the first floor of the Rockefeller Library, there will be no access to the Finn glass study rooms and window study carrels along College Street from...
View ArticleCIS Alert: Google Email password issue
If you are receiving a password error when trying to access Google Email, please visit myaccount.brown.edu and select Change Google Password. Should you still have any issues, please report them to the...
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Library closings
Due to predicted weather conditions, all University Libraries will close tonight (January 26) at 8:00 pm. All University Libraries will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, January 27. Unless there is further...
View ArticleAll Springer Journals Currently Unavailable!
All ejournals from the publisher Springer are currently unavailable due to a publisher-related problem. The publisher is aware of the problem and working to fix it as quickly as possible. A notice will...
View ArticleSpringer Ejournals Are Back!!
Springer has resolved the problems with their web site and their ejournals are accessible once again.
View ArticleDatabases Unavailable Due to Maintenance Saturday Evening
All ProQuest databases will be unavailable from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. EST on Saturday, August 1, 2015. This includes all ProQuest research databases (ProQuest Business, etc.), Chadwyck Healy...
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