Author: Jayne Dickson
World Banking Abstracts Transition
UC’s access to the licensed content (from 2006 to the present) of World Banking Abstracts (ISSN 0265-9484) was previously available via the Wiley Online Library platform. Wiley has now made World Banking Abstracts available on a new platform. As before, […]
CDL office closure Dec. 22, 2010 PM – Dec. 31, 2010
This year, UC’s Office of the President, including the California Digital Library (CDL), will be officially closed during the Winter and New Year Holiday periods from Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 2 p.m. through Friday, December 31, 2010. During this […]
UCSC Librarians in Print
UCSC’s Christy Hightower, Science and Engineering Collections Coordinator, and Christy Caldwell, Science and Engineering Librarian, recently published an article in the Fall 2010 issue of Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (ISTL). Their article, Shifting Sands: Science Researchers on Google […]
New Licensed Resource: International Bibliography of Art (IBA)
UC campuses now have access to this electronic resource as part of CDL consortial licenses. International Bibliography of Art (IBA) (All UC campuses; on the CSA Illumina platform.) (http://uclibs.org/PID/105531) The definitive resource for scholarly literature on western art, the International […]
CrossFire Beilstein transitions to Reaxys for 2011
Access to the Beilstein database (via the CrossFire search interface) will end on December 31, 2010. The Beilstein database will be replaced by Reaxys, Elsevier’s workflow solution for research chemists. Reaxys search, analysis and workflow tools are designed around the […]
STAT-USA Ceased Operation on October 1st
By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst The STAT-USA/Internet website ceased operation on October 1, 2010. STAT-USA focused on providing international trade information and U.S. economic statistics. The Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) will be de-activating the PID for this resource […]
Access to Landolt-Börnstein Content Changes on November 1st
By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst Previously, UC had licensed the Landolt-Börnstein content (data collection in all areas of physical sciences and engineering) from Springer-Verlag. At the beginning of 2010, Springer introduced a new database (SpringerMaterials: The Landolt-Börnstein Database) […]
July-August 2010 Vendor Transitions
By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst Does your favorite resource look different? Many of our licensed resources have undergone (or are about to undergo) changes due to interface upgrades or transitions to another publishing platform or vendor platform. The […]
Four World Bank databases are now freely available
By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst Beginning immediately, four of the World Bank databases that previously were restricted to several campuses as part of the World Bank e-Library license are now freely available. The databases include Africa Development Indicators, […]
New E-Journal Troubleshooting guide highlights the CDL ERMS Portal
By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst Have you ever wondered if you should be able to access the online content of a specific journal but found different resources (your OPAC’s holdings or E-Journal A-Z list, etc.) provide conflicting information? […]