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[hobbitomm]

Well, as you all know, I do a fair amount of research, and the main databases I use for this are supplied by a company called Ovid. To use them, you need to login. So far so good. I have a login. Ah. But the URL that results from logging in doesn't play with the Trust Firewall, so the dbs won't load. Which means I can't research. Okay... so.... phone the library, who are responsible for it at this end.

Ah. A known problem with our firewall. Talk to IT support.
Ah. A known problem with their .cgi scripts. We're not changing our firewall. Talk to their support.
Ah. An unknown problem. It'll be their firewall. We'll see what we can do, but it may need changes in your firewall......


AAAAAARGH! Who moved me into Kafka when I wasn't looking?

Comments

[spenceraloysius.livejournal.com]

Yeah, though if you use a reference manager like Endnote, you can directly download from pubmed just like you would from ovid. I don't know if it has the same firewall problems, though.

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

No, pubmed works fine. But as I say, missing some. Plus I _hate_ endnote. It's... clunky.