Author: Sherry Lochhaas
Historical Newspapers Online and Palmer’s Index to the Times
Earlier in 2024, ProQuest sunset the Chadwyck-Healey database titled Historical Newspapers Online and Palmer’s Index to the Times, previously found at http://historynews.chadwyck.com. Over the years, ProQuest has worked to migrate databases found on the Chadwyck-Healey platform over to the main […]
Taylor & Francis – New HSS Ebooks
The University of California has recently purchased a new set of ebooks from Taylor & Francis: a one time purchase of 18 selected subject collections from the 2024 HSS (humanities and social sciences) ebook series. These ebooks will be available […]
ProQuest History Vault Moves Platforms
ProQuest has announced that all History Vault collections will migrate to the main ProQuest platform (https://search.proquest.com/), from the previous standalone History Vault site (http://hv.proquest.com/). Dual access at both platforms began June 26, 2024 and will last through January 8, 2025. […]
New Japanese Resource: Dai Kanwa Jiten
The Tier 2 for UC’s JapanKnowledge subscription package has added a new add-on product to the subscription called Dai Kanwa Jiten 大漢和辞典, also known as The Great Chinese-Japanese Character Dictionary, which is accessible to all UC users. This resource includes […]
OECD Publications Become Open Access
OECD has announced that starting July 1, 2024, all OECD data and publications, including all materials at the OECD iLibrary, will be freely available. OECD Members have agreed to move to an open access model for their publications, and […]
New Resource: Fire Insurance Maps online (FIMo)
A new Tier 2 has formed to subscribe to Fire Insurance Maps online (FIMo), specifically subscribing to California map content. Participating campuses in the Tier 2 include UCB, UCD, UCI, UCM, UCR, UCSD, UCSB, and UCSC (UCLA has already purchased […]
Artstor Migrates to JSTOR Platform
Artstor is now available at the JSTOR platform (https://www.jstor.org/), and the legacy Artstor website (https://library.artstor.org/) will be retired on August 1, 2024. JSTOR has been working on this migration since early 2023, while continuously improving the JSTOR platform to better […]
Upcoming Changes to the World Bank eLibrary
The World Bank has announced that they are discontinuing the World Bank eLibrary subscription platform at the end of June 2024. The University of California’s current subscription term is prorated to extend through this period. CDL currently subscribes to the […]
New Resource: Tenno Kozoku Jitsuroku
The UC system now has access to the JapanKnowledge collection Tenno Kozoku Jitsuroku 天皇皇族実録 (Records of the Emperor and the Imperial Family) [1st and 2nd phases] Tenno Kozoku Jitsuroku, which was originally compiled by the Imperial Household Ministry in the […]
Iter Bibliography Moves to EBSCOhost
As of May 24, 2024 Iter Bibliography has migrated to EBSCOhost as the new hosting platform for subscribers, from its original platform at Iter through the University of Toronto (https://www.itergateway.org). UC has 7 campus subscribers to Iter Bibliography (UCB, UCD, […]