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EBSCOhost databases, like Academic Search Premier and CINAHL Ultimate, will be migrated to a new user interface on January 7, 2025. This is the same interface used by EBSCO Discovery, the library's search engine on our homepage. Individual unique EBSCOhost databases had remained on the old platform for the past year, but they will be updated to the new one tomorrow. 

EBSCO carefully planned the transition to the new interface to minimize disruptions and ensure a smooth transition. You should not need to update links or make any changes yourself. The only difference will be sometime on January 7, when you access a specific EBSCO database, you will see the new interface instead of the old one. If you've been using EBSCO Discovery, then you already know the basic features. 

The following links lead to EBSCO databases, a tutorial on the new interface, and a “quick start guide” that describes search features to expect. 

• EBSCO Databases list
• Introduction to the New EBSCOhost - Tutorial
• The New EBSCOhost - Quick Start Guide

If you have any questions, please reach out to the PG Library staff. 

After the end of this year, December 31, 2024, access will stop to two PG Library services.
 

One of those is the database Skillsoft. For users of Skillsoft, we recommend using O’Reilly, a similar resource packed with ebooks and videos on IT and business topics. 
 

The second service is EZProxy. This service is more invisible to students and faculty using Library-licensed resources, but EZProxy is an authentication system. However, in November of last year, we migrated to OpenAthens, a modern authentication system with services and features that better fit our university’s needs. The PG Library and Curriculum & Innovation teams worked tirelessly this year to replace old links that used EZProxy with new links that used OpenAthens in Brightspace and the Library’s website and guides. This preparation enables us to let our subscription with EZProxy cease at the end of the year as well. For Library and course content in Brightspace, no action is needed on your part.  
 

How does this affect you?
 

On or after December 31, 2024, if you have any saved or bookmarked links to Skillsoft or links to other resources using EZProxy (look for “libauth.purdueglobal.edu” in the URL), these links will no longer work. If you save a lot of links in documents, spreadsheets, browser bookmark tools, or citation managers, you may need to update those if they were made before November 2023. You can find information about how to link to items in our Guide to Reading Lists. 

If you have any questions, please contact us. 

For some users, EBSCO Discovery and EBSCO databases can result in an error message when using OpenAthens to authenticate. You may see an OpenAthens error message of "Looping - SP redirecting back to the login point" when trying to authenticate. We are aware of the issue and working with EBSCO and OpenAthens support on a resolution. At this time, no other databases are affected.

We have confirmation from several students that clearing cookies in Chrome resolved the issue for them. Here are the steps to follow: 

• In Google Chrome, at the top right, click the "three dots" menu and then choose the option to "Delete Browsing Data." 
• In the next window, click the option to delete "Cookies and other site data." 
• Click the "Delete Data" button.
• Restart Google Chrome (fully close it and reopen it).
• Navigate directly to library.purdueglobal.edu and then conduct a search with the search box on our homepage. The search box leads to EBSCO Discovery. 

You can find more information about clearing cookies and using Chrome's Incognito mode on the Library's FAQ. Read the "How do I clear cookies or use Chrome's Incognito Mode?" FAQ. Incognito mode is a good second step to try, as it not only blocks cookies but also plugins, and while not confirmed, a plugin like an ad-blocker may be causing the issue. 

If clearing cookies and the above doesn't help, use these alternative links to EBSCO Discovery and EBSCO databases to conduct your research:

• Access EBSCO Discovery (New interface)
• Access EBSCOhost Databases (Old interface)

If you still cannot access EBSCO content, please contact the library with the following information:

• Your operating system (Windows 11 or MacOS)
• Browser (Chrome, Edge, etc.)
• Internet Service Provider (Xfinity, RCN, Optimum, etc.)
• Troubleshooting that you tried already

We apologize for the inconvenience caused to anyone affected. 

O’Reilly for Higher Education, a resource with e-books and videos primarily focused on information technology and business, has updated its authentication for compatibility with OpenAthens. OpenAthens is what almost all other library resources use to authenticate. The update will be primarily behind-the-scenes to you, but you should experience quicker load times and increased stability. 

The most significant change for most students will be the ability to use O’Reilly’s mobile apps. The apps are downloadable from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. For links, see O’Reilly’s page on apps.

Once downloaded, enter your student email (the one ending in @student.purdueglobal.edu). You will then see the regular OpenAthens login options you see anytime you authenticate with a PG Library resource. Follow the prompts, and you’ll have access to all of O’Reilly’s content through the app. 

