Database Access Issues

We are experiencing some server issues, causing some of our databases to load slowly, or be temporarily unavailable. If you are having problems accessing any of our online resources, please report it @ http://www.stevens.edu/helpdesk

System downtime

This Saturday, 6/19, from 7:00am to 12:00pm, Information Technology will be performing required maintenance on the network file storage system. Services that will experience outages during the maintenance timeframe include Stevens E-mail, individual, departmental and shared file services, and Stevens website content. Additionally, the following applications will be disrupted:

Physical Plant work order system, password self-services, CallPilot web services, library proxy services, Adina, LabView, & Ansys license managers, and Webevents.

This means that all library online resources will only be available from on-campus during that time.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Information Technology help desk at 201-216-5500 or go to www.stevens.edu/helpdesk.

Database downtime

ScienceDirect and Scopus will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 12 hours from 1:00PM GMT Saturday, 23 January to 1:00AM GMT Sunday, 24 January (8:00AM EST Saturday, January 23 to 8:00PM EST).

For information on the new upgrades please follow these links:

• Scopus
• ScienceDirect

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Stevens Library Catalog Upgrade/Downtime

The Library Catalog (WebCat) will not be available from Thursday, October 18 to Sunday, October 21, 2007, while it undergoes a software update and server migration. During this time, users will not be able to search for or renew books online.

Books can still be checked in and checked out manually at the circulation desk.

Electronic books are still available online through the databases, such as
* knovel Engineering & Scientific Online References
* Engineering Handbooks Online (EngNetBase)
* Referex Engineering e-Books
* Safari Tech Books Online

Users may also check WorldCat to see if the library owns an item; however, this database will not indicate the availability or location of the item (e.g., checked-out, stacks, new books, reference), and it will not give the exact call number. If WorldCat indicates the library owns an item, one way to find the call number would be to check the Library of Congress catalog, since many of our call numbers match the records in this catalog.

We apologize for the inconvenience as we work to improve our library catalog.

Please contact the Library circulation desk at 201-216-5200, or email us at library@stevens.edu if you have any questions.