Category: Licensed Resources
CDL joins ICOLC Opposing the MLA International Bibliography Exclusivity with EBSCO
CDL recently signed on to the letter [PDF] prepared by the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC), concerning the MLA International Bibliography exclusivity with EBSCO. On June 26, 2018, MLA announced that the MLA International Bibliography will be exclusively offered […]
ProQuest platform interface enhancements will be rolled out July 26
The July 26, 2018 ProQuest platform release will introduce redesigned basic search and search results pages. These improvements will put more emphasis on source types to help researchers retrieve more relevant results from across the platform. These changes only affect […]
SpringerProtocols.com content transitions on July 25
On Wednesday, July 25th 2018, the SpringerProtocols.com platform will be deactivated. SpringerProtocols content is being concurrently-hosted on SpringerLink and is searchable on the new research platform, Springer Nature Experiments (http://uclibs.org/PID/127001), an interface specially designed and optimized for searching protocols and […]
New look for FirstSearch coming July 14th
On July 14th, the OCLC FirstSearch platform interface will display “an updated, more contemporary look.” The changes are limited to a restyling of the new interface and do not affect functionality, navigation or site structure. Databases currently hosted on the […]
Statista is cancelled effective Saturday, June 30, 2018
The CDL subscription to Statista has been cancelled effective June 30, due to unsustainable price increases from the vendor. A price increase imposed by the vendor when CDL requested an adjustment of pricing terms that was needed to accommodate changes […]
DynaMed Plus now available for all UC campuses
All UC campuses and selected medical sites now have access to DynaMed Plus thanks to a 2 year UC-wide pilot paid for by the UC Medical Centers and selected campuses. Some campuses have had access via local subscriptions to DynaMed. […]
Project MUSE launches redesigned platform
Today (June 14, 2018), Project MUSE released its newly-redesigned web presence. This is an interface change only, no changes to URLs or landing pages. Project Muse PID is http://uclibs.org/PID/31861. Per the announcement, “This launch is a redesign and re-engineering of […]
SCP Monthly Update — June 2018
SCP has posted the distribution statistics report for the month of May. This monthly report shows net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections. The highlights of our major serial record distributions were Open […]
Morgan & Claypool Colloquium Digital Library of Life Sciences – Collection 4 is available
Morgan & Claypool (M&C) Publishers has two full-text series of short books acquired as a Tier 2 purchase: Synthesis and Colloquium. The Colloquium Digital Library of the Life Sciences is now in its fourth collection and continues to span biological, […]
New Tier 2 Resource: Fūzoku Gahō
Thanks to the contributions of 7 campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Merced, Riverside, San Diego and Santa Barbara), Fūzoku Gahō is now available to users at all ten campuses and UCOP through JapanKnowledge at https://japanknowledge.com/library/. http://uclibs.org/PID/302248 All UC campuses; on the […]