Author: CDL
CDL Users Council Meeting
18 members of the CDL Users Council attended the group’s annual meeting in Oakland on March 12. This meeting offered a series of informational updates on CDL’s governance structure and organization, upcoming changes in the Melvyl Catalog and the Abstracting […]
New Resource Available
a. ERIC E*Subscribe On the recommendation of the Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSC) and the UC Education and Psychology bibliographers, the CDL has licensed the current years of ERIC E*Subscribe (1996-present) [http://www.edrs.com/Esubscribe] for all campuses. The contract is […]
Melvyl and Database Transitions
a. Melvyl Public Information Page Available A public web page containing general information is now available (updated URL 2011) [http://melvyl.cdlib.org/]; feel free to publicize this as the most up-to-date source of information about the Melvyl Union Catalog Transition. It will […]
MEDLINE/HealthSTAR Regeneration 2001
NLM has begun sending new MEDLINE records to CDL and we are now loading these into our MEDLINE/HealthSTAR database. Users with Updates will begin to see new records this week. Please remember that CDL’s MEDLINE coverage is NOT the same […]
New Resources Available
a. Mary Ann Liebert Journals The CDL has licensed the Mary Ann Liebert journals [http://www.liebertonline.com/], a smaller publisher whose primary focus is in the areas of biomedical research and clinical medicine. Online access is provided via the CatchWord platform. Currently […]
CDL-Hosted Databases Transition Update
Public Web Site A public web site that provides information on the transition of the CDL-hosted databases to new vendor web interfaces is now available. It includes a timeline and detailed information in the form of frequently asked questions [http://www.cdlib.org/news/cdlhosteddatabases.html]. […]
New Resources Available
a. Periodicals Contents Index Periodicals Contents Index (PCI) is a multi-disciplinary database, purchased through CDL and campus co-investments in 1999. It contains separate citations to over ten million journal articles and covers many disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. […]
Co-Library Staff News – Melvyl and A&I Transition Positions
The CDL is very pleased to announce four staff appointments that bring extraordinary expertise and UC experience to the Melvyl and A&I transition projects over the next two years. Please join us in expressing deep appreciation to these individuals and […]
Proxy Server Access
The passwords page on the CDL site has been updated to include proxy server information: <http://www.cdlib.org/hlp/directory/passwords.html>. All campuses, with the exception of UCSB (which has service available to staff and is expecting more complete service in the Spring), offer proxy […]
CDL’s Response to the Nature Publishing Co.’s Licensing Model
On the What’s New at the CDL page: <http://www.cdlib.org/news/whatsnew.html>, under “Communiques,” there is now a link to a recent letter from CDL to Nature Publishing Co. The letter, composed with the help of the Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections, […]