Do you just want to use the normal web interface? Visit O’Reilly for Higher Education.

What's new?

Mergent Market Atlas replaces Mergent Online as your first destination for public company information and research. The interface is updated and much easier to use, while still providing in-depth information about public companies, industries, countries, and more. 

Use Market Atlas to search for public companies based on name, location, industry, or fundamental data factors, then refine your report output and drill into companies for further research. Additional company search features allow you to explore sustainability, SEC filings, annual reports, independent research, and an extensive library of company reports.

What company content is available through Market Atlas?

• Reuters global fundamentals – deep and timely financial content including standardized and as reported financials, along with accompanying fundamental ratios.
• Refinitiv global equity end of day pricing and consensus estimate data, FTSE Russell Index returns and ICB classification data.
• Refinitiv reference data sets – business descriptions and contact information, executive biographies and compensation data.
• FTSE Russell ESG Reports, Mergent Independent research reports, Mergent fundamental reports, SEC filings, company annual reports, company sustainability reports, institutional and insider holdings data, company news.

What type of companies are included?

• Global, active public companies.

What additional non-company content is available through Market Atlas?

• FTSE Russell index total return data
• Mergent economic time series data
• Mergent industry reports
• Dunn & Bradstreet Country Risk Profile and Country RiskLine reports.

How do I get to it? 

Access Mergent Market Atlas now.
 

The PG Library is excited to announce expanded availability for research and reference assistance to better support your academic needs. Our new hours and availability are detailed below.

Email Assistance:

• Responses from PG librarians within 1 business day, Monday - Saturday

• Every effort made to answer queries received before 5 PM ET on the same day, Monday - Friday

• Saturday morning queries sent before 1 PM ET will be addressed the same day

Live Chat Assistance:

• PG librarians available Monday-Tuesday 11 AM - 9 PM ET, Wednesday-Friday 10 AM - 6 PM ET

• After-hours and weekend chat coverage now provided 24/7 by our worldwide librarian cooperative

Purdue Global participates in a librarian cooperative, which makes access to research assistance possible day or night! Don't hesitate to reach out with your research questions. If the cooperative librarian can't answer your question, they will create a ticket and a PG librarian will follow up with you by email as soon as possible.

The PG Library has added two dozen journals covering multiple disciplines to our collections. The titles are from the publisher Elsevier on their ScienceDirect platform. The new titles will appear in EBSCO Discovery search results and you can look up titles using the Publication Finder tool.

Below is a list of all recently acquired journals.

Business

• Business Horizons
• Journal of Business Research
• Journal of Business Venturing
• The Leadership Quarterly
• Research in International Business and Finance

Criminal Justice

• Journal of Criminal Justice

Education

• Computers & Education
• Contemporary Educational Psychology
• Developmental Review
• Educational Research Review
• The Internet and Higher Education
• Teaching and Teacher Education

Health & Nursing

• Applied Nursing Research
• Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
• Clinical Nutrition
• Clinical Simulation in Nursing
• International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
• International Journal of Nursing Studies
• Journal of Adolescent Health
• Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
• Journal of Nursing Regulation
• Journal of Pediatric Nursing
• Nurse Education Today
• Teaching and Learning in Nursing

Psychology

• Clinical Psychology Review

On November 15, 2023, you will see a revised library website and a new version of EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). You don’t need to wait to see the new website and new EDS, however, you can preview them today!

The largest change you’ll see is from the new EDS. New EDS features include:

• Ground-up redevelopment of EDS.

• Improved search and interface usability.

• Concept map feature to help develop a search strategy.

• New Publication Finder interface to locate specific journals, books, or other publications.

• Enhanced "MyEBSCO" account profile features, including project folders. 

Interested in taking a look? 

Access the New EDS today.

Read more about New EDS and view training videos.

You can also preview what the new PG Library website will look like. The new website has improved navigation and features based on feedback from students and faculty. It also integrates the new version of EDS. Please note this site is a preview and that some links may not work as you expect. We don’t advise bookmarking any pages for future reference. 

Preview the new PG Library website. 

