Author: Sherry Lochhaas
New Resource: CloudRead Chinese Contemporary Newspaper Database
The UC campuses have started a new Tier 2 subscription to the CloudRead Chinese Contemporary Newspaper Database. Participating campuses include UC Berkeley (inc LBL), UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Merced, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara. This subscription […]
New Presses at De Gruyter and De Gruyter Brill Merger
New ebook packages at De Gruyter The UCs have recently purchased titles from several University Presses at De Gruyter, which are new for systemwide access. These collections were purchased on behalf of all 10 UC campuses: University of Chicago Press […]
Alloy Phase Diagram transitions to Materials Platform for Data Science
ASM International’s Alloy Phase Diagram Database has recently transitioned to a new platform, now under the name Materials Platform for Data Science (MPDS). Subscribers of the Alloy Phase Diagrams at MPDS remain the same: UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCM, and […]
New Resource: APA PsycTests
The 10 UC campuses (+Lawrence Berkeley Lab) now have access to APA PsycTests! Any existing campus subscriptions were taken into account with the new Tier 1 subscription. The APA PsycTests database is a scholarly source for bibliographic & full text […]
New Resource: CEUP East Meets West
Nine UC campuses are now supporting the Opening the Future ebook collection CEUP: East Meets West, for a three year commitment (2025-2027). From the Central European University Press (CEU Press), the East Meets West collection is a new package offered […]
February 2025 Round Up of New Japanese Resources
At the J-DAC platform: Hōmushō Kyuzō Tōkyō Saibun, Sensō Saiban Kankei Shiryō 法務省旧蔵東京裁判・戦争裁判関係資料 (Records of War Crime Tribunals: Mainly Related to Tokyo Trials, from the Former Archives of the Ministry of Justice) This collection includes: “Over 360 volumes of […]
American Society for Microbiology journals
The University of California system has a new multiyear (2025-2027) systemwide agreement with The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) for their All-Inclusive Journals Package. Access to this package is included for all 10 UC campuses, including LBL. The UC campuses […]
Package changes (January 2025)
Global Financial Data changes Global Financial Data, Inc. will officially become Finaeon, Inc. on January 1, 2025. Eight UC campuses subscribe to Global Financial Data database: (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, LA, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz). Users will […]
New Streaming Videos: CathayPlay
Several UC campuses now have subscription access to a new Chinese streaming video platform called CathayPlay. CathayPlay, having launched in 2019, is new to working with North American libraries, and our UC campuses are excited to have […]
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 […]