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Year: 1999

Adaptable Outreach and Instructional Materials

Responding to input from the Education Working Group and others, CDL has modified the existing Adaptable Outreach Materials page on the CDL Libstaff site and added new materials (such as a FAQ about the use of the CDL collection). The […]

CDL Directory Release Phase II — Comments requested by DECEMBER 10, 1999

Several new functions have been added to the test site for the January, 2000 CDL Release at [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/jan2000/]. a. Searchlight On November 15, 1999, SearchLight opened in test mode.  Searchlight is a multi-resource search tool with which you can search […]

PsycINFO Database Regeneration Test

Please test the latest regeneration of the PscyINFO database, which makes available new indexes and reduces the number of limits on searches, making more things directly searchable in the database.  For example, General Terms (or Topics) is a new index […]

CDL Welcomes David Walker as New CDL-T Director

CDL is pleased to announce the appointment of David Walker as Director, California Digital Library (CDL) Technologies, effective December 1, 1999.  David will provide leadership for the ongoing technical design and implementation of the CDL.  He will report in Information […]

Request for Articles Test Begins

Extending REQUEST to CDL-mounted journal-article databases is planned to debut with the January 2000 release of the CDL Directory.  Testing of the service and its interface by PIR liaisons will commence this week.  Outreach materials, which can be adapted to […]

Reminder: PREMEDLINE Going Away December 1, 1999

Remember that the Telnet PREMEDLINE database will not be available after December 1 of this year.  PUBMED, which includes PREMEDLINE content is available via the National Library of Medicine’s free site at [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed

New Resources Update: Wiley and Institute of Physics Coming Soon

Contracts are in negotiation now for licenses to John Wiley and Institute of Physics journal titles.  Trial access with Wiley, with full expectation of continued access, is expected to start by November 10th.  IoP access is also expected for November […]

Compendex Plus Database Access to Change

Background In December 1996, UC signed a favorable 6-year (6 years limited to CPI-based price increases) contract with Engineering Index (EI) to license the Compendex Plus database and to mount it locally within 27 months.  Interim access was provided by […]

OCLC FirstSearch Interface Changes

OCLC has released the new FirstSearch service, which includes a new interface and many new features.  OCLC will continue to add more features and databases.  Please consult their Web site for an implementation schedule [http://www.oclc.org/oclc/fs_new/features.htm]. A guided tour graphically illustrates […]

January Release: Tests and Mockups Available

With the January 5, 2000 “release” of CDL collections and services, several interface changes are scheduled.   For example, the CDL home page will have a new look that will retain the basic elements of the current page and will […]