Some items of note:

• The new authentication system, OpenAthens, will now allow all faculty and staff to login to Library resources using their OneLogin credentials. Students will continue to use their PG Campus credentials.
• The change to OpenAthens and to the new EDS will require most links in courses to need to be updated. The Library is working with Curriculum on a plan. All current links in courses will still work post-migration.
• MyEBSCO and ProQuest eBook Central user accounts will not migrate automatically to the new system. Read the "How to Merge Personal User Accounts" FAQ from EBSCO for details. Note this only applies to MyEBSCO accounts with a unique username and password, unfortunately, those made with Gmail SSO cannot migrate and users will need to export their saved content. For ProQuest eBook Central enthusiasts, read how to export items.
• While unavailable at launch, EBSCO is now testing AI features for future incorporation like natural language search, improved evaluation of search results through summaries and key insights, and conversational interactivity with source documents.

We will launch the new EDS, new website, and a new underlying technology to authenticate you into resources called OpenAthens, on November 15, 2023. Stay tuned for more as we get closer! 

Today you may notice a new link when using EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS), the search box on our homepage. In addition to the Full Text Finder link you see when EDS is linking out to sources external to EBSCO, like from ProQuest, HeinOnline, or other publishers and vendors, you'll now see a Locate Full Text link for articles. The Locate Full Text link is powered by LibKey, a tool that helps quickly connect you to articles, whether they're in a library database or published for free online. 

The way it works is as follows:

• Click the Locate Full Text link.
• In a new browser tab, you'll see see either:
  • A LibKey page with a direct link to the article.
  • EBSCO's Full Text Finder tool as a backup, for instances when LibKey can't find it.

After the first time you see the LibKey page in a session, you can actually tell it to remember your preferences, and it will just forward you to the article with no intermediary page. This should save you a lot of time finding the full text of articles, as EBSCO's native Full Text Finder tool sometimes could only link to a journal's homepage, for instance. If LibKey knows where the article is it will always bring you directly to it. 

LibKey also has a browser plugin called LibKey Nomad that will help link to the full text of works when browsing websites and search engines like Google Scholar and Wikipedia. Visit the LibKey Nomad information page for more on this plugin. 

Additionally, LibKey has a companion tool called BrowZine, which offers a different way to browse through journals available from the PG Library's subscriptions. Visit the BrowZine homepage. 

More training on these tools will be available in the future, but we wanted to enable them as quickly as possible to help you get to the resources you need more efficiently. Please reach out to the library staff if you have any questions.

The PG Library is happy to announce enhancements to two existing databases, plus the addition of a new database from EBSCO. These resources are linked to in various places on our website and now appear when searching EBSCO Discovery Service, the search tool on our homepage.

New Database: Education Source

Education Source includes 677 active full-text, non-open access journals (540 peer reviewed) in a research database designed for education students, professionals, and policymakers. In addition to full-text journals, Education Source includes more than 4,100 full-text education-related conference papers. Education Source also includes a collection of more than 390 videos from SimpleK12 to provide practical online teacher training that addresses the evolving landscape of education. Access Education Source. 

Updated Resource: MEDLINE Ultimate

The most comprehensive companion to the MEDLINE index, MEDLINE Ultimate (previously MEDLINE Complete) offers the largest collection of top-tier biomedical journals, many with no embargo, to provide you with access to the information as soon as it is published. MEDLINE Ultimate also includes Ahead of Print content for relevant titles from key publishers and MEDLINE Ultimate Subject Headings help users effectively search and retrieve information and follow the structure of the Medical Subject headings (MeSH) used by the National Library of Medicine. It includes approximately 1,650 active full-text, non-open access journals (1,605 peer reviewed). Access MEDLINE Ultimate.

Updated Resource: CINAHL Ultimate

The ultimate research tool for nursing and allied health studies, CINAHL Ultimate (previously CINAHL with Full Text) provides fast and easy access to top journals, evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons and continuing education modules.  It covers more than 50 nursing specialties and includes quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, CEU modules and research instruments. CINAHL Subject Headings help users effectively search and retrieve information and follow the structure of the Medical Subject headings (MeSH) used by the National Library of Medicine. CINAHL Ultimate includes 935 active full-text, non-open access journals (725 peer reviewed). Access CINAHL Ultimate.

Maintenance Window for EBSCO Resources

Unrelated to these updates, please also be aware that EBSCO will be performing maintenance to authentication and personal user account functionality this weekend. During this time, users may experience some issues accessing EBSCO resources, including EBSCO Discovery Service. The maintenance period will be Saturday, April 29 from 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM ET.