Author: Jayne Dickson
WorldCat Discovery beta: Improved display for facets
This month’s WorldCat Discovery installation on June 11, 2015 included the following new features & enhancements. The running list of release notes can be found at http://www.cdlib.org/services/d2d/melvyl/public/. (Note that many of these do not have an impact on Melvyl.) […]
New Licensed Resource – Scientific American Archive (1845-2005), Supplement & Builders Archive Collection
All UC campuses now have access to Scientific American Archive (1845-2005) and Scientific American Supplement & Builders Archive Collection; some campuses may have already had access via local subscriptions. http://www.nature.com/scientificamerican/archive/index.html (All campuses; on the Nature platform) CDL fully funded the Archive […]
New Licensed Resource – RILM Retrospective Abstracts of Music Literature
Eight UC campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz) now have access to RILM Retrospective Abstracts of Music Literature RILM; some campuses may have already had access via local subscriptions: http://uclibs.org/PID/272440 (B, D, I, […]
Melvyl Central Index Update – Modern Language Open collection temporarily removed
Liverpool University Press has sent OCLC the incorrect data for this collection, and OCLC is working with them to correct and reload the data. In the meantime, OCLC is removing the data from the central index; consequently, CDL has […]
New Tier 2 Licensed Resource – Chinese Periodical Full-text Database (1911~1949)
Four campuses (Irvine, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Diego) began participation in a Tier 2 opportunity for access to the Chinese Periodical Full-text Database (1911~1949) Series 1-9. I, LA, SB, SD; on the National Index to Chinese Newspapers & […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: Linked Author Names & Subject Facet
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities This month’s WorldCat Discovery installation on May 7, 2015 included the following new features & enhancements. The running list of release notes can be found at http://www.cdlib.org/services/d2d/melvyl/public/. (Note that many of these do not have […]
New Tier 2 Licensed Resource – Loeb Classical Library
Five campuses (Berkeley, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, and Santa Barbara) are now participating in a Tier 2 license for the digital Loeb Classical Library, which was recently made available online by Harvard University Press. http://uclibs.org/PID/270639 (B, I, LA, R, SB; […]
Melvyl Central Index Update – April 2015
This month’s WorldCat Local installation on April 13, 2015 included the following databases which have now been added to all instances of Melvyl’s Central Index. New Databases MIT Press Journals from MIT Press — Journals covering a wide range […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: Full text snippets & searching
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities This month’s WorldCat Discovery installation on April 13, 2015 included the following new features & enhancements. The running list of release notes can be found at http://www.cdlib.org/services/d2d/melvyl/public/. (Note that many of these do not […]
Melvyl’s Central Index will be updated more frequently
Because OCLC recently simplified the underlying processes, CDL can now update Melvyl’s Central Index monthly rather than twice yearly (in January and July) as was previously the case. New Databases In March, OCLC added several resources that are […]