UTSW South Campus Library re-opens May 1st

As the UT Southwestern campus transitions to Phase 3 on May 1, 2021, the Library is excited to welcome our UT Southwestern users back to the Health Sciences Digital Library & Learning Center!

Our ability to remain open depends on you – the users – following the new Phase 3 guidelines. These guidelines have been developed to protect the health and safety of you and others.

  • All Library spaces are individual study and by reservation only.
  • UT Southwestern continues to strongly encourage – but no longer require – the wearing of masks by students, faculty, staff, and guests in nonclinical areas of our campus.
  • Maintain the standard 6 feet of physical distance between yourself and others.
  • Practice hand hygiene.

Together we can safely transition to Phase 3 and remain open. Thank you for helping ensure the health and well-being of yourself and others.

To reserve your study space, go to the Library Reservation System.
A UT Southwestern Library Space Reservation Tutorial is available to walk you through the steps.

For more information, visit the UT Southwestern Library Re-Opening Guide.

Having trouble accessing an article we subscribe to?

We have had reports of clients unable to access certain articles available in our collection when using EZproxy and VPN. The EBSCO platform has also had access issues reported. While we are in the process of updating EZproxy, and evaluating the issues reported. Here are some recommendations during this transition:

  • Use Desktop VPN (this link goes to the UTSW Information Resources internal site page) vs. browser-based Pulse Secure Connect, which you initiate when logging into MyUTSW.
  • Make sure your Desktop VPN is the current version. (Older versions have been problematic with some of our resource platforms).
  • Make sure your browser(s) are updated to their current versions. Some platform upgrades do no support earlier browser versions like Internet Explorer.

EBSCO Article Retrieval Issues

EBSCO is going through a security upgrade during the next couple months. Using the “open the page in a new window” yellow bar (see image below) is necessary for accessing these articles. If you are having trouble, look for the yellow bar link in the center at the top of your browser.

Please report any issue with article retrieval to Liberesources@utsouthwestern.edu with the citation information.

We apologize for any inconvenience and are doing our best to fix the issue.

Having trouble logging in to Library resources? Check your password!

UT Southwestern passwords automatically expire once a year (usually around the anniversary of your start date), and reminders about the password expiration are sent to your UT Southwestern email address to prompt you to change it. However, some UT Southwestern affiliates – e.g., clinically affiliated providers, residents/clinical trainees at Children’s Health or Parkland Health and Hospital System – do not actively use their UT Southwestern-issued email account and might not receive these notifications.

If a UT Southwestern email password is not changed annually, the account will automatically be flagged as “inactive”, and UT Southwestern Information Resources (IR) will cancel the account for security reasons, which also means access to your Library’s resources will be suspended. The process of restoring access to a cancelled account is lengthy and requires the intervention of your department staff. Access to Library resources will be available only after the request to reactivate the account has been made by your department and processed by Information Resources.

But, if you reset your password now, you can avoid this hassle! Detailed steps are provided below.

HOW TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD NOW

  • Using a UTSW workstation or VPN (i.e., Junos Pulse), go to the UTSW Self-Service Password Registration page.
  • Type in your UT Southwestern username and password. Then, input and confirm your new password.
  • If you have forgotten your password, leave it blank.
    • If you had previously set up recovery questions, you will be asked those questions in order to reset your password.
    • If you had never set up recovery questions, you will need to call the IR Help Desk at 214-648-7600 to reset your password.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU STILL CAN’T LOGIN TO EZPROXY NOW

To get started, please read the following statements:

  • I never use my UTSW email address account.
  • I haven’t changed my UTSW password since it was issued to me at orientation.

If either or both statements are “TRUE”, then your account has most likely been deactivated. Contact your UT Southwestern departmental administrator and ask them to initiate a new IAR form for your cancelled account. You will need to wait for IR approval before your account will be reactivated.

If either or both statements are “FALSE” and you have recently reset your password, or you continue to have problems, please email LibWebmaster@utsouthwestern.edu.

Important reminder for UT Southwestern Residents & Fellows: change your UTSW password or perish

Secure-Your-Email-Account-from-Hackers-Snap5UT Southwestern passwords automatically expire once a year (usually around the anniversary of your start date), and reminders about the password expiration are sent to your UT Southwestern email address to prompt you to change it. However, some UT Southwestern affiliates (e.g., residents/clinical trainees who are located at Children’s Health or Parkland Health and Hospital System) do not actively use their UT Southwestern-issued email account and might not receive these notifications.

If a UT Southwestern email password is not changed annually, the account will automatically be flagged as “inactive”, and UT Southwestern Information Resources (IR) will cancel the account for security reasons, which also means access to your Library’s resources will be suspended. The process of restoring access to a cancelled account is lengthy and requires the intervention of your department staff. Access to Library resources will be available only after the request to reactivate the account has been made by your department and processed by Information Resources.

But, if you reset your password now, this hassle can be avoided! Detailed steps are provided below.

HOW TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD NOW

  • Using a UTSW workstation or VPN (i.e., Junos Pulse), go to the UTSW Self-Service Password Registration page.
  • Type in your UT Southwestern username and password. Then, input and confirm your new password.
  • If you have forgotten your password, leave it blank.
    • If you had previously set up recovery questions, you will be asked those questions in order to reset your password.
    • If you had never set up recovery questions, you will need to call the IR Help Desk at 214-648-7600 to reset your password.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU STILL CAN’T LOGIN TO EZPROXY NOW

To get started, please read the following statements:

  • I never use my UTSW email address account.
  • I haven’t changed my UTSW password since it was issued to me at orientation.

