Author: Jayne Dickson
CNKI (EastView) transitions to a new platform
The China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database platform has migrated to a new server and platform. This migration affects access to the following UC-licensed CNKI databases: China Academic Journals (CAJ), including access to the Century Journals Project (CJP) archive content.…
More Gale Resources move to their enhanced platform
On Friday, December 20, 2019, the next group of Gale resources will redirect to their enhanced platform. According to Gale’s Product Enhancements Overview, improvements include: Enhanced product platform—Provides a unified experience across Gale products. Upgraded search results—Highlights…
ACM Digital Library moves to new platform
The ACM Digital Library will be moving to a new platform on Sunday, December 29, 2019, replacing the current platform at the current URL. The new platform is a vast improvement, visually and functionally, over the current platform. It is…
ProQuest Congressional Redesign
Recently, ProQuest launched a redesigned interface for ProQuest Congressional. The changes are intended to facilitate the retrieval of information by students unfamiliar with government content, while maintaining the ability of more sophisticated users to perform complex queries. Key Benefits…
NIH/NLM rolls out an updated PubMed
An updated version of PubMed will replace the current version; the new PubMed is currently scheduled to become the default in spring 2020, replacing the legacy version. According to the November-December 2019 NLM Technical Bulletin, new features include: Improved…
New Naxos Music Library 3 Debuts
Users of UC-licensed Naxos Music Library are now being redirected to the new Naxos Music Library 3 platform. http://uclibs.org/PID/110925 Naxos Music Library All campuses (except SF), plus LBL According to the NLM3 platform information, this version incorporates a fresh…
WorldCat Discovery: Public Notes from LHRs display with item information
The WorldCat Discovery installation on October 17, 2019 included the following new enhancement. The running list of release notes can be found at https://help.oclc.org/Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Release_notes. (Note: Not all of the enhancements/bug fixes are relevant to the UC Melvyl instances.) New…
New Resource: CINAHL Complete
CINAHL Complete is now a Tier 2 resource replacing CINAHL Plus with Full Text. The current subscribers to CINAHL Complete are UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Los Angeles, UC San Diego and UC San Francisco. http://uclibs.org/PID/106625 UCB,…
Biochemical Society Journals move to the Silverchair platform in October
The Biochemical Society Journals via Portland Press will switch from the Highwire Press to the Silverchair platform on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Per the vendor, permanent redirects will be available at homepage, issue and article levels starting October 8th.…
WorldCat Discovery: Additional format information in detailed records
The WorldCat Discovery installation on September 23, 2019 included the following new enhancement. The running list of release notes can be found at https://help.oclc.org/Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Release_notes. (Note: Not all of the enhancements/bug fixes are relevant to the UC Melvyl instances.) New…