Wednesday, June 29, 2011

FirstSearch databases offline Sunday, 7/10 (morning)

"On Sunday, July 10 there will be a scheduled service downtime for the FirstSearch service from midnight until at least 5:00 am and possibly as late as 10:00 a.m. Houston time. This temporary service interruption is required so we can upgrade storage systems and capacity for all OCLC services.

This event is part of ongoing upgrades that OCLC undertakes in order to improve services for all member libraries. We are working to minimize outages in the future, and upgrades such as this will help us provide better, more robust services going forward. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes to your library."

Databases include:
WorldCat
ArticleFirst
Medline (available via other platforms)
ERIC (available via other platforms)
GPO Monthly Catalog
Library Literature
History of Science, Technology & Medicine