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Access Alert - Ebook Central
Author: Sarah Sheets


August 5, 2025


On Saturday, August 9th, ProQuest’s Ebook Central content will be unavailable from 7pm to 11pm Pacific Time due to scheduled maintenance. Ebooks via this platform may not be available during these times. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will create minimal disruption to our users’ research.

Access Alert - UC Library Search
Author: Sarah Sheets


July 31, 2025


On Sunday, August 3rd from midnight to 1am Pacific Time, our vendor ExLibris will be performing systems maintenance. This may interrupt your ability to use UC Library Search. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will be minimally disruptive.

InterLibrary Loan Requests Temporarily Unavailable
Author: Ross Anastos


July 3, 2025


Due to technical issues with a change in our system, there's an active problem with InterLibrary Loan Requests being automatically cancelled. Requests are temporarily turned off until this can be resolved.

Please contact us at UCMILL@ucmerced.edu with any questions. 

Access Alert - UC Library Search
Author: Sarah Sheets


July 3, 2025


On Sunday, July 6th from midnight to 1am Pacific Time, our vendor ExLibris will be performing systems maintenance. This may interrupt your ability to use UC Library Search. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will be minimally disruptive.

Access Alert - UC Library Search
Author: Sarah Sheets


June 5, 2025


On Sunday, June 8th from midnight to 1am Pacific Time, our vendor ExLibris will be performing systems maintenance. This may interrupt your ability to use UC Library Search. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will be minimally disruptive.

Decorative: Access Alert: BrowZine
BrowZine -- Resource Access Ending
Author: Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco


June 3, 2025


Due to ongoing budget cuts, the UC Merced Library will be canceling our subscription to BrowZine, and its browser extension, LibKey Nomad, effective July 1, 2025.

Access Alert: IBISWorld
IBISWorld -- Database Access Ending
Author: Olivia Olivares


May 19, 2025


The Library will no longer continue to license IBISWorld as of July 1, 2025. Due to the licensing cycle of this resource and its high cost, we must make this decision now even though the final amount of the cut to collections is not yet finalized. We will be communicating additional resource cancellations this fall that will come into effect January 1, 2026.

Access Alert - UC Library Search
Author: Sarah Sheets


May 8, 2025


On Sunday, May 11th from midnight to 1am Pacific Time, our vendor ExLibris will be performing systems maintenance. This may interrupt your ability to use UC Library Search. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will be minimally disruptive.

Access Alert - UC Library Search
Author: Sarah Sheets


May 2, 2025


On Sunday, May 4th from midnight to 1am Pacific Time, our vendor ExLibris will be performing systems maintenance. This may interrupt your ability to use UC Library Search. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will be minimally disruptive.

Researcher Alert! ERIC database logo
Researcher Alert: Upcoming Changes to ERIC
Author: Olivia Olivares


April 14, 2025


In March 2025, the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) Help Desk made the following announcement to journal publishers, which was subsequently forwarded to institutions subscribing to ERIC... "The number of actively cataloged sources will be reduced by approximately 45% starting April 24, 2025...".

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