Month: May 2019
RAND California cancelled as of May 1st
As part of the Tier 1 Database Cancellation review, the CDL license for RAND California (State Statistics) has been cancelled effective May 1, 2019. Campuses may continue their access by subscribing locally. The delete record for this resource will be […]
New OA Resource: PhilPapers—Philosophical Research Online
PhilPapers is a comprehensive index of philosophy books and articles. PhilPapers offers unique features such as real-time indexing of pre-prints, fine-grained classification by topic, email alerts, reading lists, advanced search functionality, and discussion forums. From the internal resource evaluation: “PhilPapers […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: Accessibility updates for improved discovery
The WorldCat Discovery installation on May 9, 2019 included the following new features and enhancements. The running list of release notes can be found at https://help.oclc.org/Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Release_notes. (Note that many of these enhancements do not have an impact on Melvyl since […]
Nexis Uni upgrade begins today (May 1, 2019)
On Wednesday, May 1, 2019, LexisNexis upgraded the Nexis® resources, including Nexis Uni. Although focused more on their Nexis.com professional resources, a Nexis Upgrade Comparison (Differences) guide that explains the feature differences between the previous Nexis and the upgraded Nexis […]