Author: CDL
Counting California New Content–Census 2000 and Vital Statistics
The Counting California project team is pleased to announce the release of the following new content on Counting California 1. Census 2000 Counting California announces the release of Census of Population and Housing, Census 2000, Summary File 1 from the […]
Online Archive of California (OAC) Usability Testing
Behind the scenes, the Online Archive of California (OAC) is undergoing major improvements. First, a new home page is currently being designed to provide the OAC with its own unique identify. Second, Dynaweb the software package that first launched OAC […]
eScholarship Repository Launched
On April 3rd an important new component of the eScholarship program was launched by the CDL. The eScholarship Repository [http://repositories.cdlib.org/] stores and distributes working papers authored or sponsored by faculty from the University of California. Searching and viewing the content […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Current Contents and INSPEC via Ovid now Available Current Contents and INSPEC will now be accessible via Ovid’s interface, beginning April 11, 2002 with UC-eLinks activated for links to full electronic text and holdings. A link to Request will […]
New Resources Available
a. Marcel Dekker Journals (Julia Gelfand, UCI) A Tier II contract beginning in 2002 for fulltext content to all journals from Marcel Dekker [http://www.dekker.com] is now in place for all campuses except UCLA who was unable to participate at this […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Usability Testing Begins on the CDL Interface of Melvyl-T The campuses will begin conducting interface usability tests on an early prototype of the Melvyl-T database beginning the week of April 1. The tests will concentrate on basics of the […]
Library Staff News
a. Alan Ritch Retires from Joint Steering Committee; Camile Wanat Appointed The CDL will be saying good-bye to one of its most astute, eloquent, and tireless advisers with the retirement this week of Alan Ritch. Alan served on the CDL […]
Announcing New CDL Resources: Access, Timing and Timeliness
Many UC librarians have wondered about the timing of CDL announcements for new resources such as e-journal publishers or databases. In particular, they wonder why there is sometimes a lag between the time new resources are announced and the availability […]
New Resources Available
a. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Digital Library (Karen Andrews, UCD) Berkeley, Davis, Irvine and Los Angeles now have a license for the Tier 2 resource SAE Digital Library [http://www.elecpubs.sae.org/NXT/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=SAE:SAE2]. (Los Angeles and Berkeley will keep a current subscription to […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Article Level Links Now Available for Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals via UC-eLinks Linking to the article, rather than journal level is a significant breakthrough, since CDL licenses over 1,000 Elsevier titles. From a citation in a CSA Database, for example, […]