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If you are using our Discover search for the first time, it’s important to choose Continue personalized in the pop-up that appears. Choose Continue personalized for easy access to Discover next time. Choosing Continue personalized allows EBSCO (the Discover provider) to retain basic personal information, create an account for you, automatically sign you in, and give you full access to all of the features in Discover. You only need to do this once. If you choose Skip for now Discover is unlikely to work as it should. If you have already clicked Skip for now, just close your browser and Continue personalized next time. This is to comply with GDPR requirements. A similar thing happens when you use many...Read more

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Improvements to Discover

February 5, 2025

Discover, the Library’s search tool, has had a glow up. The new interface provides a more modern and intuitive user experience.   Easier to create and share links  No more copying and pasting permalinks! You can now copy...Read more

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Discover and EBSCOhost databases have a new look. Here are some quick tips for searching…  Type in your title or topic keywords . Use the filters under the search box to limit your results. The frequently used ones are...Read more

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When the Discover interface migrates on Monday 27th January 2025 there will be changes to how you request an item, and we have an important message about delivery requesting. Once you have identified the item you would like to request you need...Read more

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Changes to MyLibrary

December 18, 2024

When the Discover interface migrates on Monday 27th January 2025 you will see some changes to where you find information about your library account. This will now be found under My dashboard:   The Projects folder is similar to...Read more

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Discover and EBSCOhost databases are changing on 27 January. Custom or shared folders will not transfer across. If you have these and want to keep them, follow the steps below to export and save contents from these folders before 27 January...Read more

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 We’ve made some changes to Tāmiro recently as a result of user experience (UX) testing. Thank you to all who participated and supported this work.   For a guided tour of the changes, here is a video (4 minutes)  Image...Read more

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Discover (the main Library search), MyLibrary and the individual EBSCOhost databases are changing in January. The EBSCOhost databases will change by 8 January. Discover and MyLibrary (in Discover folders) follow on 27 January. This...Read more

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Open Access Week 2024 We’re celebrating International Open Access Week during 21-27 October. The theme for 2024 is Community Over Commercialisation. Find out how we can support you with making your work open access (OA). Open...Read more

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Factiva, new and improved!

September 4, 2024

If you’ve used Factiva this week, you’ll have noticed that their interface has changed. If you’re not a Factiva user, this interface change could make this database more interesting! In my opinion, it’s much more user friendly and a...Read more

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