If either or both statements are “TRUE”, then your account has most likely been deactivated. Contact your UT Southwestern departmental administrator and ask them to initiate a new IAR form for your cancelled account. You will need to wait for IR approval before your account will be reactivated.

If either or both statements are “FALSE” and you have recently reset your password, or you continue to have problems, please email LibWebmaster@utsouthwestern.edu.

UTSW Affiliates Library Resources access at Children's Health migrating to EZProxy Login only

EZproxyUT Southwestern affiliates working in Children’s Health will now be prompted with an EZProxy login in order to access all paid Library resources, which includes Ejournals A to Z, full text article linking, and clinical resources (e.g., UpToDate, ClinicalKey).

This change is being implemented to resolve compounding UT Southwestern Information Resources security and networking system access incompatibilities. Our resource vendors also require more clear authentication paths to ensure that only authorized UT Southwestern affiliates obtain access to licensed content. EZProxy authentication will streamline the process and provide clear access entry.

We apologize for the access troubles encountered over the last weeks and anticipate this fix will correct any problems that have not been resolved by previous measures.

If you are a UT Southwestern affiliate who still experiences access issues at Children’s Health, please report your issue to Liberesources@utsouthwestern.edu. Please include information about where you were attempting entry, what browser you are using, and your location.

Off-campus access to Library resources temporarily suspended Friday, March 25, from 5 – 6 p.m. during EZproxy upgrade

Due to necessary maintenance of our EZproxy server, the Library’s electronic resources may be unavailable for approximately an hour beginning at 5 p.m. on Friday, March 25, 2016.

This upgrade should resolve recent access issues experienced at Childrens’ Health.

Get PsychiatryOnline access anytime, anywhere on your mobile device

psychonlineAPA Publishing (American Psychiatric Association) recently released a mobile solution for PsychiatryOnline, which allows users to “pair” their smartphone or tablet to our institutional subscription. Download PsychiatryOnline’s Mobile Device Pairing Guide for directions on how to pair your mobile device. Once paired, a user can access POL from their mobile device whenever and wherever there is an Internet connection available. Device pairings expire after 90 days, but can be re-paired at that time.

 

Important reminder for UT Southwestern Residents: Change UTSW password or perish

Security-webUT Southwestern passwords automatically expire once a year (usually around your start date anniversary), and reminders about the password expiration are sent to your UT Southwestern email address to prompt you to change it. However, some UT Southwestern affiliates (e.g., residents/clinical trainees who are located at Children’s Health or Parkland Health and Hospital System) do not actively use their UT Southwestern-issued email account and might not receive these notifications.

If a UT Southwestern email password is not changed annually, the account will automatically be flagged as “inactive”, and UT Southwestern Information Resources (IR) will cancel the account for security reasons, which also means access to your Library’s resources will be suspended. The process of restoring access to a cancelled account is lengthy and requires the intervention of your department staff. Access to Library resources will be available only after the request to reactivate the account has been made by your department and processed by Information Resources.

But, if you reset your password now, this hassle can be avoided! Detailed steps are provided below.

HOW TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD NOW

  • Using a UTSW workstation or VPN (i.e., Junos Pulse), go to the UTSW Self-Service Password Registration page.
  • Type in your UT Southwestern Username and password. Then, input and confirm your new password.
  • If you have forgotten your password, leave it blank.
    • If you had previously set up recovery questions, you will be asked those questions in order to reset your password.
    • If you had never set up recovery questions, you will need to call the IR Help Desk at 214-648-7600 to reset your password.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU STILL CAN’T LOGIN TO EZPROXY NOW

To get started, please read the following statements:

  • I never use my UTSW email address account.
  • I haven’t changed my UTSW password since it was issued to me at orientation.

If either or both statements are “TRUE”, then you account has most likely been deactivated. Contact your UT Southwestern departmental administrator and ask them to initiate a new IAR form for your cancelled account. You will need to wait for IR approval before your account will be reactivated.

If either or both statements are “FALSE” and you have recently reset your password, or you continue to have problems, please email LibWebmaster@utsouthwestern.edu.

Experiencing “Infinite Proxy Loop” errors? Find out how to fix it!

Sick of getting the “Infinite Proxy Loop” error when searching Ejournals A-Z ?

Most users experience this problem when they are either logging into the MyUTSW site from an off-campus location or trying to reach the Ejournals A-Z site through MyUTSW web pages or using the same browser as MyUTSW. The error occurs because there is a conflict between the MyUTSW and EZproxy authentication processes.

To solve this issue, you have two options:

  1. Open another browser to go to the Ejournals A-Z page. You’ll be asked to authenticate in the new browser using EZproxy, and your MyUTSW session remains open in the other browser.
  2. Log out of MyUTSW first, then go to the Ejournals A-Z page and authenticate using EZproxy. This option is necessary if you only have one browser on your computer.

If you tried both of these options and neither worked, there might be another problem. Contact Heather Perkins by email or 214-648-2006 for further assistance.

Library website maintenance scheduled on Friday, 5/1/2015, 2-4 p.m.

Server

The Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center website will be temporarily redirected to the limited function back-up site this Friday, May 1, 2015, from 2 to 4 p.m. while we upgrade our database server. Access to ejournals and ebook holdings — with links to ensure off-campus availability — will be provided on the back-up site.

Please contact LibWebmaster@utsouthwestern.edu for any questions or concerns during this transition.