Year: 2001
SilverLinker
With the transitions of the MLA Bibliography and Compendex Plus databases from SilverPlatter to Ovid, the CDL no longer licenses databases on a system-wide basis on the SilverPlatter platform. However, the CDL has renewed the license to SilverLinker for UC […]
New Resources Available
A list of recently added content is always available at < http://www.cdlib.org/news/> d. Current Protocols (Jeff Williams, UCSD) Current Protocols, the widely-used series of laboratory manuals published by Wiley is now available on the Web. All campuses, with the exception […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Reminder – Access to OCLC Database Changing WorldCat (WCAT), PapersFirst (PAPR) and ProceedingsFirst (PROC) will be available ONLY in OCLC’s web interface (native mode) and no longer available via Z39.50 in the CDL-hosted databases interface. This change is earlier […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. MLA’s Retirement from SilverPlatter It was announced in the October 25, 2001 issue of CDLINFO that Ovid was the new vendor selected for the MLA Bibliography. There will be an overlap period running from January 1 through February 28, […]
Library Staff News
a. Jason Newborn and Margaret Tapper Join the CDL Request Team Jason Newborn and Margaret Tapper will join the CDL Request Team working 25% time for one year. Jason is on loan from UC Davis where he is a member […]
IEEE adds Alert feature (aka Update) (Camille Wanat, Resource Liaison)
There is a new release of IEEE Xplore. The new feature that will be most useful to our users is the capability for email alerts. Other highlights from this release are: articles accepted for future publication extended objects with some […]
New Resource Liaisons Appointed
Below is a list of recent Resource Liaison appointees. Resource Liaisons are responsible for researching, reviewing, and monitoring their assigned resource(s) in order to maintain quality service to users. More information about the Resource Liaison program is available at: http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/sharedcoll/liaisons/. […]
Usability Testing Workshops Held
Sixty UC Library staff, including campus Evaluation Liaisons, members of the Melvyl Education/Usability and Services Transition Teams, some SOPAG and Associate University Librarians for Public Service attended two Usability testing workshops hosted by the CDL at UC Berkeley on November […]
New Resources Available
a. Nature CDL is now providing access to Nature, the Nature Research journals, and the Nature Reviews journals for all UC users. For over 130 years Nature has been one of the pre-eminent scientific journals; the CDL is especially pleased […]
CDL Database Transitions
The Transition Steering Committee, Users Council, and associated Resource Liaisons have been notified of the availability of the following databases and asked to begin testing. Other library staff may also try the databases, but public access is scheduled to begin […]